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Churches back ED on Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's plans to officially recognise MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, has seen civic organisations and churches throwing their weight behind his gesture by urging the oppos...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1487 | by Jasper Hloka
Zimbabwe Churches, CSOs press panic button
Churches and civic society organisations have expressed concern at the rate at which Zimbabwe is plunging into political and socio-economic decay following the disputed July 30 elections and slammed c...Published: 5 hrs ago | 436 | by Staff reporter
Team Pachedu runs parallel shootings inquiry
A TEAM of human rights defenders, data and science experts, Team Pachedu, has upped the tempo in the inquiry of the post-elections fatal shootings of August 1 which left seven people dead, by opening ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 319 | by Staff reporter
SA advises Zimbabweans on permits
SOUTH Africa has advised Zimbabweans intending to seek permits to ensure their documents are in order and file their applications before the deadline on October 31. The neighbouring country's Departme...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | 2111 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean scientist wins Cambridge scholarship
Zimbabwean scientist Sandile Mtetwa is one of the 92 new scholars selected by the Gates Cambridge Trust to study a PhD at the prestigious Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.According t...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC Alliance starts merging into single party
THE MDC Alliance leadership has instructed provincial structures of coalition partners to begin the integration process bringing their membership under one roof, a process that could see some members ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance rep runs from stock theft rap
LOSING MDC Alliance Insiza South Parliamentary candidate Honest Mafu is on the run from the police who are pursuing him for three counts of stock theft. Mafu (34) of Mthabisi Village in Filabu...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Open for business starts with health funding, Mr Mnangagwa
ONE death is a death too many to justify. As the cholera outbreak ravaged populous Harare high-density suburbs Glen View and Budiriro for the second time within a decade, my heart grieves and prays th...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:28hrs | 612 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zinasu slam MSU over fees squeeze
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has slammed the Midlands State University for charging daily penalties on outstanding student tuition fees.The university is charging a $2 daily p...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1671 | by Staff reporter
Stench of sewage in cholera-hit Harare
Zimbabwe is struggling with its worst outbreak of cholera in a decade, which has killed at least 28 people. An emergency has been declared and public gatherings banned in the capital, Harare.L...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:40hrs | 1568 | by BBC
Chamisa weighs option to contest Mutoko North by-election
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC, which alleged electoral fraud in the July 30 general election, said yesterday it would consult its rank-and-file membership over a decision to contest in the upcoming Mutok...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 4020 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4172 | by Elijah Chihota
Churches set up cholera, typhoid response fund
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has established a cholera and typhoid response fund to deal with the outbreak of the twin waterborne diseases that have claimed 28 lives in Harare and affected t...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Can a driver lose a driving license in Zimbabwe
While I applaud the Zimbabwe authorities for trying to bring sanity on the country's roads, I feel more could be done to deter rogue drivers and even take them off the streets. I took a f...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 13:49hrs | 1402 | by Wezhira Sam
Mthuli Ncube inspires economic optimism
THE appointment of a new-look cabinet last Friday by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has inspired great optimism for the nation.The appointment of a young and daring technocrat in the field of ma...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:00hrs | 1979 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, MDC Alliance's options
THE results of the elections and the outcome of the Constitutional Court did not go in favour of the youthful MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his party, but there remains numerous avenues and o...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1082 | by Dumisani Nkomo
'Zimbabweans should look beyond the horizon'
ZIMBABWEAN businesses should look beyond the horizon of challenges and grab available investment opportunities under the new dispensation to help transform the country's economy, Steward Bank chief ex...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:17hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Bouncers hired to beat up businessman
A BULAWAYO man allegedly paid two bouncers $2 000 to assault his wife's suspected lover in a love triangle that has sucked in a city businessman who was beaten up by the duo. Nkululeko Masuku ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Financial illiteracy is our biggest enemy in Zimbabwe
I found a very interesting letter in one of my old books that I last read in 2004. It is a letter that I received from Barclays Bank (Zimbabwe), offering me a Z$1 million overdraft facility. Three yea...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | 265 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Mnangagwa's new Health Minister labelled academic fraud
Zimbabwe's new Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo, is an academic fraud who does not have the qualification he claims to possess, according to the United States embassy.Moyo, who lost to the MDC Al...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:48hrs | 13834 | by Staff reporter
Gweru vendors relive running battles with municipal cops
Molleen Makasi (54) runs across a busy street in Gweru's central business district while clutching a bag full of tomatoes, onions, carrots and vegetables. At the corner of the road, she is blocked by ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:33hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows to cause sleepless nights for Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa has vowed to cause sleepless nights to his political nemesis President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration after his party nearly made a clean sweep of all urban...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:26hrs | 2131 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's CVR runs out of number plates
The Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) has run out of vehicle registration plates, an official have confirmed. In an interview, Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) Director, Mr Johannes Pedzapasi,...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 08:25hrs | 3810 | by Staff reporter
Kariba town runs dry
KARIBA town, which lies on the shores of the country's mighty Zambezi River and Kariba Dam, has been without running water for the past two weeks, raising fears of a major disease outbreak.Tow...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn runs out of chicken
A SHORTAGE of chicken caused the closure of Chicken Inn outlets in Bulawayo yesterday afternoon.Scores of customers at the popular fast food outlet were left stranded by the shutdown.A...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 07:54hrs | 2720 | by Staff reporter
Gun-wielding Zanu-PF-linked thugs invade Grace Mugabe's property
