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NHIMBE welcomes new cabinet, expresses concern over delayed filling of National Arts Council positions
Nhimbe Trust, an advocate for a vibrant and sustainable Zimbabwean creative sector that is sufficiently regulated and well resourced, has welcome the appointment of Minister Kirsty Coventry."H...Published: 13 hrs ago | 231 | by Stephen Jakes
Cholera: Harare City Council caught sleeping on the job
The ongoing cholera outbreak started on 1 September in Glen View 3, Harare and has since spread, killing 30 people with 5 463 cases having been reported to date. As usual opposition elements hav...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | 4017 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa ally resigns as NRZ board chairman
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board chair, Larry Mavima, has resigned as the parastatal's chairman following his recent swearing in as Senator for Shurugwi-Zvishavane and appointment as Minister...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa overturns Chegutu mayoral results
Stakeholders and some members of the MDC-Alliance have blasted leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for imposing Councillor Maphios Shumba as Chegutu mayor ahead of Councillor Henry Muchatibaya who was elected by...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 17:59hrs | 12478 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law under probe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption unit has reportedly opened investigations into former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chikore's involvement in the botched ZimAirways deal, N...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2901 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu offered to step down
ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu yesterday said he volunteered to relinquish his Senatorial position to pave way for Cain Mathema following his appointment as Minister of Home Affai...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:18hrs | 5615 | by Staff reporter
Small political parties likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023
A number of opposition political parties are likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023 primarily as a result of lack of funding and their failure to gain traction at the just-ended polls....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:36hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forces Obert Mpofu to relinquish his Senate seat
Former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu has been forced to relinquish his Senate seat to make way for his successor Cain Mathema, a week after he lost his Cabinet post.President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:14hrs | 14517 | by Staff reporter
Charamba sexual abuse probe set to start
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission has launched a probe into claims of sexual harassment levelled against police Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba's husband and two other Department of Immigr...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Sipepa Nkomo regrets dumping Tsvangirai for Biti
Former Water minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, who recently resigned from politics, has revealed how he painfully regrets dumping the MDC then led by the late Morgan Tsvangirai for a splinter party led by...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:09hrs | 2097 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa 'won', but lost the 2018 election
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa won the 2018 election on one hand, but lost it on the other. First, while the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and Mnangagwa celebrated their vindication by the Constitutional C...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:57hrs | 7254 | by Moses Tofa
NPP top official rejoins Chamisa
A NATIONAL Patriotic Party (NPP) top official, who quit the Joice Mujuru-led party on Tuesday, has rejoined the MDC-T led by Nelson Chamisa, while his counterpart has hung his boots as resignations th...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has changed Zanu-PF into a fresh new-look organisation
Political analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet - in which he dumped both friends and foes alike on Friday last week - demonstrates that he is determined to reset the government's co...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 20:01hrs | 5056 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ministers pledge drastic changes
Ministers that form part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet yesterday pledged to hit the ground running and transform the way of doing business in their respective portfolios after being sworn-...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 14:58hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a coup leader who was illegimate to have even stood for July elections
As the nation of Zimbabwe grapples with the crucial debate over the validity of the 30 July presidential election results, we all seem to be missing one very critical matter - Emmerson Mnangagwa was i...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 12:50hrs | 1613 | by Peace Chiwara Marangwanda
Sipepa-Nkomo endorses Mnangagwa, quits politics
Former National People's Party (NPP) Vice President Dr Sipepa Nkomo has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership, as he announced his retirement from active politics at his Bulawayo base thi...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 12:47hrs | 3622 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's NPP on the verge of collapse
FORMER Vice President Joice Mujuru's National People's Party (NPP) is on the verge of collapse after members of its national leadership have begun resigning en masse.Amongst those who have dit...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:51hrs | 1421 | by Staff
Mnangagwa exposed - Truth is out
How could the president that carries people's hopes misfires so early in his mandate as president of the republic of Zimbabwe. I never thought the day would come when the tax payer's money is wasted a...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:19hrs | 26185 | by Ntombizanele Ndlovu
19 shades of the MDC
Yesterday marked the 19th birthday of the Movement of Democratic Change - Zimbabwe's once formidable opposition party. Of course, one can be forgiven for not knowing what that name actually now repres...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 392 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mphoko's Choppies congratulates Mnangagwa
Choppies Enterprises Zimbabwe owned by deposed former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has congratulated President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Vice President Mohadi and Chiwenga.Mphoko is currentl...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 15:20hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Cabinet: A patronage, merit alchemy?
