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Cde Mutsvangwa, do birds and trees sexually violate each other?
I never desire to wade into these sexual indiscretion scandals, or sexual abuse accusations, which have hounded well-known Zimbabwean leaders of late - both from the ruling and opposition formations -...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:41hrs | 1444 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Our MPs are sleeping on duty
IF it is, indeed, true that Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi dribbled the country's civil society organisations (CSOs) by completely ignoring their contributions to the Private Voluntary Organisations...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube evades Parliament grilling
UNDERFIRE Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday dodged Senate after he was summoned to give a ministerial statement on the currency crisis, gold coins and state of the economy.Senate deput...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec exams registration begins
The registration window for the 2022 primary and secondary school examinations opened on Friday and will close on July 29, with exam fee payments being accepted in both foreign and local currency, the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:26hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
PETITION: Remove Wadyajena from Parliamentary committee
Justice Mayor Wadyajena is currently under investigation by law enforcement authorities in the country.It is only fair and prudent that Justice Mayor Wadyajena steps aside from the Portfolio c...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 11:56hrs | 3735 | by Mgcini Ncube
Watson Khupe dies
A SENATOR representing people with disabilities (PWDs) Watson Khupe has died.He was 59. Sen Khupe died at Mater Dei Hospital on Saturday where he was admitted over an undisclosed illness....Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:10hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube summoned over gold coins
DEPUTY President of the Senate Mike Nyambuya has summoned Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to Parliament to present a ministerial statement explaining how gold coins will stop the country's economic haem...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | 7720 | by Staff reporter
China donates new Parliament building to Zimbabwe
China has donated to Zimbabwe the recently completed new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden in Harare to boost friendship and solidarity between the two countries.Government has, however, been ...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chinese Parly building complete
Epitomising magnificence, the imposing six-storey circular Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the picturesque surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislati...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:14hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF splurges cash on delegates
Zanu-PF has revealed that members of the party's women's league conference in Harare were showered with cash and fuel coupons amid indications that the ruling party is already well oiled ahead of the ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:49hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
9 000 farmer field schools on cards
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would set up 9 000 field schools for farmers to improve the country's agricultural extension services.Addressing a Press conference in Harare, Lands and Agri...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Complaints Bill sails through Senate
THE Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission Bill last week sailed through the Senate without debate, taking a few minutes for senators to pass it.Legal think-tank Veritas said the Bill woul...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Women's League conference roars into life
ALL roads lead to the Harare International Conference Centre today for the 7th Zanu-PF Women's League elective conference, which constitutionally takes place after every five years, with at least 2 50...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa in scathing attack on fellow legislators
OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa Friday launched a scathing attack on parliamentarians, questioning whether they were not actively grooming corruption by remaining mum and failing to query ten...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2018 | by Staff reporter
'Politicians inciting violence'
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe accused political party leaders of inciting violence to destabilise the country ahead of the 2023 polls.Responding to questions in the Senate, Kazembe sai...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:35hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally who was once arrested for murdering MDC activist, nominated for ZEC post
FORMER Kwekwe town clerk Emmanuel Musara, who is also a close ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has been shortlisted for possible appointment as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) post....Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2659 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lashes out at United States
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has lashed out at the United States for its "disturbing streak of selfishness and coercive diplomacy" demonstrated by its latest decision to introduce a law to monitor activities i...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Parly to interview prospective ZEC Commissioners
The Parliament's Committee on Standing Rules and Orders will on Friday hold public interviews for 32 candidates shortlisted to replace six Zimbabwe Electoral Commission commissioners whose terms of of...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Chirau appointed deputy secretary
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed former Zanu-PF acting Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs, Tendai Chirau, as the Deputy Secretary for Security in the Politburo.Speaking after the 362nd Politb...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Russia ties to be cemented, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the cordial bilateral relations that exist between Zimbabwe and Russia which date back to the country's liberation struggle should be cemented and consolidated.Spe...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament snubs EU observer mission
THE European Union observer mission (EUOM) has expressed concern over its failure to meet Parliament to assess progress on the implementation of electoral reform recommendations.The EU mission...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
NGOs plot to unsettle Zimbabwe exposed
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC), which have become fretful over the proposed Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment, have hatched ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:29hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe blames police corruption on citizens
Home affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has a plan to deal with police corruption: Zimbabweans must stop paying bribes, he told the Senate on Thursday.Kazembe admitted corruption was rampant in ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 18:59hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
United States mulls fresh bid to strangle Zimbabwe
IN what could pan out to be a reincarnation of the diabolical Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera), the US is mulling enacting legislation that will impose stiff penalties on African ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Senators fume over bunking ministers
SENATORS have attacked the Executive after ministers bunked the Upper House question and answer session.Only five ministers pitched up to take questions from Senators last Thursday, resulting ...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces implosion
