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Paranoia and self-delusion
The longer dictatorships last the more paranoid they become as they resist the pressures of reality bearing ever more heavily upon them. They eventually come to the state of self-delusion shown in an ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 390 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 5 hrs ago | 135 | by Reginald Nyathi
Rampant price increases must end, says Mnangagwa
I ADDRESS you this evening on three issues which have been exercising the mind of the Government. These are: (1) the ongoing industrial action by our medical staff; (2) the below-par water supply situ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 497 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Warriors face Lesotho in Chan qualifier
AFTER sobering up from what would have been the most embarrassing moment in his otherwise illustrious coaching career, interim Warriors coach Joey Antipas, now wants things done better.The two...Published: 11 hrs ago | 139 | by Staff reporter
'We will not switch off Kariba'
Water levels in Kariba Dam have dropped markedly as a result of the drought that plagued the 2018/2019 season. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) - the body responsible for managing the reservoir on be...Published: 11 hrs ago | 336 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges farmers to plant early
Farmers should work hard during the 2019/2020 summer cropping season to restore the country's food-secure status, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Addressing the nation on Friday night, P...Published: 11 hrs ago | 110 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube a complete failure'
KAMBUZUMA legislator Willias Madzimure (MDC Alliance) on Thursday described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as a complete failure, claiming Members of Parliament have managed to "put him where he belong...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 17:31hrs | 2834 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges medical staff to resume work
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has addressed the nation this evening before his departure for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.He expressed his dismay on the industrial act...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2020 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell's Intratrek returns to Gwanda solar power site
Intratrek Zimbabwe has returned to the Gwanda solar power plant site after the High Court in June ordered ZESA subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), to work with the renewable energy company t...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 4062 | by ZimLive
Bhasikiti accused of vandalism
Former Zanu-PF heavyweight and MDC Alliance member, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti stands accused of masterminding the vandalism of irrigation property at Moria Farm to block other farmers from accessing irriga...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:22hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Man poisons father to inherit Mazda 323
A 23-year-old Zimunya man who killed his father after making him drink water laced with poison during a cleansing ceremony along Mpudzi River committed the gruesome crime. His motive - he wanted to in...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Harare expenditure outstrips income
Beleaguered Harare City Council is collecting between $13 million and $20 million monthly, while spending $12 million on salaries and $8 million on fuel, leaving the council with no money earmarked fo...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Prayer for Zimbabwe
People of Zimbabwe, the state of our nation is disturbing, discouraging, baffling and getting worse. The answer to our suffering is Jesus Christ. Our enemy is not President Mnangagwa or ZANU-PF, but t...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 20:48hrs | 1255 | by Sheila Magudu
Mnangagwa's 'witch-hunt' against opponents
On September 8, Zimbabwean union activist Dr Peter Magombeyi claimed he was receiving "death threats". Six days later he disappeared. His last WhatsApp message said: "I have been kidnapped by 3 men."...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:18hrs | 1455 | by AFP
When the government chooses to be the third force
The reports by the government that there is a third force operating in Zimbabwe are just fat lies and can be dismissed with all costs.Doctors in Zimbabwe have been going on industrial action f...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1434 | by Leonard Koni
Minister in plot to scuttle NRZ deal
TRANSPORT minister Biggie Matiza is reportedly manoeuvring to smuggle through the backdoor a Dubai-based firm into the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal, despite...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:22hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Harare diarrhoea cases soar
Cases of diarrhoea in Harare have risen to alarming levels, with Dzivaresekwa recording over 360 cases as of yesterday. The outbreak started two weeks ago when residents drank untreated water. ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland livestock situation dire
The livestock situation in Matebeleland has become dire with pastures having significantly deteriorated while cattle are succumbing to the drought.Matabeleland, owing to low rainfall the regio...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 19:42hrs | 2732 | by Staff reporter
Harare gets financial lifeline, what about Bulawayo Prpf Mthuli Ncube
