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Mnangagwa takes anti-sanctions lobby to UN
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday night left for the United Nations General Assembly in New York where he is expected to plead for the removal of Western-imposed sanctions.Zimb...Published: 3 hrs ago | 568 | by Xinhua
Mugabe's legacy now source of competing narratives, polemics
FOLLOWING the death of former president Robert Mugabe in Singapore, competing and contradicting narratives around his divisive legacy have emerged, reflective of the enigmatic and complex personality ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 356 | by Staff reporter
Man poisons father to inherit Mazda 323
A 23-year-old Zimunya man who killed his father after making him drink water laced with poison during a cleansing ceremony along Mpudzi River committed the gruesome crime. His motive - he wanted to in...Published: 12 hrs ago | 896 | by Staff reporter
Police officers in fraudulent cattle clearances
Two Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers stationed at Masvingo Rural Police station are in hot soup after they were implicated in the falsification of information on livestock clearance forms....Published: 12 hrs ago | 270 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams doctors' strike
ZANU-PF has condemned the ongoing strike by doctors and other health workers, saying their unilateral decision to withdraw their services and suspend all Health Services Bipartite Negotiating Panel me...Published: 13 hrs ago | 174 | by Staff reporter
When the government chooses to be the third force
The reports by the government that there is a third force operating in Zimbabwe are just fat lies and can be dismissed with all costs.Doctors in Zimbabwe have been going on industrial action f...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1357 | by Leonard Koni
MDC vow anti-Mnangagwa demos at UN GA - why bother, all know you are ones keeping him in power
Next week world leaders will be in New York, USA, for the annual UN General Assembly talk-shop. Yes, Zimbabwe's leader Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will be there with the usual large entourage of hanger...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 09:50hrs | 2487 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mugabe delayed land reform for SA
FORMER South African President Thabo Mbeki said the late former President Robert Mugabe delayed embarking on the land reform programme to allow successful negotiations between the African National Con...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:50hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Top EU official meets Mugabe coup announcer
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Dr Sibusiso Moyo, yesterday met two top European Union (EU) representatives in Harare and the parties expressed increased desire to use the existing F...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1803 | by Staff reporter
'Missing' doctor found alive
HARARE medical doctor Peter Magombeyi who was reported missing on Sunday, was yesterday found at Nyabira, some 20km from the city centre. Dr Magombeyi's alleged abduction and disappearance spa...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
UN special rapporteur in Zimbabwe, to meet Mnangagwa
United Nations Special Rapporteur, Mr Clément Voule is today expected to meet President Mnangagwa after being invited by Government to make an independent assessment of the country's achievements and...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Of illegal sanctions and global politics
Sanctions generally entail restrictions on international trade and finance that one country imposes on another for political reasons.Economic sanctions include the withdrawal of customary trad...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 14:41hrs | 428 | by Peacemaker Zano
Zanu-PF official jailed for fraud
A ZANU-PF district chairman in Mhangura was recently sentenced to an effective six months in prison after defrauding two people of about US$342 in botched land deals.Harmony Mavesere (40) of T...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3041 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to de-racialise land ownership
Zimbabwe says its land ownership rights will no longer take race into account as the southern African country continues to craft policies that seek to depart from those set under the Robert Mugabe reg...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 20:31hrs | 3633 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1023 | by Daniel Itai
Churches lose confidence in Mnangagwa economic policies
The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) yesterday said they have lost confidence in the current economic reforms being implemented by President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration amid a d...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:15hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, surviving means improvising, and some luck
In crisis-stricken Zimbabwe, where prices are soaring, the local dollar is plummeting and time is always short, even a trip to the gas station can be an adventure in the struggle to survive.Fi...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 678 | by AFP
Thabitha Khumalo in trouble
BULAWAYO magistrate Tinashe Tashaya yesterday issued an administrative warrant against MDC chairperson Thabitha Khumalo for failing to show up in court yesterday.Khumalo (58), senator Helen Zi...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Sam ups black ops in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's politics is sick. It is sickening. It is self-defeating. It is toxic. Of late there has been a worrying dangerous trend of Zimbabweans staging abductions and kidnappings, all aimed at false...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 351 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Tendai Biti led team queries 'rogue' RBZ payments
Parliament yesterday slammed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for carrying out quasi fiscal activities outside its mandate and using taxpayers and pensioners' money to fund government activities....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:01hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Doctors paralyse Zimbabwe hospitals
ZIMBABWE's public health delivery system ground to a halt yesterday as doctors countrywide downed tools, with the Harare-based medical professionals marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Munhumut...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:00hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to kick out Mnangagwa?
