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Mohadi citied wrong resignation law
KEMBO Mohadi cited a wrong section of the constitution while announcing his resignation as the country's Vice President, constitutional law Professor Lovemore Madhuku has said.Mohadi was hound...Published: 10 hrs ago | 2100 | by Staff reporter
Students not ready for June exams, says teachers
TEACHERS' unions yesterday said this year's 'O' and 'A' Level students were not ready to sit for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June examinations following the disruption of the edu...Published: 23 hrs ago | 954 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to maintain water cuts
WATER-SHEDDING is set to continue in Gweru despite the city receiving incessant heavy-rains that have seen most of its supply dams spilling.This was revealed last week by Gweru mayor Josiah Ma...Published: 23 hrs ago | 232 | by Staff reporter
Quicker route to wealth for black Africans
AFRICANS are currently receiving education that orients them towards employment rather than real wealth creation.Most value chains for our daily consumables as black people in Africa are contr...Published: 23 hrs ago | 846 | by Dumisani Nduku
Zimbabweans celebrated a wrong move
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power in 2017, he promised to change the political landscape in Zimbabwe through implementing good policies, listening to the people and respecting human righ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 952 | by Leonard Koni
Exemption letters no longer required
CITIZENS no longer need exemption letters for movement while intercity travel is now permissible with businesses including the informal sector allowed to operate up to 7PM after Government relaxed Lev...Published: 23 hrs ago | 926 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners diverting water from Bulawayo water supply dam
GOLD panners in Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South have been accused of diverting water from Umzingwane Dam catchment areas to their illegal mining activities.Umzingwane dam is one of t...Published: 23 hrs ago | 371 | by Staff reporter
Displacement of indigenous people from their ancestoral land proves Zimbabwe regime a continuation of colonialism
It has never been in doubt to most of us that, the 1980 government, that came into power in Zimbabwe, was nothing more than a British project, which had been created to hijack the genuine and gallant ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 12:33hrs | 1531 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Youths urged to venture into mining
UMZINGWANE legislator Levi Mayihlome has urged youths in the district to venture into gold mining instead of crying foul when outsiders seize opportunities.The district is rich in gold deposit...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:03hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border divorce: The legal process
The year was 1995. At that time, Sibonokhuhle Kambarami, (not her real name), was a 26-yearold vivacious single lady. She was employed as a receptionist at a large commercial entity in Harare. Early o...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:51hrs | 875 | by Tichawana Nyahuma
Mobile internet and data usage surges
MOBILE internet and data usage went up by about 43 percent in Zimbabwe due to the outbreak of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic last year.The pandemic also pushed up internet usage worldwide by up ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 17:35hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Business executives are sounding decidedly upbeat in Zimbabwe
Business executives are sounding decidedly upbeat in Zimbabwe, a sea change from the pessimism they've expressed through two decades of economic mismanagement and institutional decay.The south...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's silence is strategic, says Jonathan Moyo
FORMER Zanu-PF Politburo member and Information Minister, Jonathan Moyo has described as strategic, the continued silence maintained by MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa despite facing determined ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 09:01hrs | 3653 | by Staff reporter
Of power and our intrinsic failings
Like so many of you, I too could never quite wrap it around my head. Just how does arguably the world's most developed nation connive to vote into the most important leadership position an unabashed b...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:56hrs | 92 | by Zifiso Masiye
Heavy rains spell doom for Plumtree villagers
After receiving poor rains in the 2019-2020 forming season which culminated in hunger, Macingwane, Ezimnyama, Ngwanyana and other villages in Mangwe, Matabeleland South province, remain in despa...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:55hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Dion Ebrahim reveals Zimbabwe coaching ambitions
NEW Zealand-based former Zimbabwe cricket star Dion Ebrahim says he harbours ambitions of being involved in the revival of local cricket as a coach in the future despite the unsavoury manner in which ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:54hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Musona bounces back
ZIMBABWE have received a major injury boost ahead of next month's decisive 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) football qualifiers with Warriors captain Knowledge Musona expected to make a long-awaited...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:54hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
South Africa gives up on Beitbridge border fence
The R37 million 40km fence built along the border of South Africa and Zimbabwe will not be repaired despite the recommendations of parliamentary committee because it's just not worth it....Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:52hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Nydam makes long-awaited comeback at Ipswich Town
ALMOST two years after suffering a horrific injury, which could have ended his promising football career, highly rated England-based Zimbabwean midfielder Tristan Nydam is hoping to make up for lost t...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:51hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Bosso member threatens court action
A CONCERNED Highlanders Football Club life member, Cornelius Ngwazana has written to the club demanding that the decision taken by the Bosso board to extend the term of office for three executive comm...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:47hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Govt readies to open schools
THE Government has assured learners that this year's Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) June examinations will go ahead, noting the need for the education sector to adjust to the reality of...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:43hrs | 2497 | by Staff reporter
Even Lord Malvern failed to deliver water to Bulawayo
IN the old days, there was a special group of people called the Pharisees that did not particularly impress Jesus Christ.They were known for obsessively exhorting followers to be unstinting st...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | 272 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe vaccination programme shifts a gear up
MORE than 12 000 frontline workers were inoculated against Covid-19 during the first five days of the national vaccination programme, with authorities now preparing to intensify the immunisation blitz...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Desperate villagers sell cattle for US$50 as disease bites
SOME desperate villagers in Chiweshe are selling cattle for as low as US$50 as a result of the outbreak of Theileriosis, or January Disease, a tick-borne infection that has claimed hundreds of cattle ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1320 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe, European Union talks set to resume
THE ongoing formal political dialogue between Zimbabwe and the European Union, to normalise strained relations between the two, will continue despite the recent extension of sanctions on Harare by Bru...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:10hrs | 389 | by Staff Reporter
COVID-19 vaccination programme shifts a gear up
MORE than 12 000 frontline workers were inoculated against Covid-19 during the first five days of the national vaccination programme, with authorities now preparing to intensify the immunisation blitz...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 320 | by Staff Reporter
Undocumented migrants bolster indigenous truck owners' businesses
THE refusal by bigger companies like Botswana Couriers, Sprint Couriers, Skynet Couriers, UPS, TNT Express and FedEx to accept parcels from individuals without identity documents has created an opport...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 1637 | by Staff reporter
President ED Mnangagwa - A lucky Daka-boy?
