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Mnangagwa's PR offensive a futile exercise
GOVERNMENT'S decision to hire four international public relations firms in its bid to spruce up its battered image globally is pointless unless the Harare administration implements substantive politic...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi sellout and a liability
As the leader of Mthwakazi Republic Party i cannot let people like Mohadi have a field day on us, surely how can he stoop that low to address Mthwakazi Republic Party at his Zanu-PF rally at Stanley s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:10hrs | 8 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President
Army chief's wife to stand trial for murder
The wife of a brigadier general who was a suspect in the 2012 murder of her nephew is only being prosecuted seven years later – coincidentally as her husband has filed for divorce.Cleop...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:51hrs | 3 | by ZimLive
MDC tribal cracks widen
Zimbabwe's politics is a very interesting terrain. It is contested by revolutionaries, pseudo revolutionaries, neo-liberals, sell-outs to the outright treasonous. Students of politics know tha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 2985 | by Staff reporter
How Nhari, Badza rebels were 'crushed'
Last week, freedom fighter Parker Chipoyera told Levi Mukarati of an uprising famously called the Nhari-Badza rebellion during the liberation struggle. The revolt, according to Parker, s...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
CJ Malaba reaffirms judiciary's independence
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has reaffirmed that the country's judiciary is independent and everyone including the executive is answerable to the rule of law.He made the remarks while delivering ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 19:46hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
What God promises will be confirmed in action through men
God is a God of promises. In fact the Word is full of those promises. Many a time we read of men and women who bore the promises of God. Joshua was no exception. God called him from the pool of leader...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 14:34hrs | 1287 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Zinara board chair freezes as corrupt activities exposed
Former Transport deputy minister and Zimbabwe National Road Administration board chairman Michael Madanha was on Tuesday left speechless in court after dismissed finance director Simon Taranhike asked...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 3524 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's killer soldiers facing the gun
In a surprise development, a close confidante of President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the long-awaited prosecution of soldiers who killed innocent civilians in August last year will begin next year. ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:52hrs | 7040 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Sam is not Father Christmas
In rural Zimbabwe Zanu-PF has always been with the people through thick and thin. It was in the countryside where the war of liberation was more brutal, leaving many maimed and without livestock. Othe...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 18:13hrs | 417 | by Tondorindo
Family lives in fears, as member goes missing
A FAMILY from Bulawayo is living in fear following the disappearance of a family member in January this year, during a near uprising in the country over the hiking of fuel prices.The family of...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3771 | by Agencies
Exhumation in the context of Gukurahundi and Ndebele thought
AS efforts continue to find closure to the Gukurahundi conundrum, hopes are being raised that there might be some light at the end of the tunnel. While people may be speaking freely on the subject, cl...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:01hrs | 196 | by Pathisa Nyathi
NetOne back-to-basics strategy pays off
NETONE CEO Lazarus Muchenje believes the state-owned mobile phone operator is on the road to recovery because of a back-to-basics strategy.Muchenje (LM) told Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trev...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:38hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
The Mugabe legacy, the ignominy of failed G40 politicking
The controversy and contradiction surrounding the memory of the late former President Robert Mugabe is telling of the extent to which his legacy was abused both in life and in his afterlife.Th...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 55 | by Lewis Matutu
'MDC with no eyes supported ED's coup' - double jeopardy, failing to see being led by the blind
"Rinemanyanga hariputirwi!" (The truth will always come out no matter how much one tries to conceal it!) so goes the Shona adage. After 20 years of blundering from pillar to post the truth is now comi...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 17:20hrs | 147 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Drama rocks city funeral
There was real life drama in Magwegwe when a Bulawayo man with support from his relatives disrupted his lover's funeral after they allegedly stormed into their in-laws' house and made off with mourner...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:04hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala throws Chamisa, Tsvangirai under the bus
FIREBRAND MDC deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala has said politicians including those in the opposition who supported the November 2017 coup that toppled the now late former President Robert Mug...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:02hrs | 64 | by newzimbabwe