Recuperating Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is reportedly going to use the country's dreaded Joint Operations Command (JOC), to forcefully kick out President Emmerson Mnangagwa from...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:16hrs | 25411 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
Chief Zvimba blasts Mugabe's nephew
Chief Zvimba has blasted some relatives of former President Robert Mugabe who are trying to politicise his burial while tainting President Mnangagwa's name. Speaking to The Herald on the sidel...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:06hrs | 3476 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has no reason to destabilise Zimbabwe' - has, insatiable greed for power and loot
Zimbabwe is a failed state. The last two weeks following the late Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe's death have provided the international community with some gruesome details of the coun...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 17:42hrs | 1513 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF pays tribute to world leaders for mourning Mugabe
ZANU-PF has expressed gratitude to world leaders, other foreign dignitaries and the generality of Zimbabweans for paying tribute to the country's late former, President Robert Mugabe, during a State f...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:45hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual plans 'massive' Victoria Falls hotel project
THE country's largest financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited, is geographically diversifying its properties with a massive hotel development plan in the resort town of Victoria Falls. ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for production on allocated land
President Mnangagwa has called on beneficiaries of the successful land reform programme to optimally use their land to ensure food security in the country. The Head of State and Government and...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:44hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing, despite tensions caused by a brutal repression of protests, the country's foreign minister says.Since the military-backed ouster of...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:39hrs | 813 | by AFP
Robert Mugabe: Rule by the whip
Books he trusted. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe's leader. He would be home at State House by 5:30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would k...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2280 | by The Economist
Doctors strike calls for urgent attention
The death of Robert Mugabe has taken the nation's focus away from very pressing issues, among them the strike by doctors at public hospitals.Doctors went on strike almost two weeks ago after f...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2340 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa offers no apology for the coup on Mugabe
Robert Mugabe died a "sad man", his nephew told a state funeral service attended by two dozen current and retired foreign leaders in Harare on Saturday.Walter Chidakwa fought back tears as he ...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:02hrs | 8927 | by ZimLive
Mugabe: The socio-genesis, posterity of Pan-Africanism
My heart agonisingly aches in sullenness for Robert Gabriel Mugabe's demise. While weeping can only endure for a while, Mugabe's passing on offers a solid premise to recollect and curate the mortality...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 116 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Grace Mugabe praised
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and endearing legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerso...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2177 | by Staff reporter
'The West is upset about Zimbabwean land'
Let us start by saying that Robert Mugabe is a Zimbabwean giant, Robert Mugabe is an African giant.From 1960 to 2017 - 57 years - he was at the front-end of African politics, front-end of Zimb...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 427 | by Prof Arthur Mutambara
Crafty Bob is not just history but our history
No matter how intelligent we might be, sometimes it is difficult to wrap our heads around some things; they are simply inscrutable.I am sure many people have heard the name Saint Augustine, wh...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 96 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe nears SA industry loans deal
Zimbabwe is closer to sealing over half a billion US dollar syndicated loan package with South African banks to support the private sector, amid revelations Treasury is now finalising the insurance gu...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's success inevitable, says Mnangagwa
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and enduring legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa expresses gratitude to Grace Mugabe
The President, Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will remain resolute in upholding the legacy left behind by the late founding father and former President, Robert Mugabe.The President made the ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:31hrs | 1615 | by Staff reporter
'Shame, elite using foreign hospitals after destroying local one' said Mahere - fuming she not MP
"It's embarrassing and selfish for political elites to destroy our public hospitals then seek health care abroad, destroy our airlines then hire private jets for themselves, destroy our farms then imp...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:58hrs | 591 | by Nomusa Garikai
General Sibusiso Moyo extends begging bowl
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister General Sibusiso Moyo has begged the International Community to assist in the nursing of Zimbabwe from its current problems to a becoming a better coun...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 09:29hrs | 3064 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matemadanda dresses down Hungwe
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda last Saturday launched a scathing attack believed to have been directed at politburo member Josaya Hungwe whom he literally accused of trying to...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:39hrs | 5548 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup announcer pleads for international support to spur reforms
Zimbabwe is serious about pursuing political and economic reforms and deserves international support, foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo said on Friday.President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised a diff...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:39hrs | 716 | by Reuters
Police officers in trouble for fraudulent cattle clearances
Two Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers stationed at Masvingo Rural Police station are in hot soup after they were implicated in the falsification of information on livestock clearance forms....Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
5 Chief Ndiweni supporters acquitted
FIVE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists who were arrested for allegedly dancing and singing derogatory songs with tribal connotations outside the Bulawayo High Court while celebrating the releas...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to be remembered for land reform, says Masuku
THE late former President Robert Mugabe will be remembered for the bold and historic land reform programme which he undertook to empower the people of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF deputy national secretary for t...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:09hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to address cash shortage
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) plans to increase the amount of physical cash in circulation after realising that some critical sectors of the economy such as the informal sector, senior citizens a...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Preserve rather than bury RGM's good
In the play Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, unarguably Britain's greatest playwright, pens lines that must serve as humankind's guidelines while still in this carnal world. In his eulogy a...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 169 | by Stephen Mpofu
Police need riot control training: ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to implement recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 politically-motivated violence by ensuring police officers a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:44hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Why Mugabe is a martyr
ONE cannot fully capture the greatness of pan-Africanist and liberator the late former President Robert Mugabe without celebrating his role in the Land Reform Programme.His mantra: "Land is th...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:23hrs | 607 | by Patience Rusare
Zimbabwe's MPC, RBZ boards face a daunting task
The new Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) boards face a daunting task in dealing with the country's monetary problems and bring the much-needed stability and confidenc...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:02hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
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