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Impala Car Rental's benevolence hailed
Peter Chirata, the father of a 12-year-old Mt Darwin girl who suffered serious burns in a inferno in 2013, was a relieved man yesterday after Impala Car Hire paid for her medical bills and donated cas...Published: 21 hrs ago | 690 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Strictest lockdowns cause surge in viewership of online videos
The adult industry has been seriously shaken by recent events. There has been an increase in online content because of the need for social distancing by creators and also the consumers. Some a...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 20:21hrs | 772 | by Staff Writer
Mpilo cardiac ward in sorry state
THE cardiac ward at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo has virtually collapsed, posing a huge threat to the many patients living with heart complications referred to the southern region's biggest referral hos...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation eases to 761%
ZIMBABWE'S year-on-year inflation rate for the month of August eased to 761,02% from 837,53% reported in July, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said. "The year-on-year inf...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sweats over ANC Zimbabwe trip
South Africa's Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has provided President Cyril Ramaphosa with a report on the circumstances that led to ANC officials flying to Zimbabwe for a fact-finding missio...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | 3535 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC reject claims it is training militias in Serbia, Moldova
The MDC Alliance has rejected Zanu-PF attempts to link the party to the shooting death of a soldier in Chivhu last week, and claims that Zimbabwe's main opposition party is training insurgents in Serb...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 21:14hrs | 3586 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'MDC training insurgents in Eastern Europe' ZANU PF claims
ZANU PF Spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has accused the opposition MDC Alliance of sending young people to be trained in insurgent activities in Eastern Europe. Addressing journalists, Ch...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 11:22hrs | 10194 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'South Africa should open its borders'
Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa, CEO of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa is calling upon the government to open up the country's borders.Tshivhengwa has made the call following a down surge ...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:18hrs | 1837 | by Daniel Itai, Johannesburg, South Africa
Terror in Seychelles Zimbabweans in crossfire
THIS is the second in a three-part series about the hijacking of an Air India Boeing 707 flying from Harare to New Dehli India on November 26, 1981. The plane flew into a coup attempt in the S...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2628 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa issues chilling Chamisa, Biti warning
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa and one of his co-vice presidents, Tendai Biti have been warned to stop behaving like little children and immediately close their party's violent cells before the...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 2039 | by Staff reporter
The binding African spirit in challenging the Zimbabwean crisis
The Zimbabwe African Nationalist Union Patriotic Front is indebted to the steeped bona fide pan-Africanist spirit which facilitated the convening of the interparty dialogue with our sister revolutiona...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 357 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Zimbabwe churches differ on ANC visit
THE visit by a delegation from South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has divided churches with some saying they must investigate human rights abuses, while others feel they...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:06hrs | 2690 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean songstress bemoans impact of COVID-19
One of the country's top female artists, Pauline Gundidza, has pointed out that artists are finding it hard to cope during the current COVID-19 pandemic.A lot of artists have had to forfeit th...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 07:30hrs | 303 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
NatBake donates to Chitungwiza's famous soup kitchen
Thousands gathered in Chitungwiza to witness a local bakery NatBake, donating five tonnes of mealie meal and bread to a local kitchen that has been feeding thousands of vulnerable residents during the...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | 913 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Policy implementation key in reindustrializing economy
The re-industrialization of the economy is a vital piece in the achievement of Zimbabwe's sustainable economic development goals and effective participation in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 16:15hrs | 434 | by Victor Bhoroma
Retailers reel under diminished demand
RETAIL outlets and corporates are reeling from a major reduction in sales volumes with some facing closure as a result of shrinking disposable income due to a weakened local currency and impact of the...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 2809 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe acquires drones for border surveillance
GOVERNMENT has acquired drones for surveillance and patrolling of the country's porous borders as part of efforts to capacitate security personnel in addressing security challenges posed by border jum...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 1886 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools to reopen on September 28
Schools reopen on September 28 for Zimsec examination classes with the exams starting on December 1, Cabinet decided yesterday. Cambridge examination classes can start a fortnight earlier, on ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to stop farm seizures
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has moved to stop new farm invasions, calling them acts of indiscipline which will not be tolerated by his government.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, s...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 14:22hrs | 3519 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF big shot appeals for sanity
WITH ZANU-PF continuing to reel from its long-standing demons of factionalism and tribalism, its national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has warned that the future of the party is on the line ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 17:19hrs | 6892 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to lose $1 billion in potential revenue
ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped government is set to forgo over $1 billion in revenues from the intermediated money transfer tax (IMTT) as a result of policy inconsistencies, analysts have said.The g...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:58hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown brews teen pregnancies
The prolonged period of inactivity spawned by the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began on March 30, is brewing cases of juvenile delinquency, with a local organisation reporting a 60 percent rise in...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 533 | by Tendai Chara and Veronica Gwaze
Sex panners invade mines
After finding the going tough in the city, sex workers have devised a new way of survival as they have invaded mining areas in a bid to eke out a living as some of them were now failing to pay rent an...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:43hrs | 3673 | by Staff reporter
Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer at 43
US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero franchise, has died of cancer aged 43.He died at home in Los Angeles with his wife and family by his...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2970 | by BBC
Hospital admissions down to 15%
SERVICE delivery at public hospitals has plummeted to alarming levels with admissions down to between 15 and 20% as doctors and nurses continue with their industrial action for better working conditio...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 19:37hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
For there is no authority except from God
