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2 failed marriages, a broken past define Mukanya
Two broken marriages, transition from village life to the ghetto, a miscalculated sojourn into the diaspora, failed investments, a broken youth life, all carved the character of this man. This...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2618 | by STaff reporter
Zimbabwe blocks US$1bn pipeline project
THE Ministry of Energy has blocked a plan by South African-owned Mining, Oil and Gas Services Company (MOGS) to construct a US$1 billion 550-kilometre fuel pipeline from Beira to Harare, arguing that ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:08hrs | 1287 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean women abused in the United Kingdom
She arrived in London from Zimbabwe last year to join her husband, she married in Harare. Makanaka was thrilled at the prospect of a new life in the UK.But soon after she moved in with...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:33hrs | 4949 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mandiwanzira potential fugitive'
Special Unit prosecutor Michael Chakandida yesterday opposed former minister and Nyanga South legislator Supa Mandiwanzira's application for variation of bail conditions saying that he is a potential ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:16hrs | 3519 | by Staff reporter
How to choose the right powder welding machine
The choice of the right powder welding machine can be simple and profitable if you caref...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:19hrs | 964 | by Tech Reporter
Gono to land top ZANU PF post?
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono's political fortunes may rise again as he may be earmarked for a Politiburo position during the ZANU PF annual December Conference.A Centra...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:09hrs | 5983 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe in the hands of dedicated patriots
For one to be a member of ZANU PF in good times and bad times we need to understand some fundamental issues that everyone who is a ZANU PF cadre should know and follow. We should zero in from the basi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 13:56hrs | 1045 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Optic fibre link - another feather in the cap for Zimbabwe
THE commissioning of the $23,6 million TelOne national backbone fibre link in Beitbridge is a game changer in the telecommunications sector at it will allow for faster, reliable, secure and cheaper in...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of betadine and painkillers
Zimbabwe's top hospital Parirenyatwa has run out of basic necessities like betadine and painkillers it has been revealed. The issue came out during a meeting between Minister of Health Obadiah...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4275 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabeist G4Os and their aging geriatric could not even read the signs
In November 2018, His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, boldly declared the open and unrelenting warfare against the evil of endemic corruption."In the Second Republic, we wil...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:04hrs | 1755 | by Christopher Mutsvangwa
Bulawayo runs out of water treatment chemicals
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has run out of water treatment chemicals for the second time in less than two months as foreign currency shortages continue to haunt the local authority.According t...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Should Zimbabwe's 'unwitty' MPs be sent back to school?
In our series of letters from African writers, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe looks at whether politicians need better qualifications.Zimbabwe has one of the highest liter...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 16:19hrs | 822 | by Brian Hungwe
Mnangagwa splurges US$1,5m on anti-sanctions project
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's cashstrapped government will spend over US$1,5 million over three years after hiring a lobbyist linked to the United States President Donald Trump in a bid to have sanct...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa splits MDC?
It happened there: how democracy died in MDC. A new kind of authoritarianism is taking root in the opposition and there are warning signs for Zimbabwe and its people.The MDC T or A's border ru...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 4513 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe is not the worst country on earth!
At the beginning of this new weekly column, more of which is going to come in the next months and years Inshallah, let me make this humble appeal to the authorities on behalf of the suffering resident...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 3374 | by Baffour Ankomah
'Chamisa failed to meet MDC target,' says Mwonzora
Tension continues to rise in the MDC ahead of its elective congress with secretary general Douglas Mwonzora saying the party president Nelson Chamisa failed to meet a target of attracting 4.5 million ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 5032 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel crisis: Can someone please say the truth?
Here is a folklore allegory: imagine a man with a huge rural family of 10 children and a wife to take care of.The family knows that the man, as the breadwinner, goes on several hunting expedit...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | 751 | by Learnmore Zuze
'I can get more votes than Chamisa in 2023' says Mwonzora
MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora says he is a capable leader who is able to garner more votes that what MDC President Nelson Chamisa got in the last election if he was to be elected as Party Pre...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 18:53hrs | 10549 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's anti-graft unit probes PSMAS
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special unit on anti-corruption is investigating alleged rampant abuse of funds at the government-owned Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) amid claims that top...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:55hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe almost ready to compensate white farmers
Zimbabwe has made significant progress in its efforts to compensate white former farmers with valuations having been carried out for nine of the 10 provinces.Government is of the view that dea...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:29hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Teachers Union demands of 3K salary an utopian demand
It is undeniable that the cost of living for an ordinary Zimbabwean is increasingly becoming expensive, but the latest 3k salary demand by Teachers' Unions is astonishing to say the least.I fo...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 09:45hrs | 3010 | by Brightface Mutema
Youths the vehicle of change
The young people must stand and be counted. They are an integral part of the development talk engine of any society.Zimbabwe most of voters have been frustrated by the way Zimbabwe Election Co...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 08:09hrs | 237 | by Leonard Koni
What's driving the crisis in Zimbabwe?
OVER the course of his nearly 40 years in power, former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe demonstrated again and again how disconnected his rule was from the needs of his people.The violent pogro...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 21:02hrs | 2005 | by Stephen Chan
St Luke's Hospital suspends ops, closes mortuary
A POWER cut caused by the vandalism of Zesa power lines has forced St Luke's Hospital in Lupane to suspend surgical operations and close the mortuary. Kenmaur area where St Luke's Hospital is ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
ZBC set for major overhaul
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa says Zimbabweans must brace themselves for a raft of media reforms as her ministry moves to align various laws with the constitution.Mutsvangwa (MM) told...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
Disinformation and misinformation the new battlefront
EDITOR,The information age has brought with it many opportunities as well as challenges. Is it not ironic that in this digital age where information is supposed to be available at our fingerti...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 815 | by Davison Kaiyo.