Former first lady Grace Mugabe's gold mine in Mazowe was reportedly invaded by suspected Zanu-PF gunmen who drove out security guards who were guarding the property.According to Daily News, th...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 11:28hrs | 2051 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3157 | by Erick Matotoba
Chamisa denies business ties with Mugabe
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has trashed claims he had business links with former President Robert Mugabe.He was speaking to South African state broadcaster SABC in a wide-ranging interv...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:45hrs | 990 | by Staff reorter
Corruption major hurdle to meeting development goals
THERE are many questions which require some answers for Zimbabwe pertaining to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially on whether Zimbabwe will achieve the targets of the 17...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 53 | by David Mhlanga
Mnangagwa lawyers' ConCourt holiday appearance was a stunt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's lead lawyer Advocate Lewis Uriri has said his team's appearance at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to file papers to oppose MDC Alliance electoral petition on a holi...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:45hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urged to legalise use of crypto-currencies
GOVERNMENT should consider legalising and regulating the use of crypto-currencies so as to benefit from tax collections and minimise financial crimes such as money laundering.This was said by ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Wasted vote went to Chamisa
The behaviour of the opposition in elections was deplorable they entered the race with a warped mind which was bent on creating anarchy and distress. The supporters of the opposition dwell in serious ...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 06:04hrs | 6185 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
While ED's critics keep talking, our president is fulfilling his promises
The Zimbabwean president has started his mandate to rule Zimbabwe for the next five years. He made many sweeping promises on his way to victory on Election Day. After he took the oath of office on 26t...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 14:41hrs | 2133 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabes to lose farms
Former president Robert Mugabe will only be allowed to keep one farm in line with the government's land policies, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says.In a wide-ranging interview with the Indepen...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 10:29hrs | 7096 | by Staff reporter
Why I am backing Chamisa over Mnangagwa
United States-based opposition leader Noah Manyika is one of only two opposition leaders that are backing MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's legal challenge against President Emmerso...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 16:11hrs | 3604 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over govt spending
Business leaders have expressed doubts that government's fiscal indiscipline will end any time soon, warning the persistent build-up in the imbalances will dampen Zimbabwe's economic prospects over th...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:50hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
The tale of Zimbabwe's 'political families'
ON August 31, news of MDC Alliance candidate for Marondera Central, Caston Matewu's victory swept across the country, sending opposition party supporters into delirium.Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java a...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:01hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe
According to Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, sanctions are defined as "official orders such as the stopping of trade, which is taken against a country in order to make it obey international l...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1087 | by Panganai Kahuni
Operation Restore Legacy invades 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: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:51hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying the MDC Alliance Constitutional petition
As I promised, Zimbabwe here is my critic of the Constitutional petition filed by the MDC Alliance. Everything starts and falls on the founding affidavit. Before going into the substance of his applic...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 20:14hrs | 10108 | by Lloyd Msipa
NMB promotes growth of SMEs
NMB Bank has urged small to medium sized businesses to take advantage of the advisory and financial services its Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) Banking Unit offers them to help grow their enterpris...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 09:31hrs | 835 | by Agencies
Crocodile captured on top of Victoria Falls Bridge
THE iconic Victoria Falls Bridge, spanning the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, had an unwelcome visitor on Sunday - a two-metre-long crocodile.The crocodile brought adventure activi...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:29hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
In the aftermath of the 'most peaceful' elections
The repeated calls by President Mnangagwa for unity and understanding, together with the condemnation of all violence must bring much hope to all Zimbabweans. This is a stance of a true statesman. If ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 18:16hrs | 626 | by Dr Ralph Mguni
Urgent need for leadership at MDC Alliance!
The elections have come and gone but there is need for us to search for that very rare quality called common sense---- a quality which is not at all common as the name suggests, especially among the M...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 20:26hrs | 12316 | by Noble Tawanda Ngara
Not My President - I am an Urbanite
Our hearts bleed with those who were slain by the trigger-happy military on Wednesday. What is more flabbergasting is the lack of sensitivity by those responsible of arming the soldiers with live bull...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 06:51hrs | 12564 | by Dr Gus Manatsa
For thine is the country, the power and the glory
The truth of the matter is, the powers that be will have it on their own terms. Remembering the sequence leading up to the November 2017 grand event will tell anybody who cares that the resolve of the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 06:54hrs | 187 | by Robert Sigauke
The dirty truth about OIL
What does "oil" make you think of? Do "invasions" and "emissions" top your list? Why have leaders thought it worth spilling so much blood for the sake of this pungent mud? And why has it been so hard ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 10:13hrs | 2587 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe: United States to Improve Water Security for River Basin Communities
HARARE - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces Resilient Waters, a five-year, $32.4 million project to address severe water challenges facing the Limpopo River Basin...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 09:50hrs | 403 | by APO
Zimbabwe Election 2018 Predictive Model-It's not even close!
In less than a week Zimbabweans vote in a watershed election. Not surprisingly the impending elections evoke a myriad of emotions for different reasons. Some are hyper-ventilating; some are quacking i...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 13:58hrs | 3844 | by George Chingarande
'New dispensation', same old lies
Ag shame! On the 6th of July I came across a shockingly screaming newspaper headline ED creates 60 000 jobs, I was in the sprawling border town of Beitbridge.Being one not to quickly believe o...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | 331 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
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