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EUZ president in soup over missing funds
The president of the Educators Union of Zimbabwe (EUZ), Tafadzwa Munodawafa, has been reported to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) amid allegations of embezzlement involving missing teac...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:17hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
CCC councillors snub Tshabangu
Councillors from the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) in Chinhoyi largely boycotted a meeting convened last week by the party's self-proclaimed secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu, amid deep factio...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:17hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers demand urgent salary review, threaten strike
Zimbabwean teachers have renewed their salary demands, citing unbearable working conditions and government inaction on their grievances.Teachers' unions have repeatedly written to the governme...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 12:37hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's retail sector crisis worsens as shops continue closing
Zimbabwe's retail sector is facing an unprecedented crisis, with several major retailers and wholesalers forced to close branches amid a series of economic challenges. This Thursday, President Emmerso...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 08:57hrs | 2054 | by Staff reporter
Zille, DA exploits ANC turmoil to 'push own political agenda'
On June 30, 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that eleven political parties had joined the multiparty coalition, which he called the 'Government of National Unity (GNU).'The United Afr...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 13:59hrs | 822 | by Bheki Mngomezulu
Zuma's MK Party takes SABC to court for misleading the public
Former President Jacob Zuma's MK Party has filed court papers with the Johannesburg High Court demanding that the SABC stop using the phrase "Government of National Unity" (GNU), claiming it is mislea...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:55hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Zuma to expose 'white agents'
Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party leader, Jacob Zuma, through the party's spokesperson addressed the media on Sunday night where he slammed the newly formed Government of National Unity. Zuma while ...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 09:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants push for urgent meeting
THE Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) has pleaded with Public Service minister July Moyo to convene an urgent National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting to address c...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Don't resign in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa,' CCC MPs told
The National Standing Committee of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has directed its party representatives in parliament and councils to continue carrying out their responsibilities, rejecting ...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Doctors accuse councils of profiteering
THE Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association (MDPPZA) has accused local authorities of profiteering by charging exorbitant fees to medical practitioners.Speaking to New...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's small scale miners take Minister to task over bottlenecks
The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) convened with the newly appointed Mines Minister on Friday to discuss the complex challenges afflicting the sector.Annually, the sector's miners contribute...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Oh, please, Zimbabweans, shut up!
Of late, most particularly after the recent elections, I have felt thoroughly fed up with Zimbabweans!The dejection has reached a point where I have all but concluded that we are a lost cause....Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:47hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kariba councillors defy Chamisa directive
Allegedly, councillors affiliated with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Kariba disregarded an order from their party leader, Nelson Chamisa, to elect George Masendu, the ward 6 councillor, a...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teens terrorise community
FEAR has gripped St Peters, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, with residents divided on whether attacks on residents by three minors are acts of robbery or satanism.The three minor brothers, aged ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Dear CCC, no one is coming
YEAR after year, one news headline keeps popping up without fail: Nelson Chamisa calls for the intervention of the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) in the Zimbabwean crisis.That has be...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec's refusal to avail electronic 2023 voters' roll dents election
THE voters' roll which is in a shambles and the persistent refusal by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release the electronic version for audit have dented the credibility of the 23 August g...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Anti-riot police disrupt CCC media address outside ZEC offices
Truncheon wielding anti-riot police on Monday ordered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials to stop addressing journalists just outside the perimeter wall of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission'...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CCC pushes for urgent ZEC meeting to raise voters' roll anomalies
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) seeking audience with the poll management authority so as to point out some "serious irregularitie...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents petition council over cholera
HARARE residents on Monday petitioned the local authority over the current cholera outbreak.Harare has recorded over 20 cases of cholera in the past few weeks.According to a Health and...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia in border impasse
ZIMBABWE and Zambia have directed the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) to mediate in negotiations which would lead to a clear demarcation of the two countries' border line on Lake Kariba's waters, the Zi...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 19:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's Govt holding back salary talks'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has accused government of making false promises to avoid finalising salary talks with civil servants.Yesterday, PTUZ wrote to Public Service m...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says households may be disconnected from the national electricity grid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said households may be disconnected from the national electricity grid in response to the crippling energy crisis."We have a blueprint which targets hous...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa's doctors on-call doctors sleep in cars
DOCTORS based at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have demanded a meeting over the deteriorating conditions at the hospital which they say are leading to patients dying from preventable illnesses....Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZIPRA cadres accuse Mnangagwa of sidelining former combatants
FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) commander, Jonh Gazi has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of sidelining former ZIPRA and fellows from main wing, Zimbabwe People's Union (ZAPU)...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants issue 10-day ultimatum