An indictment on Mnangagwa's govt
THE hard-hitting report by United Nations special rapporteur Clement Nyaletsossi Voule on human rights pointing out that citizens' hope for a new dawn under President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fast fading...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Human rights' violations strain Zimbabwe-US relations
THE United States government says it is alarmed by the ill-treatment of the country's citizens by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, indicating its bad human rights record has left relatio...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a country of glaring contradictions
ZIMBABWE, under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has now become a country of sickening contradictions.Last week, a visiting United Nations special rapporteur on human rights Clement Nyalessosi Voule issu...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
'ED has proffered no solution and are stopping Zanu-PF collapse' boasted Madhuku - why, how nauseating
Professor Lovemore Madhuku, one of Zimbabwe's opposition party leaders, said President Mnangagwa's speech to mark the opening of parliament proffered no solutions to the country's myriad of economic, ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:28hrs | 308 | by Nomusa Garikai
Teenagers rob soldier
TWO teenagers from Bulawayo have been sentenced to a combined 30 months in prison for robbing a soldier of valuables worth over $1 500. Nhlanhla Ncube (19) and Simelinkosi Ncube (19) both of C...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:28hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe experience rise in armed robbery cases involving soldiers
Courts are handling armed robbery cases involving soldiers with concerning regularity, a prosecutor said on Wednesday as two troopers were charged for robbing a Harare woman of US$30,000 in a home rai...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 17:40hrs | 627 | by ZimLive
Mugabe coup announcer's wife gets death threats
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo and her team of commissioners have acquired firearms for personal security amid reports that they have been receiving ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 5231 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops, soldiers under UN spotlight
United Nations rights expert has condemned the excessive use of force by Zimbabwean police and soldiers during demonstrations, saying the perpetrators must be brought to book.Clement Nyaletsos...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 13:09hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe church urges citizens, security sector to co-exist
THE Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ) national commissioner, Paul Muchena has called on citizens and the security sector to live in harmony.Muchena made the remarks...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Football legend 'Hamid Dhana' dies at 61
Zimbabwe football legend, Hamid "Muzukuru" Dhana, passed away on Sunday after a battle with colon cancer.The former Arcadia Utd, Dynamos and Black Rhinos midfielder was diagnosed with colon cancer...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 16:36hrs | 392 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe cops, soldiers under UN spotlight
The United Nations rights expert has condemned the excessive use of force by Zimbabwean police and soldiers during demonstrations saying the perpetrators must be brought to book.Clement Nyalet...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
'We were bashed by Mugabe,' says Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday went down memory lane, describing how he as an individual and his party were subjected to years of brutality by then State President Robert Mugabe.Chamisa...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1144 | by newzimbabwe
Football legend Hamid Dhana dies
ZIMBABWE football legend, Hamid "Muzukuru" Dhana, who passed away yesterday, has been described by his wife Brigit as a fighter who fought till the end. He was 61. He died at his Braeside home...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:36hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Taxmen, police, and army take bribes from smugglers
The Victoria Falls, on the mighty Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, is one of the world's seven wonders and arguably the largest waterfall by width and depth.It is alternatively known...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:34hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
2 jailed for attacking soldier during drinking spree
TWO men from Bulawayo have each been sentenced to 10 months in prison for attacking and stabbing a soldier with a broken bottle during a drinking spree. Innocent Ncube (26) and Bernard Mutanda...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
REWIND: Mugabe: A good candidate for Egyptation
I am still looking and searching for the vocabulary and diction with which to name and describe what I saw in Bhengazi. After what I saw, I believe that God is the people and that the people are God. ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1153 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
'Mnangagwa hounded Mugabe to death,' says Malema
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government are trying hard to ride on the legacy of the late former President Robert Mugabe, yet they humiliated him by ousting him through a military coup and hou...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 10:17hrs | 2287 | by Staff reporter
THROWBACK: Emmanuel TV Releases 'Confession' Of Man Who Arrested TB Joshua For Drug Trafficking!
