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Joy, anger as trapped miners are rescued
A visibly shaken Thinkmore Madimutse was the first survivor to be retrieved from a flooded shaft at Silver Moon mine yesterday four days after disaster struck in the gold-rich Battlefields area....Published: 8 hrs ago | 592 | by Staff reporter
Avalanche of blunders gives Mangudya guts to challenge 'Tzar' Ncube - another sneak resignation on card
Rumour has it that Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, and the Governor of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr John Mangudya are failing to agree on key monetary policies including when Zimbabwe shou...Published: 19 hrs ago | 4617 | by Nomusa Garikai
Ncube, Mangudya policy tussle on monetary policy statement
POLICY efficacy doubts - both fiscal and monetary - in supporting a liberalised foreign currency market, effectively discarding the 1:1 US dollar-bond note/RTGS dollar peg, have arguably been the main...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:27hrs | 492 | by Brett Chulu
Ramaphosa was accused of being an askari
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday had to do something that none of his predecessors, including the corruption accused Jacob Zuma, has ever been forced to do: defend his struggle credentials....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1885 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's knobkerrie located
The late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo's knobkerrie is safe with the family and will never be passed on to someone who is not a family member, his son Sibangilizwe Nkomo revealed on Wednesday.S...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 17:46hrs | 8734 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Anger over Sadc, AU silence on Zimbabwe
The silence by the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) on the on-going human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has drawn widespread condemnation from critics and neutrals ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga fights 'airiment'
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is in the Indian capital of New Dehli, where he is receiving treatment for an abdominal ailment, a government official revealed yesterday. The revelations c...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:49hrs | 9285 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga has 'abdominal ailment'
After WhatsApp rumours swept the country on Sunday that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga had died, the government has been forced to issue a denial - in the process confirming our story last week t...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 19:04hrs | 9043 | by ZimLive
Government reveals Chiwenga's location
Government has revealed that Vice President Constantino Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga is in India where he is receiving medical attention.This was revealed by the Deputy Minister of Information,...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 07:03hrs | 17030 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZERA rules out fuel price hike
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (ZERA) has said the country has enough fuel stocks for the market and Government will not increase its prices in the near future. As such, there is...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi appointed Acting President
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has been appointed Acting President after President Emmerson Mnangagwa left Harare on Friday afternoon for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will attend the 32nd O...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 11:57hrs | 6198 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dabengwa sidelined by illness
ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa has for over a month now been sidelined from hectic political activity as he has been holed up in South Africa where he was flown after his health reportedly deteriorate...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:37hrs | 3355 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Frail Chiwenga claims to be in good health
A footage of a frail Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was aired on State broadcaster ZBC TV News on Tuesday evening with the visible ailing Chiwenga claiming to be in good health. ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 13:31hrs | 29668 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tajamuka to continue protesting outside Groote Schuur over Chiwenga
Social movement Tajamuka says Zimbabwean nationals will continue protesting outside Groote Schuur Hospital until vice president Constantino Chiwenga returns homes.This despite confirmation fro...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 12:51hrs | 2654 | by Reuters
State demands Mzembi medical report
THE State has written to former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi's lawyer, requesting to be furnished with a detailed medical report after videos showing him to be well surfaced on social media ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:39hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Mystery surrounds Chiwenga's treatment in SA
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is receiving treatment in South Africa, the second time in four months, after falling ill last week.Protestors against Chiwenga's decision to seek medicatio...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:05hrs | 2562 | by Satff reporter
Mzembi's medical report sought amid fears he is faking sickness
PROSECUTORS have moved to demand Walter Mzembi's medical reports amid growing suspicions the former Foreign Affairs Minister could be making false claims of ailment to avoid attending his trial....Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 19:57hrs | 1229 | by newzimbabwe
Controversy surrounds Mzembi's health
Former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi's lawyer Job Sikhala has told the courts that his client is "seriously indisposed" in the neighbouring South Africa, a video showing the former Tourism mi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 11:39hrs | 3009 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi's fit video circulates
A HARARE court is today set to deliberate on how to proceed with the trial of former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi, who is said to be gravely ill in South Africa, but a video showing a fit Mz...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike rumour trashed
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Joram Gumbo has assured motorists not to panic as Government is not planning to increase fuel prices again. His assurance comes after reports on social media indi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala in perjury storm
Former Foreign Affairs Minister and G40 loyalist Walter Mzembi is "fit as a fiddle" contrary to claims by his lawyer Mr Job Sikhala that he is critically ill and unfit to stand trial. Mzembi i...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Acute fuel shortages rock Zimbabwe again
Energy and Power Development minister Jorum Gumbo yesterday claimed that fuel companies were concentrating on supplying outlying areas resulting in a shortage of the commodity in urban areas.G...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:58hrs | 3664 | by Staff reporter
Who will inherit Mtukudzi's vast empire?
A wife, four daughters with three different mothers, an unrecognised son with a birth certificate, and a rebutted daughter who made headlines seeking to be recognised.That sums up people with ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | 9040 | by Mtandazo Dube
Zimbabwe not alone in fight against misinformation
Recent moves by the Facebook–owned WhatsApp messaging company to limit users to forwarding a message only five times, in an attempt to cut down on the spread of misinformation, demonstrates the glob...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:48hrs | 161 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Man beds best friend's wife
THERE was drama at Tiki village in Lupane after a man caught his best friend enjoying the forbidden fruit with his wife.The incident transpired on 22 December when Themba Ndlovu found his wife...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 4132 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rubbishes rift with Chiwenga claims
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has played down reports of a serious turf war between him and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, saying no one has so far brought to him substantial evidence to back the cl...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:13hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Cop beds senior's wife
A married police constable's illicit affair with his former boss' wife came to light when their romantic photographs were discovered in his mobile phone. Edmore Chikoromu is alleged to have ab...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:40hrs | 9253 | by Staff reporter
Time for unity is now
We have the highest literacy rate on the continent and beyond, our people are known workaholics who keep their knuckles on the ground yet Zimbabwe is struggling to keep head above water, why? ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 562 | by Tondo Murisa
'Tuku was a clever politician'
At the peak of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle (1975 to 1979) a group of brave local musicians rose to offer morale to the fighters and the supporting masses.Oliver Mtukudzi, together with Thom...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 15:38hrs | 2552 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Let's not lose the spirit of Ubuntu
Zimbabwe lost one of its finest musicians ever when Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi passed away in Harare on Wednesday afternoon after a long battle with diabetes.Before his death, Tuku had produced at...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:15hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Miles apart but so many similarities...