After taking a lengthy Covid 19 induced sabbatical from church, yours truly had an opportunity to attend one this week which was characterised by a blast sermon which was topical, intellectually and s...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 18:55hrs | 599 | by Tafara Shumba
Dzamara was poisoned, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that the late human rights activist and party executive member, Patson Dzamara, who succumbed to cancer of the colon on Wednesda...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:35hrs | 5908 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe poisoned Tsvangirai at Cabinet meetings,' hints Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has suggested his predecessor Morgan Tsvangirai was poisoned to his death by then President Robert Mugabe at cabinet meetings the two late top politicians sat in dur...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 18:08hrs | 6679 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe era demons return to haunt Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
THE ghosts of factionalism and tribalism - which split Zanu-PF in the middle during the troubled last few years in power of the late former president Robert Mugabe - are back with a vengeance....Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 16:05hrs | 4812 | by Staff reporter
ED's human rights record as the president of Zimbabwe under scrutiny
Zimbabweans dotted throughout the world woke up on the morning of 14 th January 2019 not feeling particularly patriotic. Tired of long queues, runaway prices very grumpy not patriotic anymore. Very fe...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 00:12hrs | 4814 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza and Amanda Mavhaza
It's not an offence to advocate for regime change
EAR Mr President,A few hours ago, I was just going through articles that I wrote over the past years having embarked on this very long, torrid and perilous journey in 1989 when I started contr...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 772 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Groups protest Ndebele 'insults' by govt
SOME civic groups in Matabeleland have written a lengthy letter pleading with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to stop insulting Ndebeles as well as to the international community to exercise...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1588 | by newzimbabwe
Police officer cries out for help
Police bosses in Manicaland have been accused of neglecting a 28-year-old officer, who was brutally attacked by robbers while on duty.Rodgers chihanga, father of constable David Taruvinga Chih...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:19hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime should stop victimizing innocent activists for ZANU PF's own 'illegal regime change' tendencies
A few hours ago, I was just going through articles that I had written over the past years - having embarked on this very long, torrid, and perilous journey in 1989, in Form Three, when I started contr...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:14hrs | 826 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why de-dollarization is an economic tall order
As the Zimbabwean economy regresses back to widespread use of multiple currencies that anchored economic stability from 2009 to 2018, it is worthy assessing why de-dollarization is a tall order for mo...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:07hrs | 1575 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Military role in politics cannot be wished away' argue Biti - always paid lip service to democratic changes
"Biti says military role in Zimbabwe politics cannot be wished away!" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24."There must be dialogue that takes care of military concerns. In 2008 after the MDC w...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1138 | by Wilbert Mukori
'I'm a Zim doctor, the COVID-19 crisis is worse than you imagine'
YOU may have heard about the seven babies stillborn at Harare Hospital in one day at the end of July. From the maternity register that night, you can see that the infants were on average a healthy wei...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1277 | by African Arguments
Matabeleland CSOs fret over Mutsvangwa 'tribal remarks'
MATABELELAND civic groups have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Sadc, African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) complaining about what they said was a tribal outburst by Information minister ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:37hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over spike in murder cases
POLICE have raised concern over an increase in murder cases across the country and attributed alcohol abuse and infidelity to the rise in killings, particularly under the COVID-19 national lockdown....Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:36hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plays advisory role in Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE is set to continue playing an advisory role in efforts to help Mozambique fight terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the northern parts of the country, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, p...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
Dzamara diagnosed with colon cancer
On Wednesday, Zimbabweans woke up to the saddening news that political activist and brother to the missing journalist Itai Dzamara, Patson Dzamara was diagnosed with colon cancer.Leader of the...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 13:57hrs | 2789 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's consumption poverty rises by 37%
THE amount of money an average household of five requires to purchase both food and non-food items, commonly referred to as the total consumption poverty line (TCPL) has risen by 37,4 % to $15 572,85 ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:39hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Civic society castigates Sadc 'quiet diplomacy'
LOCAL civic society organisations yesterday said they were disappointed by Sadc's decision to ignore the crisis in Zimbabwe and said they will push for an inclusive dialogue to end the multifaceted ch...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Express lane for public transport
ZIMBABWE'S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) Cabinet received from the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Honourable OCZ Muchinguri Kashiri, chairperson of the Ad Hoc Inter-Min...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Family sues doctors for negligence
THE family of a man who died of a brain injury during surgery three years ago has filed a lawsuit demanding over US$354 000 compensation and damages from two doctors, alleging negligence resulted in t...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Machaya fails to appear in court
FORMER Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya today failed to turn up to court for judgement on his land corruption case yesterday amid indications that he was no feeling well after allege...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 17:12hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
EMA shuts Lafarge Cement plant
SWISS-BASED cement maker Lafarge Holcim local unit, Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe was last week ordered to cease operations at its Harare plant by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) on charges of dis...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 21:33hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Is Sadc too conflicted to handle the Zimbabwe crisis?
ZIMBABwE is back in the limelight for the same wrong reasons. Corruption, abuse of power and human rights violations form the core of the allegations. The Harare authorities have insisted "there is no...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 07:25hrs | 579 | by Tapiwa Gomo
A petition to Mnangagwa to free Chin'ono
His Excellency,President Emmerson MnangagwaMunhumutapa Building76 Samora Machel Avenue HarareZimbabweYour Excellency,The African Freedom of expression exchange (AFeX) p...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4309 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Sadc tenure ends
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will tomorrow end his successful tenure as Southern African Development Community (Sadc) chairperson for the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, and pass the baton...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
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