Nigerian cleric TB Joshua has released a 20-year-old clip showing the 'confession' of a man who claimed to be one of the officers who arrested him in 1996 on the accusation of drug dealing. ...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 06:29hrs | 13991 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Demystifying Robert Mugabe's Pan-African bubble
When the dust settles, it's time to write. I have just watched Ian Bedowes' engagement of Robert Mugabe's legacy, which got me thinking. I was reminded of my very robust, 'no walls barred' WhatsApp re...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 16:18hrs | 1440 | by Dr Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga
Remembering Robert Mugabe; A personal encounter
Robert Mugabe came and left. Him and I met at Changara's house in Warren Park, Harare, downhill and only a stone's throw away from the National Heroes Acre.He had come to pay belated c...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 08:55hrs | 1233 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Chief attacks Zimbabwe army for abusing 'illegal immigrants'
Chief Sengwe has dismissed accusations that he is working with soldiers and police officers to exploit vulnerable illegal immigrants, and has blamed government for failing to stop what he called were ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa helped ANC comrades during Apartheid
Less than a month into Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, then African National Congress leader Oliver Tambo met with then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe over how the new nation would help the liberation ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 06:50hrs | 719 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Mugabe was a towering figure against colonialism, says Ramaphosa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a hero and pan-Africanist who fought colonialism."He was more than a representative figure of th...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier sustains 4 centimetre cut in robbery
A 4th brigade soldier suffered a four centimetre deep cut after he was stabbed in a robbery where his assailants made away with two sets of uniforms, cash, food stuffs and a cellphone.Accordin...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 15:14hrs | 2032 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa deploys soldiers to hospitals
Government has moved to avert possible disruption of services at hospitals by deploying medical professionals from the uniformed forces so that they attend to patients. Health professionals ha...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 06:55hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot car's wheels to stop smuggler
BEITBRIDGE police on Saturday shot at a suspected smuggler who bolted into the night, abandoning a latest model Land Rover Discovery believed to have been illegally brought into the country.Th...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
No to Mugabe mausoleum
The Zimbabwe Campaign for Good Governance (ZCGG) would like to express its displeasure and dismay over the proposal to build a MAUSOLEUM for Robert Mugabe at the National Heroes Acre. The Symb...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:14hrs | 3338 | by Morgan Changamire
Robert Mugabe: Rule by the whip
Books he trusted. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe's leader. He would be home at State House by 5:30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would k...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:04hrs | 2287 | by The Economist
The other side of Mugabe
In the late 1990s, a big birthday bash was planned for the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo at Ascot racecourse, with the late former president Robert Mugabe being the guest of honour.When Mug...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 862 | by Nqaba Matshazi
The 'Zimbabwean' mogul in SA police's crosshairs
A BMW M4 Convertible has a base price of US$77 000 while a G63 G Wagon costs as much as US$149 000. A Ranger Rover SVR goes for US$113 000 while the potent 503-horsepower Mercedes Benz AMG C63 S Sedan...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:48hrs | 10678 | by Staff reporter
A too-comfortable end for Mugabe
"Peace has come to Zimbabwe/Third World's right on the one/Now's the time for celebration/ ‘Cause we've only just begun." So sings Stevie Wonder in Master Blaster, his 1980 hit single. And he wa...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 295 | by Jason L Riley
Police need riot control training: ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to implement recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 politically-motivated violence by ensuring police officers a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 20:44hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Let's be fair to Mugabe deeply flawed as he was
The death of Robert Mugabe, the only Executive Prime Minister and only Executive President that Zimbabwe had known since independence in 1980 until 2017 - all of 37 years - has shown that he was not a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 20:41hrs | 1287 | by Conway Tutani
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