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Land deal eases government re-engagement efforts
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday said the government's decision to compensate white former commercial farmers has eased the country's international engagement and re-engagement efforts...Published: 40 mins ago | 5 | by Staff reporter
Twist to Guvamombe trial
THE proceedings in the trial of former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe at the High Court were on Friday nullified because the judge is presiding over the trial alone without assessors as required b...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Judge forced to halt Guvamombe trial
HIGH Court judge Justice Felistas Chatukuta was yesterday forced to halt the trial of former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe after it emerged that she had breached procedure by hearing the matter i...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:31hrs | 2888 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must openly apologise for Gukurahundi'
Victims of Gukurahundi have dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to openly apologise for the massacre of approximately 20 000 innocent civilians, arguing that half-hearted approaches such as the issuanc...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:22hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Man in court over WhatsApp status blasting Mnangagwa call for fasting
A man appeared in court on Tuesday accused of "insulting the president" after posting a video WhatsApp status of a woman criticising a call by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "pray and fast" for divin...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:51hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 19651 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Moyo grovels at Chiwenga
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo heaped praise on VicePresident Constantino Chiwenga, describing him as the most suitable person to run the Health ministry despite fears that he was militarising th...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 21:44hrs | 8149 | by Staff reporter
After TSP, diaspora engagement critical, says Mthuli Ncube
AS government winds up the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) amid a plethora of challenges it faces in turning around the economy, the Zimbabwe Independent (ZI) caught up with Finance ministe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1767 | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 6594 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa's MP detained at remand prison
A HARARE magistrate has sent Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance) to prison for two weeks to enable two government doctors to assess her mental condition after she failed to attend tri...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:10hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Finding Zimbabweans in secret mass graves
ONE of my earliest memories is of violence and death.It happened in Harare in 1984 when I was about seven years old.I was supposed to meet a friend to play at a dump site together....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1635 | by Keith Silika
Khupe drops Chamisa party name bombshell
Former deputy prime minister Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T yesterday said it is now known as the MDC Alliance in yet another dramatic twist in the battle for the control of Zimbabwe's main opposition party....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:44hrs | 6098 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe arrest warrant cancelled
A court on Wednesday cancelled an arrest warrant issued against Harare West MP Joana Mamombe after she was forcibly discharged from a hospital by police and taken to court.The warrant was issu...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 19:16hrs | 2515 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora equates Chamisa to Mugabe
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says the level of intolerance being displayed by Nelson Chamisa was not only shocking but totally repugnant of modern dictates of common decency in leadership....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 5497 | by Staff reporter
The desperacy of the MDCs unmasked
The opposition affiliated media was brimming with plastic assumptions and hightened verve in relation to the ANC delagation visit to Harare. Amidst the raveging Covid-19 pandemic, the ANC finds it fit...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 22:16hrs | 2922 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza and Energy Mavaza
ZIST welcomes SA Envoy
Zimbabwe Institute of Strategic Thinking (ZIST) has welcomed the move by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa to send ANC delegation to 'politically problematic' Zimbabwe following a spate of allege...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 14:00hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
The West's hypocrisy exposed as pregnant journalist gets arrested for incitement in Australia
The world was shocked as an Australian woman was arrested in her pyjamas and very pregnant on camera in front of her two minor children and her partner. Australian police in Ballarat Victoria arrested...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 19:52hrs | 1253 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe, a year on
Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 893 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mphoko to expose govt secrets?
THE State fears former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko's trial on corruption charges will expose government secrets and applied to have the matter heard in camera.State counsel Lovert Masuku...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:41hrs | 3570 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala tells court that he has been arrested 64 times but never fled
MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala told a court on Tuesday that he has been arrested on 64 occasions over the years, including being charged with treason, and he never failed to abide by condit...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | 4972 | by Staff reporter
'Chin'ono not a risk to inmates'
POLITICAL activist Hopewell Chin'ono has no symptoms of Covid-19 and is not a risk to other inmates, the court heard yesterday. Chin'ono, who is facing charges of inciting public violence, app...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Govt engages civil servants over salaries
Virtual meetings and other avenues are being considered by the Government to speed up talks on civil servants salaries. Consultations with civil servants representatives on a possible date to ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:45hrs | 1896 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says 'it's just political banter'
MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala, who is accused of inciting public violence, yesterday said utterances he is alleged to have made are just, but political banter synonymous with politicians....Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 20:42hrs | 6214 | by Staff reporter
Justice Bere walks out of hearing
The legal battles by the team of lawyers representing suspended Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere to stop the tribunal investigating complaints against him continue, although the tribunal is st...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1372 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu warns over regime change agents targeting Former Liberation Movements
Neo-colonial forces were hard pressed to destabilize SADC in pursuit of regime change of all Former Liberation Movements (FLM), ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration, Dr Obert Mpofu, has warned....Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 21:14hrs | 3737 | by David Mwanza
Chin'ono, Ngarivhume get protection from abuse
The high Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to stop the persecution and abuse of investigative journalist hopewell Chin'ono and opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume....Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Youngest commercial pilot
