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Convict claims he was forced to eat human waste
A 30-year-old man, Moses Makoni, who was convicted for theft earlier this week, stunned the court gallery when he claimed that the complainant had forced him to eat human waste. Makoni made the allega...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:44hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa met Botswana's Boko
President Emmerson Mnangagwa used the platform of the regional World Children's Day commemoration in Victoria Falls on Saturday to hold a crucial meeting with newly elected Botswana President Duma Bok...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 13:51hrs | 4538 | by Staff reporter
Sadc extraordinary Summit unfolds in Zimbabwe
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has convened an extraordinary summit in Harare to address escalating political and security challenges in the region, with a focus on Mozambique, the ...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 13:49hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Why Botswana's shift has Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF on edge
As the region and the continent at large continue to digest the outcome of the recent Botswana elections and their ramifications reverberate across borders, a bigger debate is unfolding on the changin...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 14:39hrs | 1253 | by Ntibinyane Ntibinyane
Mnangagwa now a regional pariah: The cost of meddling in neighboring countries' electoral processes
Since Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed the presidency of Zimbabwe in 2017, his leadership has been marked by a series of controversial political decisions, both within his own country and in the broader Sou...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 15:17hrs | 1644 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa returns to Zimbabwe after Boko inauguration
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned from Gaborone, Botswana, where he attended the inauguration ceremony of President Duma Boko, Botswana's newly elected sixth president. The Zimbabwean leader w...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 15:29hrs | 3229 | by Staff reporter
A tale of two southern African countries: Botswana's smooth transition of power vs. Mozambique's election crisis
In the heart of Southern Africa, two nations that share geographical proximity and a common colonial past are experiencing starkly different political realities. While Botswana, today, celebra...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:37hrs | 270 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Botswana to legalise undocumented Zimbabweans
Botswana’s new president has told the BBC that he wants undocumented Zimbabweans to be legalised by granting them temporary work and residence permits."They do jobs that would otherwise not ...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 05:49hrs | 10692 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rubbishes Mmusi Maimane's claim
Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU-PF, has dismissed predictions from South African opposition MP Mmusi Maimane that it could follow the path of Botswana's ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which was...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 16:39hrs | 2016 | by Staff reporter
Why does Mnangagwa seem more hurt by BDP's defeat than Masisi himself?
In the aftermath of Botswana's recent elections, the landscape of Southern African politics has shifted dramatically. The long-standing Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which had been in power...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:48hrs | 2042 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Political wave blowing across SADC
Africa's politics are rapidly evolving. Today's voters are not accustomed to the revolutionary movements' empty and rhetorical promises.People are aware of their desires now. The days of these...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:37hrs | 441 | by Leonard Koni
Don't you feel envious seeing democracy at work in neighboring countries, Mr. Mnangagwa?
Zimbabwe stands as a glaring anomaly in a region where democratic transitions have become the norm. Since gaining independence in 1980, the country has never experienced a smooth transfer of p...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:34hrs | 318 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Botswana polls: Lessons for Zimbabwe
DUMA Boko began his reign as Botswana's sixth President on Friday, ending the 58-year reign of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).Boko's Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) swept to power wi...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi says 'Zimbabweans are alone to remove Zanu-PF'
An exiled former Cabinet minister has issued a caution to Zimbabweans, urging them to take personal responsibility for voting out President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government rather than relying on forei...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:26hrs | 1837 | by Staff reporter
British Lord lampoons Zimbabwe for congratulating Botswana's opposition
In a scathing response, Lord Jonathan Oates, a member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords, has condemned Zimbabwean government spokesperson Ndabaningi Mangwana for congratulating Botswana's opposit...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:49hrs | 2626 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa overjoyed by Botswana's UDC election victory
Botswana's recent electoral shift has drawn praise from former Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, who commended the country's outgoing president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, for his concession and sm...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:46hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates incoming Botswana leader
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who also serves as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairperson, yesterday congratulated Botswana's President-elect, Mr. Duma Boko, following his victory...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:36hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Botswana's ruling party loses power after six decades
Botswana's governing party has suffered a shock election defeat after nearly six decades in power, preliminary election results show.President Mokgweetsi Masisi's Botswana Democratic Party (BD...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
UDC accuses BDP of 'smuggling' Zimbabweans in buses to rig Botswana vote
As Botswana prepares for its general elections tomorrow, the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) is raising serious allegations against the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP). The UDC'...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 09:54hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Botswana vote shaken up by angry ex-president
Botswana holds a presidential election on Wednesday energised by a campaign by one previous head-of-state to unseat his handpicked successor whose first term has seen rising discontent amid a downturn...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:21hrs | 3309 | by AFP
Zanu-PF wreaks havoc in Sadc
The ruling Zanu-PF party has come under fire for allegedly attempting to manipulate election outcomes across the Southern African region, with accusations of interference surfacing in Botswana, Namibi...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:45hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
South Africa is ruled by individuals who happen to wear robes
Apartheid was "legal". Jim Crow laws in the US were "legal". Colonialism was "legal". Even the Nazis were "legal". So, what does it mean to have the rule of law? And whose law is it anyway?In ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 10:38hrs | 644 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Kudenga, Masunda bid to grab Oliver Chidawu's estate flops
Attempts by chartered accountant Ngoni Kudenga and former Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda to grab late former Harare Metropolitan Affairs and Devolution minister Oliver Chidawu's estate have been stopp...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:09hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Churches welcome Mnangagwa's pledge to respect the Constitution