Zimbabwe and Venezuela might be thousands of miles apart but we share so much .Disgruntled citizens ,shortage of medicines,high cost of living,protests against the oppressing regimes.More than...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 919 | by AT Kadada
Mnangagwa's rule may not last very long
Ten days ago, Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, hiked the price of petrol by 250 per cent, making it the most expensive in the world. There had been an acute fuel shortage for months and this ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:41hrs | 6020 | by Peter Godwin
'Black propaganda peddled against Zimbabwe'
Zimbabwe is under attack from "black propaganda" being peddled by Western forces and opposition political parties in a bid to weaken the cohesion in Government, Zanu-PF and the country's security esta...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:13hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chamisa's MDC won't impeach Mnangagwa
MDC legislators said they were not going to be used by Zanu-PF to fight their factional battles through the planned impeachment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.This comes amid high fears over ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:08hrs | 7978 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa seeks AU, Sadc intervention
MDC vice-president Morgen Komichi yesterday implored the Southern African Development Cooperation (Sadc), the African Union (AU) and the rest of the international community to intervene on the deterio...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi, Jonathan Moyo clash on Twitter over Mnangagwa 'ritual' image
Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi suffered Twitter humiliation on Monday after wrongly claiming an unflattering picture of President Emmerson Mnangagwa was "Photoshopped".Exiled former...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:18hrs | 4643 | by ZimLive
Chamisa demands end to crackdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised on Tuesday to investigate a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters, as two of his supporters spoke of a possible plot to remove him fro...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:17hrs | 1610 | by Reuters
The political hypocrisy of the 'Crocodile'
If people are not careful they will be sympathetic to those oppressing them. The junta leader is a master of deception,soon after landing he shades his 'Crocodile tears' and tells those who care to li...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 13:01hrs | 3510 | by AT Kadada
Mnangagwa dismisses rumours of 'palace coup'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed rumours that a coup is being planned after a week of violent protesters against massive fuel-price increases.The local media was awash with reports t...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1742 | by Staff reporter
Oppah Muchinguri to become Vice President?
Defense Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kushiri might outfox Vice President Constantino Nyikadzino Chiwenga to assume the Vice Presidency as infighting within ZANU PF rages on. This was revealed by ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 16:40hrs | 35736 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Energy Mutodi speaks on Mnangagwa 'ritual photo'
Deputy Minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi has come out in defense of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after Professor Jonathan Moyo tweeted a picture of Mnangagwa sugge...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 15:38hrs | 15768 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'I am staying to rebuild nation' insist Coventry - how naïve, with an illegitimate and murderous regime
"I would like to make it clear that I have not resigned as minister. Whatever the problems, sport can and should be part of the solution and I will pour my energies in uplifting our sports, the youth ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 09:29hrs | 827 | by Nomusa Garikai
Kirsty Coventry not quitting anytime soon
Sport, Arts and Culture minister Kirsty Coventry says she will not throw in the towel.Coventry's comments come on the back of pressure being exerted on her to leave President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:43hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Teacher kills self in school storeroom
A female teacher at Muparuri Primary School, identified only as Mrs Kwangwari, committed suicide by hanging herself in the school storeroom in the early morning hours of Wednesday January 09, TellZim ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 16:07hrs | 2044 | by Staff reporter
'Honest' Coventry to resign in protest of Zanu PF shootings - nonsense, recovering from greed induced insanity
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa could be in for a huge shock on his return if a rumour that Youth, Sports and Culture Minister Kirsty Coventry could be resigning from her position comes true," reported ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 19:21hrs | 4156 | by Nomusa Garikai
How Facebook and Whatsapp fuelled chaos and confusion in Zimbabwe
The riots wouldn't have happened without Facebook and Whatsapp. On the morning of January 14th 2019 a swelling mob of hundreds of angry residents flocked the towns filling the streets in the commercia...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 15:59hrs | 3525 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Kirsty Coventry has not resigned from ministry
The Minister of Youth, Arts and Sports Kirty Coventry has not resigned from the ministry as alleged by social media on Thursday, government deputy spokesperson Energy Mutodi has revealed.On Th...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 13:57hrs | 5063 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthwakazi activist shot by police at his home
Mthwakazi Republic Party Bulawayo Provincial Secretary Henry Dube has been assaulted and shot on the head at his home at Cowdry Park in Bulawayo. Dube was shot after questioning the security agents on...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:40hrs | 6148 | by Njabulo Ngwenya
It's time for government to resign - Zapu
Zanu-PF's socio-political bankrupcy has finally come out openly for all to see now. The economic lunacy that this government has created and is all out to perpetuate at all cost, renders the regime un...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 13:46hrs | 4522 | by Iphithule Maphosa ZAPU National Spokesperson
Social media, a blessing or curse?
Social media, its a free for all with gossipers, rumour mongers, 'tweemboz and netizens' all trying to bring out the supposedly scoop on breaking news. Despite the whispering from the sixth sens...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | 265 | by Tondorindo
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