CIVIL servants yesterday gave government a 10-day ultimatum to increase their salaries or face a crippling strike. They made the threats after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube failed to fulfil his August...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, civil servants fight over Psmas
CIVIL servants representative group Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) is headed for another showdown with Vice President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga over the l...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants fret over stagnant salaries
CIVIL servants have expressed dismay over government's failure to increase their salaries to cushion them against inflation and the country's weekly price rampage.Since Monday this week, gover...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SHUTDOWN ZIMBABWE: Team Pachedu to be sued for damages
Chapter 2 Movement is a watchdog founded to safeguard and ensure that the National Objectives as enshrined in chapter 2 of the country's constitution are adhered to and respected. We believe t...Published: 06 May 2022 at 13:29hrs | 2 | by Chapter 2 movement
Zimbabweans MPs reduced to beggars
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime has reduced members of Parliament to beggars whose lives are now miserable, opposition MDC-T national chairperson Morgen Komichi (pictured) has said.This ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC silent on MRDC 'graft'
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has left people of Mazowe baffled after it completed its corruption investigations on Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) and has never disclosed its findings ...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 10:40hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ramaphosa deploys army against Zulus
SANDF soldiers have been deployed to KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to assist law enforcement agencies amid violent protests."The South African National Defence Force has commenced with pre-deploym...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 12:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF skeletons tumble
The government stopped the demolition of fancy houses at an alleged illegal settlement on the outskirts of Harare after it emerged that Zanu-PF bigwigs owned some of the housing stands.Several...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RBZ, business set for showdown over Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) wants the government to suspend the "heavy handed" decree promulgated last week as it has the potential to kill market confidence. Statutory Inst...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants resolve to go on partial strike
RESTIVE civil servants have resolved to go on a partial strike which will see them work just two days a week after insisting their current earnings can no longer sustain their livelihoods.This...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm snatches lucrative aviation deal
GOVERNMENT has awarded a multi-million dollar tender to a Chinese firm to replace a redundant aviation system following pressure exerted by the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to award the deal to a co...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm destroys schools in Zvishavane
PREPARATIONS for final examinations at Dambudzo Secondary and Lundi Primary schools in Zvishavane have been affected after a violent hailstorm destroyed infrastructure at the two learning institutions...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 16:43hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers demand urgent meeting with Mnangagwa
TEACHERS' unions have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding an urgent meeting with him over poor remuneration and working conditions.The teachers, who did not return to work after ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to continue receiving COLA allowance
GOVERNMENT will continue paying civil servants the additional Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) allowance as salary negotiations continue. Most civil servants received the COLA payment for last...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks worry Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has expressed deep concern over growing attacks and threats on its nationals in South Africa since the beginning of the year.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa said ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo receives new termination notice from Old Mutual
While still engaged in a legal tussle with its former CEO Peter Moyo over his initial termination, Old Mutual's board announced on Thursday that it had served Moyo with a "further notice terminating h...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa summons Bulawayo 'puppet' councillors to Harare
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has summoned Bulawayo councillors to an urgent meeting in Harare over the recent spat over the suspension of Town Clerk Christopher Dube.The councillors trav...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa crisis meeting with Bulawayo councilors
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has summoned Bulawayo councillors to an urgent meeting in Harare over the recent spat over the suspension of Town Clerk Christopher Dube.The councillors trav...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hwange diarrhoea outbreak cause still unknown
THE cause of diarrhoea that led to more than 200 residents including schoolchildren in Empumalanga's suburb in Hwange being taken ill recently has remained a mystery after tests carried out so far fai...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diamond miners demand pay rise
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers' Union (Zdamwu) has written to the National Employment Council for the mining industry, requesting an urgent meeting to consider salary adjustments to ...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 06:53hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Scandal prone Zinara caught up in yet another murky deal fiasco
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) could have lost US$5,2 million in a murky deal which was supposed to see a 'controversial third party' earn a US$5 million kickback as a condition fo...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
ZCTU calls for urgent TNF meeting
IN the face of sky-rocketing prices of basic commodities against stagnant salaries, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has asked Labour minister Sekesai Nzenza to convene an urgent meeting o...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants ratchet pressure over pay
CIVIL servants are today convening an urgent meeting to discuss remuneration for their members in the wake of calls by some Apex Council members for an industrial action to arm-twist government into i...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa petitioned over 'slave wages'
ZIMBABWE's restive workers, hard-hit by an unrelenting economic meltdown which has eroded their incomes, have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) to organise an urgent Tripartite Negoti...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 16:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets meet over economic meltdown
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) in Bulawayo has called for an urgent emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss various issues affecting the country and their welfare...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Auxillia Mnangagwa joins Grace Mugabe league'
POLITICAL analysts and opposition parties have questioned First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's "philanthropic" work, which has reportedly seen her interfering in government business.In some cases, ...Published: 09 May 2019 at 18:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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