In the aftermath of the 2017 military coup, emerged a darker force to take over the peaceful nation of Zimbabwe. A man with something of the night was suddenly thrust into the forefront of Zimbabwean ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:39hrs | 3176 | by Nobukhosi Moyo
Timveos departure from MDC Alliance to ZANU PF fraught with hypocrisy and deceit, and needs introspection
In my life, I have come across my fare share of strange things - some, which could be characterized as stranger than fiction - but, the open letter allegedly penned by former MDC Alliance member and s...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1925 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
I give unquestionable support to president Nelson Chamisa
ZANU-PF has continued with its protracted war of attrition against the MDC Alliance and its leadership. The regime is using our erstwhile colleagues who have left us and joined their moribund regime t...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:31hrs | 816 | by Simon BarleyChalton Hwende
Eccentric Luveve man causes a stir
HE's mad! He's a genius! He's creepy. He's amazingly gifted!The unassuming Mathamsanqa Tshuma (67), a bachelor from Gwabalanda in Bulawayo, ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2091 | by Yvonne Ncube
Hwange power plant in limbo as Zimbabwe frustrates Chinese investor
Zimbabwe is stalling the completion of a 720 megawatt coal-fired thermal power plant in Hwange in a stand-off between the finance ministry and the military which is in a joint venture with a Chinese c...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:42hrs | 1939 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi presidential ambitions thwarted, we saw it coming!
In more than one article we told over ambitious Kembo Mohadi that he will never be the President of Zimbabwe given his Matabele background. We told him not to fly to high because his wings were fake, ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:38hrs | 3640 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF MP ignores calls for electricity by electorate
People in Jengamvura, Chiweshe have accused their Member of Parliament for Mazowe North Campion Mugweni of ignoring their calls for electricity after their Zimbabwe Electricty Transmission Distributio...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:29hrs | 345 | by Staff Reporter
Sinopharm withstands disparagement... as more countries use the jab
Despite concerted efforts to discredit the Chinese made Covid 19 vaccine, Sinopharm, the drug is getting popular even in unexpected countries.China has outshined most of the Western countries ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 10:34hrs | 2143 | by Health correspondent
'Chamisa, Mwonzora taking Zimbabweans for granted'
THE Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) has accused political opponents Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora of taking Zimbabweans for granted as the two engage in personal fights at the expense of the natio...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 2798 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual sees ‘green shoots' in Zimbabwe
THE head of Old Mutual Zimbabwe says there are green shoots appearing in the economy after the devastation of a severe drought and the coronavirus pandemic."There are good signs emerging in ec...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 930 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Most Zimbabweans are not taught to be productive, but competitive
GRADE 7 results are out. A national pass rate of 37% was realised, down by 9% from the 46% recorded in 2019. An encouraging theme in line with aspirations of Sustainable Development Goals on gender eq...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1001 | by Sapien Sapien
Suspended Natpharm boss back in court
SUSPENDED National Pharmaceutical Company of Zimbabwe (NatPharm) acting managing director Zealous Nyabadza appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday facing criminal abuse of office allegatio...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Parly fights in teachers' corner
PARLIAMENT yesterday urged government to urgently improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen for the first term to motivate them and, therefore, improve the pass rates in public examination...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's COVID-19 curve flattens'
CABINET was recently informed that the country's COVID-19 curve is showing a general downward trend since mid-January 2021.This was said at a post-Cabinet media briefing by Information ministe...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:35hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
'Auction rate is the real market rate'
THE auction exchange rate represents the proper market trends contrary to the contrived perception that the parallel market signifies the "real exchange rate", a senior Treasury official has said. &nb...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among 7 African governments using Israeli cyber-espionage tools
As internet penetration and smartphone usage increases across Africa, digital spaces have become increasingly important in organising opposition movements. In response, several governments have at tim...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 20:17hrs | 2717 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family seeks Ramaphosa's intervention
A Zimbabwean family has written to the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa asking for his intervention after one of their family members mysteriously disappeared.Billard Taviria went mi...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 17:52hrs | 4108 | by Shelton Muchena/ Simbarashe Sithole
Man sues Kazembe, police
A HARARE man has filed a High Court application seeking an order compelling the police to investigate an alleged abduction and shooting incident he endured at the hands of suspected cops earlier this ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 15:59hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Data Centre
The new National Data Centre commissioned yesterday by President Mnangagwa will anchor all e-government programmes and will allow co-ordinated planning and monitoring of results. The President...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
'MDCs, Zanu-PF fuelling political tension
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition MDC parties have been accused of fanning violence through hate speech, thus entrenching fear in the electorate.This was revealed in a 2020 Hate Speech Report ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:56hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes far from over
BULAWAYO's water restoration strategy has suffered new setbacks in the form of power cuts and pipe bursts as the city's reticulation system readjusts to normal supplies of the precious liquid....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:49hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
NEARLY 24 years ago, Lance Guma came face to face with a gun. A man had followed him out of the main post office in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, before attempting to provoke him into an argument. L...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
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