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, following a disputed narrow victory in July which had to be validated by the Constitutional Court in August, appointed a new Cabinet on Friday, September 7....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | 1586 | by Washington Katema
Zanu-PF government is like a silly husband
The alleged chartered plane for Grace Mugabe by ZANU PF Government made me to believe that ZANU PF not different from a silly husband who cannot provide for his family and even a 'smallhouse'. I...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 09:12hrs | 2045 | by Don Chigumba
A few suggestions to the knowledgeable Prof Mthuli Ncube from a keen fellow Economist
I am grateful that the key Ministry of Finance has been judiciously assigned to Prof Mthuli Ncube at a time such as this. I believe the Minister is well on course to transform the country's economic f...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2918 | by Prosper Munyedza
Suggestions to Prof Mthuli Ncube from a keen fellow Economist
I am grateful that the key Ministry of Finance has been judiciously assigned to Prof Mthuli Ncube at a time such as this. I believe the Minister is well on course to transform the country's economic f...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1313 | by Prosper Munyedza
Mnangagwa's power of silence and love
President Mnangagwa suffered much humiliation at the hands of the G40 cabal, led by former First Lady Grace Mugabe with the tacit endorsement of then President, Mr Robert Mugabe. Around 10 mon...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 576 | by Editorial - chronicle
Hunt on for new Prosecutor-General
Government has started hunting for a substantive Prosecutor-General following the publication of the resgination of Prosecutor-General Advocate Ray Goba in the Government Gazette on Friday, a senior G...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's endorsement of Mnangagwa did not come cheap
Former president Robert Mugabe's endorsement of Emmerson Mnangagwa after an ugly fallout did not come cheap.Mugabe and Mnangagwa's relationship broke down in November last year after the 94-ye...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 18:11hrs | 14095 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Cabinet raises Zimbabwe hopes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet has raised fresh hopes among long-suffering Zimbabweans that his administration could finally end the misery and despondency that characterised life under fo...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:19hrs | 5823 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shows Grace Mugabe true love
President Mnangagwa should be commended for his unwavering support to the former First Family, as shown by his kind gesture to carry the burial costs of the mother of the former First Lady.Pre...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross calls out Chamisa on poll lies
Former MDC Alliance senior official Mr Eddie Cross has called out Mr Nelson Chamisa for lying that he won the July 30 Presidential elections as local authority results - which have remained unconteste...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:14hrs | 2712 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo shocked
Former Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo said he was shocked that Zimbabwe had a "Stop List" which was being used by the Registrar General to refuse to issue passports to Zimbabwean citizen...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:50hrs | 22918 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe endorses rigged elections as 'will of the people' after ED guarantees of fabulous wealth
A team of top notch scientists must be dispatched immediately to Blue Roof Mansion, Harare; the task is to take and test blood samples, urine samples, test all medicine, perfume, test all the fo...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | 1339 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa God-given, says Grace Mugabe
Former President Robert Mugabe yesterday implored the nation to rally behind President Mnangagwa, saying his election victory in the July 30 harmonised elections legitimised his leadership. The remark...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:24hrs | 5374 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe in major climbdown over Mnangagwa
Former President Robert Mugabe yesterday made a major climbdown, saying said he now recognised President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership after the latter won the July 30 elections.Mugabe, who ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:16hrs | 2223 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should prove his mantle
From his first coming as President - in November last year - Emmerson Mnangagwa has sought to portray himself as a Statesman, a man who would put the needs of the nation first and rise above the poiso...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 237 | by Editorial - newsday
Legitimacy comes from the people, Cdes!
OUR doubts about the efficacy of our hopeless legal system have now been proved beyond any reasonable doubt. After that charade of an election court hearing, it is little wonder this country is in the...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 15:56hrs | 1588 | by CZ
Mugabe, Mnangagwa relations improve
As the frosty relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his sulking predecessor Robert Mugabe get better, the government splashed hundreds of thousands of dollars last week hiring a charter p...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 15:50hrs | 5503 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy skids
Analysts have raised fears that the country's troubled economy could soon plunge into another full blown crisis akin to the ugly 2008 hyper-inflationary era — unless the government acts urgently to ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 15:46hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda tipped to retain Parly Speaker post
Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda is tipped to retain his position as it emerged that both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, have expressed confidence in ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe’s expectations are high, justifiably so
Since November 24 last year when President Mnangagwa assumed office following the resignation of Mr Robert Mugabe, expectations have been high for him to change Zimbabwe's complexion and turn around i...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 268 | by Vusi Nyamazana
Should Zimbabwe be awarded $2 billion economic bailout? or John Mangudya should resign
On 04/09/2018, the media reported that Zimbabwe needs $2 billion bailout in order to deal with the economy's liquidity challenges. The Governor of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is alleged to have said so. ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 2719 | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa has the world at his feet
There were some heart-warming pictures from President Mnanagwa's swearing-in ceremony at the National Sports Stadium on the afternoon of August 26 in Harare. President Mnangagwa having a good ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 450 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mnangagwa to retire long-serving Cabinet ministers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to retire long-serving Cabinet ministers and deploy them at Zanu-PF headquarters — as he comes under growing pressure to dump the deadwood that worked for decades...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:05hrs | 3196 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's father-in law sues Dembare for $247 000
Former Dynamos president, Keni Mubaiwa's firm, KM Auctions (Pvt) Ltd, has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel Dynamos Football Club (Pvt) Ltd to pay him $247 503 plus costs of suit af...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:39hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel consumption spikes 24%
Fuel consumption has spiked 24 percent to 752,4 million litres between January and June this year, largely in response to rising economic activity sparked by renewed investor confidence following the ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura gives up on wives
SITTING in solitary confinement at the heart of Chikurubi Maximum Prison, jailed clergyman Robert Gumbura ponders the future of his 21 wives.He has only served five of his 40-years prison sent...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Spotlight on Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a herculean task after his inauguration this week as he comes under intense scrutiny on whether he can walk the talk during the next five years of his leadership aft...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:47hrs | 3296 | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni, Nkosana Moyo emerged from defeat far, far better than Chamisa
I HOPE Chamisa's simmering and smarting hordes are now settled, after what by now should be a long enough cooling period. He is himself showing signs of recovering from zealous political Pentecostalis...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1413 | by Igomombe
Operation restore order invaded SA
THE events of November last year when the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) carried out the famous "Operation Restore Legacy" will go down in history books as a turning point in the country's political tra...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 21:31hrs | 3152 | by Erick Matotoba
Mnangagwa targets rogue soldiers
Former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe will lead a seven-member commission of inquiry tasked with investigating circumstances leading to the post-election violence of August 1.The ap...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 13:02hrs | 4098 | by Staff reporter
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