The Zimbabwe government on Thursday released 37.4 million Zimbabwe dollars (about 3.1 million U.S. dollars) to the City of Harare as a short-term intervention to help it improve service delivery whils...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 18:05hrs | 2663 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo resumes 48-hour water-shedding regime
The public is being advised that the City of Bulawayo is currently experiencing challenges with both raw and clear water pumping to the Criterion Raw Water, Tuli Clear Water and Magwegwe Reservoirs. ...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 17:51hrs | 982 | by BCC
When a government starts abducting its own doctors…
While the President of the Republic is busy trying to be endorsed by a dead man called Robert Mugabe, all the country's referral hospitals are without doctors, after the Doctors Association called for...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 09:15hrs | 4394 | by Knowledge Hakata
Man kills son over paternity row
A 24-year-old Zaka man allegedly strangled his son at the height of an argument over paternity with the mother, police said yesterday. Edison Jere of Machele Village under Chief Nhema took adv...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
‘We'll be watching' – a reporter's fraught return to Zimbabwe after 16 years
The immigration officer lifted his stamp to put the visa into my passport and I heaved a sigh of relief. But then my passport was taken by a smiling woman who asked, "Have you been to Zimbabwe before?...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1301 | by Andrew Meldrum I Associated Press
Zambia to double electricity prices
Zambia is in talks with South African power utility Eskom to import 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity, Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa said on Tuesday, adding that retail prices could double once import...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 20:33hrs | 1479 | by Reuters
Witchcraft accusations land woman in court
A CHIPINGE woman landed herself in the dock after she accused a fellow villager of possessing a snake, which she said once bit her.Loice Rumbidzai Mutema (28) of Marwendo village under Chief M...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:03hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Harare house burns with US$200 000 inside
The Zimbabwe Republic Police says a Harare house was burnt to ashes with money valued at US$200 000 inside. Posting on Twitter the ZRP account said Police are investigating circumstances surro...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 09:41hrs | 4749 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's ex-top aide sweats for bail
Former principal director of State Residences in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Douglas Tapfuma's bid for freedom hit a brick wall yesterday after Harare Provincial magistrate Mr Hosea Mujay...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Econet buys lithium-ion batteries from Tesla
Zimbabwe's biggest telecommunications company, Econet Wireless, has turned to lithium-ion batteries to power its base stations in the wake of incessant power shortages currently rocking the country....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:13hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa arm-twisted Mugabe family to force Heroes Acre burial
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government used strong-arm tactics to force Robert Mugabe's family to lift their objections to his burial at the National Heroes Acre burial, it was reported on Sunday....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:08hrs | 4960 | by ZimLive
Schweppes US$60m new Beitbridge plantation
SCHWEPPES Zimbabwe Limited is set to establish a 4 000 hectare citrus plantation in Beitbridge with an estimated value of US$60 million in a development set to increase production and exports. ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's death breathes life into sleepy Zvimba
TWO young women, flanking a middle-aged man who appears to enjoy every moment of it, stagger in a beer gut along the short road which branches off the smooth highway connecting Harare and Murombedzi g...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:48hrs | 4615 | by Staff reporter
Join me in condemning Gushungo Clan & Mnangagwa over Mugabe's Mausoleum (Blue Roof)
The decision by president ED's government to construct a Mausoleum for our dictator RG Mugabe should be condemned by right thinking Zimbabweans. The hospitals have no medicine, parents are struggling ...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:41hrs | 4087 | by Don Chigumba
Sympathy for the devil
The sham solidarity with Mugabe shown by African leaders at his funeral is in sharp contrast to the enlightened attitude taken by the African Union over the plight of African refugees and migrants str...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:40hrs | 1378 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Inside the fight over Robert Mugabe's body
Former president Robert Mugabe's family was told that they risked losing his Harare mansion and other Harare properties if they did not accede to government's demands that the long-time ruler should b...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
Zesa, BCC agree on compensation for power station use
AFTER years of fighting between the Bulawayo City Council and Zesa, a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Power Company, over the ownership of the Bulawayo Power Station, the impasse seems to be coming to a co...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Crafty Bob is not just history but our history
No matter how intelligent we might be, sometimes it is difficult to wrap our heads around some things; they are simply inscrutable.I am sure many people have heard the name Saint Augustine, wh...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 96 | by Bishop Lazi
What is his legacy?