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return," once said Leonardo Da Vinci. The g...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 16:54hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Zim court imposes sanctions on Chin'ono, gags media from covering prison ordeal
HARARE Magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Wednesday barred media practitioners and the public from covering and following proceedings in a Zimbabwean courtroom in the matter in which freelance journalist Hopew...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 07:47hrs | 2332 | by Stephen Jakes
Decolonisation of Zimbabweans
Dear fellow Zimbabweans we need to remove this yoke of bondage and free our minds, spirit and bodies from this Zanu-PF and its government and their colonised leaders' minds that still continue to suff...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 22:08hrs | 1226 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
Social media alone won't bring change in Zimbabwe
EXACTLY four years ago, in an opinion piece run by The Guardian, I argued that social media activists in Zimbabwe faced an uphill struggle finding momentum to steer themselves towards the path of demo...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 20:22hrs | 347 | by Bruce Mutsvairo
'State, judiciary colluding to hide Chin'ono remand abuse'
THE State yesterday successfully filed an application that journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's case be held in camera, saying his evidence in court under cross-examination might breach prison security syst...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 3217 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono bail hearing to proceed in secret
A bail application by journalist Hopewell Chin'ono will proceed in camera on Thursday after a magistrate on Wednesday upheld prosecution claims that his testimony could put the security of prison offi...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 16:13hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reserve money supply drops
ZIMBABWE'S reserve money supply growth decreased to $16,66 billion in the week ended July 31 from $17,01 billion the previous week as authorities implement tight policies to control inflation. ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:46hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF claims to respect constitutional provisions
THE Global Compensation Agreement (GCA) on payment of improvements on land acquired under the land reform redistribution programme is a milestone and a significant phase in the trajectory of the natio...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's relative jailed for swindling soldier, cop
A CHINHOYI magistrate has convicted a close relative to late former president Robert Mugabe for defrauding a couple of US$4 300 in a botched land deal.Ruvengo Jenami (45), who was facing a fra...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:42hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
White farmers to get US$3.5 b compensation - only objection, looters must pay not povo
Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe and the Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance which mandates Zimbabwe to pay white commercial farmers US$3.5 billi...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 07:56hrs | 375 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe to pay US$3.5 billion compensation to white farmers
Zimbabwe agreed on Wednesday to pay US$3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, moving a step closer to resolving one the ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:10hrs | 696 | by Reuters
Mnangagwa signs deal to pay white farmers US$3.5 billion
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed a historic agreement with the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe and the Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance which mandates Zimabbwe to pay white com...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 14:40hrs | 1437 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jubilation as Zimbabweans help South Africans stranded in China to go home
A South African national Khomotso Mokgadi Ramalepe has taken to Facebook to thank the people of Zimbabwe for assisting her and other South Africans who were stranded in China from June 23 to July 27. ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 11:41hrs | 6779 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF UK member condemns planned demos
UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwe businessman and Zanu-PF UK Youth League member, Kudzai Makuku has taken a swipe at the planned July 31 demonstration saying the move is bent on creating anarchy in the co...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:42hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
China donates 30 000 testing kits & 220 000 masks to ZANU PF
The International Department of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has donated 30,000 testing kits, 220,000 surgical masks and 40,000 medical gloves to the ruling ZANU PF. The donation ...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 10:50hrs | 1405 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Journalists plead not guilty to disorderly conduct charges
TWO freelance journalists on Thursday pleaded not guilty when their trial on charges of failing to comply with instructions issued by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members to observe social dist...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 08:57hrs | 187 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa will have no sacred cows
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will have no sacred cows in the fight against corruption with the Tuesday sacking of a Cabinet minister testimony of his stance to uproot the cancerous vice, a senior Government of...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:59hrs | 3609 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: I am ready to pray for Covid-19 patients in isolation centres - TB Joshua
Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua has signalled his readiness to virtually offer prayer for COVID-19 patients in isolation centres around the world.In a special announcement posted to Joshua's YouTube...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1328 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwean MTV Base host weighs in on career
The first Zimbabwean television host to be on MTV Base South Africa and MTV Africa, Kimberley Robinson, aka Kim Jayde, says even though her career is often seen as an overnight success, consistent har...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:55hrs | 8496 | by Staff reporter
AIPPA scrapped
The new Freedom of Information Bill became law yesterday after being gazetted following the approval of the final amended version from Parliament by President Mnangagwa. The new Act, a giant s...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:34hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Malawi's President elect
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated Malawi's President Elect, Dr Lazarus Chikwera on his election as the new Malawi President.Dr Chakwera defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58....Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:53hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extols US, Donald Trump
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised United States President Donald Trump for allowing an American company to supply farming equipment to Zimbabwe in support of the country's agricultural mechanis...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:16hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Karoi 2018 Chief Election agent acquitted
The MDC Alliance candidate for Hurungwe West Wilson Makanyaire's 2018 Chief Election Agent Tonderai Kavhukatema has been acquitted by the Karoi Regional Magistrate on trumped-up rape charges by a ZANU...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 15:39hrs | 795 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's govt says 'UN experts jumped the gun'
Government has dismissed a joint statement by five United Nations (UN) human rights experts, which concluded that three MDC-Alliance youth leaders were abducted as "premature and unreasonable" since i...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:46hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
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