ZIMBABWE is facing an implosion due to myriad challenges and senators have warned that protests may be the order of the day going forward as long as there is no solution to the economic crisis prevail...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:29hrs | 3413 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's New Parliament building 100pc complete
WORK at the new Parliament building in Mount Hampden on the outskirts of Harare is now complete, with furnishings for offices and chambers done.Presently, what is outstanding are ancillary wor...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:18hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa improves MPs, civil servants perks
Government has fixed up to US$10 000 worth of vehicle that civil servants can import duty free while Members of Parliament will now be allowed to import two vehicles duty free as the Second Republic s...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:51hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament wants corporal punishment legally permitted as children turn rogue
THE Senate Thursday strongly recommended that the law banning corporal punishment for children should be repelled as it has rendered them totally indisciplined.Senators concurred since the pra...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
ZEC refuses to be audited by Chiri over public funds
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), which is always accused of electoral fraud and subverting the people's will, while undermining democracy; especially ahead of the critical 2023 general electio...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 11:14hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
Challenging election results
ELECTIONS are prone to be disputed. Electoral petitions to challenge any part of the election process are allowed in terms of the Electoral Act. There are also criminal remedies if there has been a br...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 273 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zanu-PF youths instructed to pave way for Robert Mugabe Jnr
Zanu-PF youths have been reportedly instructed to avoid contesting for any position Robert Mugabe Jnr seeks to occupy at the upcoming youth league conference, it has emerged.Speculation is rif...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 19:49hrs | 2249 | by Staff reporter
Women living disabilities suffer from political exclusion
TRAUMATIC episodes of unmitigated violence and stigma are among deterrents in mainstream political participation for women with disabilities in Zimbabwe, a development that leads to disability issues ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:05hrs | 53 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa opens doors for young women
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday gave young women the carte blanche to seize vast opportunities that have been brought by the Second Republic as he promised to give them loans and open the doors for part...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 08:58hrs | 774 | by Staff Reporter
Russian people to decide on Putin's future, not Biden, says the Kremlin
The Kremlin has hit back at President Joe Biden's remark on Sunday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," saying that such a decision lies with the Russian people."It's n...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 07:23hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
Joe Biden's job approval rating hits lowest mark
UNITED States president Joe Biden's job approval ratings keep falling in his second year in the White House, with just 40% of Americans approving of the job that he is doing, a new NBC News survey fin...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 07:11hrs | 1357 | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 5264 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda berates Sadc public accounts committees
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday said Public Accounts Committees in the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) region were under-performing and failing to effectively hol...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:06hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Zacc arrests 3 bogus officers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested three people including a police officer, who masqueraded as their officials and duped a cross-border trader of US$2 000.The trio, Su...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:40hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the biohazard threat in Ukraine?
From the very beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the United States has unleashed a massive campaign to accuse Moscow of all sorts of crimes.Protecting the civilian population...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:30hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Parly building almost complete
World-class equipment and furniture has been installed at the state-of-the-art new Parliament building in Mount Hampden, which is now 95 percent complete.Of the six floors, work remains only o...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Gauteng High Court asking the court to declare US sanctions on Zimbabwe illegal and unconstitutional
The Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Movement is asking the court to declare US sanctions illegal and unconstitutional.In a potentially ground-breaking international case, a group called the Zimbabwe A...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 16:14hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
African politicians thrive on deceiving electorate
AN interesting feature of liberation movements in Africa is their public denunciation of colonialism, imperialism and the injustices that are generally associated with these practices while they thems...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:41hrs | 117 | by Mukunda Chitova
Male legislators, marriage laws
ZIMBABWE on Tuesday joined the rest of the world in commemorating and celebrating International Women's Day.This is a day set aside worldwide to recognise and celebrate the social, economic, c...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 20:12hrs | 569 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Anti Zimbabwe sanctions crusades heat up in SA
THE legal case, in which a South African-based anti-sanctions lobby group is suing United States President Joe Biden over the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera), has escalated with ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 07:27hrs | 1990 | by Staff reporter
Payment of lobola now mandatory
Payment of lobola before marriage under customary union is now mandatory after Parliament passed the Marriages Amendment Bill on Tuesday with a clause empowering marriage officers to ascertain whether...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:54hrs | 1709 | by Staff reporter
Demise of the status quo
AFTER the Roman senate declared Emperor Nero an enemy of the State and sentenced him to death for his abuse of power, the emperor did not wait to be humiliated in public, instead he committed suicide....Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 361 | by Sakala
Zimbabwe to host African Parliament summit
Zimbabwe's offer to host the next sessions of the African Parliamentary Union has been enthusiastically accepted with the 78th executive committee and 44th conference scheduled for November in the cou...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
World War III might already be underway
IN life, it is absolutely critical to learn to pick your battles.While celebrated English playwright William Shakespeare once noted that "cowards die many times before their deaths", Nigerian ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:15hrs | 187 | by Bishop Lazi
Anti-sanctions crusades heat up in SA
THE legal case, in which a South African-based anti-sanctions lobby group is suing United States President Joe Biden over the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera), has escalated with ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:43hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
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