Sometimes haters magnify your small mistakes to make them look so big so that the good which you have done is obscured by lies. I would describe Mugabe as generally a good person, a good and intellige...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:35hrs | 712 | by Etiwel Mutero
Zimbabweans now living in extreme poverty as economy declines
With Zimbabwe's economy all but confirmed to contract by at least 8% in the year 2019, households are feeling the heat as poverty levels surge at alarming levels. Zimbabwe's last recession cycle occur...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1306 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zifa pursue Mapeza
There are indications that Zifa are plotting to engage Norman Mapeza to take over as the Warriors coach in January after the former national team captain quit FC Platinum to take a break from football...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:05hrs | 1509 | by Staff reporter
What is Robert Mugabe's legacy?
Sometimes haters magnify your small mistakes so that they look so big so that the good which have done is obscured by lies. I would describe Mugabe as generally a good person, a good and intelligent t...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:37hrs | 302 | by Etiwel Mutero
Police need riot control training: ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to implement recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 politically-motivated violence by ensuring police officers a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:44hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe death ignites an inferno of debates, discussions
DEPOSED late former President Robert Mugabe is currently the most talked about individual among Zimbabweans. Ever since his death last week, tongues never took leave from wagging. His death was bound ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:38hrs | 249 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Obiang Nguema jets in for Mugabe funeral
The President of the Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency Theodore Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has arrived in the country for the funeral of the late former President Robert Mugabe.Accompanied by his w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:47hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets up centre for xenophobia victims
Government has reactivated a reception centre at Beitbridge to handle Zimbabweans fleeing xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The first batch of 60 repatriates was expected to arrive last night....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:05hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy: Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
A diarrhoea outbreak has hit some Harare suburbs, with hundreds of residents being treated at various clinics after drinking contaminated borehole water, Harare City Council's Health Services director...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
EMA and the Municipality of Kariba complicit in Kariba's escalating human-wildlife conflict
As Kariba mourns for the umpteenth time the death of a victim of Human-Wildlife Conflict, voices have been raised against inaction by wildlife authorities which borders on criminal negligence. Matound...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:29hrs | 166 | by Laiton Kandawire a Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio correspondent in Kariba
Makhosini Hlongwane set to lose property over US$30 000 vehicle debt
FORMER Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister and Member of Parliament for Mberengwa East Makhosini Hlongwane's property is set to be auctioned over a debt of more than US$36 000 for a vehicle and asset ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:24hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Hip-hop top 10 spansers
Earlier in the year, June to be precise, Rapper Jay-Z made history by becoming rap's first ever billionaire. The report released by Forbes on June 4 claims Jay-Z's wealth now "conservatively tops $1bn...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 13:05hrs | 985 | by Staff Writer
It is impossible to portray dictator Mugabe as a hero, impossible, 'Rinemanyanga hariputirwi!'
Every year, at my High School, we had a college ball. We invited girls from the neighbouring school to the ball and, before the end of the afternoon's dancing, it was the tradition to have a lucky dra...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 20:12hrs | 1058 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Giving Mugabe a hero's send-off proves we love our dictators and don't want change - not yet
Zimbabweans are not yet ready to end the de facto Zanu PF one-party dictatorship and with it the economic meltdown and political paralysis.Last year Mnangagwa and Zanu PF blatantly rigged the ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 11:56hrs | 870 | by Wilbert Mukori
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