Bogus lawyer arrested for fraud
A BOGUS lawyer, Descent Moyo, who allegedly masqueraded as a housing estate agent, was nabbed last week and brought to court on charges of duping a Harare property owner of his money after being hired...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:03hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy plunges into VUCA environment
Business leaders are frustrated with the inability to anticipate and handle the country's fragile and toxic economy which continues to implode, a situation which has left them in distress.This...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:59hrs | 1844 | by Staff reporter
SADC and AU have the blood of Zimbabweans on their hands
In life there are always those things that one always finds baffling - which never seem to make any sense - and, similarly, I also have two such things in my life.One of those seemingly inexpl...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 11:12hrs | 2692 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bus runs over, kills two pedestrians
TWO people died on the spot while 18 others were injured after a Bulawayo-bound Botswana-registered bus veered off the road and ran over pedestrians in Marula, near Plumtree. Matabeleland Sout...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Walsh premiership side donates to Tsholotsho team
IT'S AN awful long way from Mid Wales to northern Zimbabwe – but now in a small corner of this southern African country there's a village football team with a stronger connection to Powys than most....Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:49hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
The untold tale of Chiredzi's 'Muti Wenhamo'
AARON Tonderai trudges along the dusty road in the sweltering heat of the south eastern sun in the sugar-growing town of Masvingo province, trying to reach a nearby shopping centre before exhausting h...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 2172 | by Staff reporter
RTG Bulawayo facelift to meet ZITF opening dates
RAINBOW Tourism Group (RTG) says the refurbishment of its Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel will be completed by March 31, in time for the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair. RTG corporate communica...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:39hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Who ever is running Mnangagwa's Twitter page should replace George Charamba
Everytime the Presidental spokes person speaks one feels like there are listening to a heartless despot. A person who gives a clear impression the government has never done wrong and can never do wron...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:34hrs | 1295 | by Tese Pese
Hindu Temple in Harare celebrates 90th anniversary
Zimbabwe Hindus are celebrating 90th anniversary of Cameron Street Shree Omkar Mandir in Harare (Zimbabwe) on February 10. These celebrations, being organized by The Hindoo Society Harare...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 428 | by Agencies
Concern over slow MZWP progress as Bulawayo runs dry
Bulawayo residents have expressed concern over the slow progress in implementing the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP), which has been touted as the answer to the region's water crisis....Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:59hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel closes
The Rainbow Tourism Group will temporarily close the Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel to make way for renovations.Rainbow Tourism Group Corporate Communications and Innovations Manager, PrideKhu...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:50hrs | 1594 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe airports' utilisation below 30%
Capacity utilisation at local airports has slumped to below 30 percent on the back of continued operational challenges facing national airline, Air Zimbabwe.This comes at a time the Civil Avia...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:44hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's aides in turf war
A war of words that erupted between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's propagandists could be indicative of a major turf war among key actors in his administration.Last week, Mnangagwa's spokesper...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:01hrs | 6365 | by Staff reporter
Nyaradzo CEO turns into Tuku's undertaker
The burial of music superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi - the first musician to be accorded national hero status -- was unprecedented in many respects.It was the first time a national hero was bu...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:14hrs | 2191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in make-up craze
Zimbabweans have always been obsessed with looking good and they believe an outfit is not complete without a professionally made-up face.While fashion trends have always been borrowed from oth...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 15:03hrs | 1831 | by Cindy Munyavi
Biti leads Parly roast of finance ministry over budget overruns
FINANCE ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga and his top team had a torrid time Monday before the Parliament's public accounts committee as they were grilled over government's runaway expen...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:12hrs | 580 | by newzimbabwe.com
Civil servants' salary demands should be reasonable
Although civil servants play a critical role in the provision of essential services by Government ministries and departments and are entitled to the right to fight for the improvement of their salarie...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:44hrs | 4674 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Top executives for Victoria Falls CEO Roundtable
The CEO Africa Roundtable is holding its annual gathering from February 13 to 15 in the resort of Victoria Falls, with business persons set to discuss two key topics - discovering new opportunities an...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:16hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Who really calls the shots in bloody Zimbabwe crackdown?
THE two girls, one 11 and the other 12, were on their street in the Pumula district of Bulawayo one afternoon, going between each other's homes, when they made the mistake of peeping through the wall ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | 1021 | by The Times (UK)
Jonathan Moyo's letter to Mnangagwa
Dear Emmerson This is the first of three Twitter Letters I intend to send to you this week. I had meant to send them last week but I refrained from doing so after your spokesperson, George Cha...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 06:36hrs | 14463 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teacher claps man to death
A Zaka teacher, who is a father to four children, has his lucky stars to thank for being a free man after the State and the defence team unanimously agreed to alter a murder charge he was facing at Ma...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 16:53hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue on reforms will save us
THE past few days have been hell for Zimbabwe; the citizen has been subjected to attrition, causing severe physical and psychological inflammation and, in the worst case, death.These deaths ha...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:27hrs | 215 | by Jacob Mafume
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance in Tuku honours scramble
AFTER bitter recriminations over last week's deadly fuel price protests, Zanu-PF and its MDC rivals scrambled to show sensitivity to the national mood Thursday as the party leaders joined Zimbabweans ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:39hrs | 2963 | by newzimbabwe
Mohadi divorce case rages on
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has petitioned the High Court challenging the two applications filed against him by his estranged wife, Tambudzani, arguing that they were submitted out of time.Moh...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:21hrs | 2400 | by Staff reporter
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