The Heads of Christian Denominations in Zimbabwe (ZHOCD) have welcomed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent commitment to uphold the country's Constitution.ZHOCD, an umbrella body that includ...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 16:27hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
'Jobseeker' steals firearm from potential employer
Romeo Muzira, a resident of Harare, found himself in legal trouble after allegedly stealing a firearm from a potential employer while seeking a job as a domestic worker.Muzira, aged 27, appear...Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF exploits churches
A HUSH fell over a crowd outside the church as heads tilted skyward after the unmistakable thrum of a helicopter cut through the Sunday morning air.A white and blue speck materialised in the d...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Fly Namibia lands in Victoria Falls on maiden flight
Fly Namibia has landed for the first time at Victoria Falls International Airport as the airline launches its service between Windhoek and Victoria Falls.Present to welcome the airline at its ...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New UK visa rules deter Zimbabwean migrants
Britain could face a further shortage of care workers as migrants who had been ready to move to the UK for jobs in the sector cancel their plans because of new visa rules that prevent them from bringi...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 09:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Met office warns of heatwave
The public must guard against a heatwave from today until March 12, with temperatures rising as high as 41 degrees, although some isolated thundershowers are expected this week, the Meteorological Ser...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mthulisi Ncube exempts VAT on key basic commodities
TREASURY has gazetted the suspension of Value Added Tax (VAT) on selected basic commodities with effect from today as part of Government measures to tame price increases while boosting consumer purcha...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Heavy tax chews up Zimbabwe civil servants' US$300 salary
CIVIL servants have bitterly protested over the government's heavy taxation of their United States dollar salary component, which is leaving them with little US$ disposable income. The government rece...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exempts VAT on basic goods amid price hike concerns
The Zimbabwean government has revised taxes on basic goods, which were introduced in the 2024 national budget, amid rising price hike concerns.In a statement on Monday night, Zimbabwe's Minist...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa exhibits traits of a megalomaniac dictator
ADVOCATE Nelson Chamisa and his loyalists in the strife-torn Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have been left in a quagmire as they contemplate what to do to stop the opposition party from tumbling ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 10 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
How a Zimbabwean business coach went from artisinal miner to CEO
"I am always busy from Monday to Friday working for the Youth Miners Foundation, and on other days I will be at my own gold mine…" Payne Farai Kupfuwa, the 36-year-old CEO of the Young Miners Founda...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to headline today's Thanksgiving service
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to grace the National Thanksgiving and Dedication Service hosted by the inter-denominational churches at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre (ZIEC)'s Hal...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
A trail of Mnangagwa's illegalities
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has yielded to pressure and revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander General Valerio Sibanda as an ex-officio member of the Zanu-PF politburo....Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 08:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
An opposition within an opposition
The Zimbabwean political history has been littered with opposition malcontents within itself for a very long time which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 14:27hrs | 6 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe's clergy shirk charges of complicity in plunder
EMMERSON Dambudzo Mnangagwa was inaugurated last month for a second five-year term as Zimbabwe's president after being declared winner of the controversial Aug. 23 election that regional and internati...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:32hrs | 12 | by Cyril Zenda
Masiyiwa's wife committing millions to supporting underprivileged people
MEET Tsitsi Masiyiwa; she is the wife of Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa as well as a philanthropist. Before her husband became a billionaire, they were almost penniless and went through a roug...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe heads for G77+China
This week, Zimbabwe will participate in the G77 group plus China summit, where developing nations from the Global South will explore the utilization of technology for economic progress. The summit occ...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa annihilates G40 camp
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week consolidated his plan to obliterate the G40 faction in Zanu-PF that once fought fierce battles to block his ascendency to power when he invited its ringleaders t...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 17:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not give away their electoral victory'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF will not give away their unassailable electoral victory in the just ended harmonised elections as Zimbabwe's Constitution does not provide for a re-run of elections at ...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council for Churches in Africa congratulates ED
The Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) has congratulated the President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa who was declared the winner of the August 23-24 presidential election by the Zimbabwe Electoral ...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 16:30hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe heading for political crisis, coup says foreign sponsored CiZC
AN umbrella body of pressure groups, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) says Zimbabwe is potentially heading towards another coup which will emanate from disputed and resolved poll rancour.Th...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 23:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a 'sore loser' says Mutsvangwa
Zanu-PF has labelled Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa a sore loser after the latter refused to acknowledge the just-ended general election results.Chamisa, the main challeng...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 15:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
V11s saga: Polling agents under siege
State security agents have been accused of haranguing polling agents and observers whom they are allegedly forcing to amend V11 forms used in last week's elections amid allegations of rigging....Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU-EOM observer team in Zimbabwe in bribery storm?
THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU-EOM) is doling whiskeys, grocery vouchers, fuel coupons and other handouts to select journalists across the country as part of a clandestine operation ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must brace for extreme cold spell
The ChronicleTHE Meteorological Services Department has warned of a cold front, which is expected to move across the country from today up to tomorrow, with Bulawayo set to record a minimum te...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zuma blasts IMF stance on Zimbabwe
Former South African President Cde Jacob Zuma yesterday took a swipe at the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s 2001 stance to starve Zimbabwe of credit facilities, describing the move as unjust and u...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
US$110 000 to explore waste recycling in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)'s water and sanitation programme got a major boost after it secured about US$110 000 from a Dutch entity, Vitens Evides International (VIE), to conduct a one-year feasibili...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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