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How Zanu-PF came into existence
The born-free generation, born after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, has grown up knowing a political system run by the Zanu PF party.Unbeknown to many people, the ruling party, is a...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1049 | by Irvine Sibhona
'we are too vindictive of each other,' says Kasukuwere
Zimbabwe is in deep pain and needs healing, former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere said Wednesday.Kasukuwere currently resides in neighbouring South Africa...Published: 8 hrs ago | 954 | by Staff reporter
Russian plan to dig biggest Zimbabwe platinum mine advances
A project that aims to develop Zimbabwe's biggest platinum mine has cleared a significant hurdle, with the African Export-Import Bank completing a due diligence study allowing it to proceed with a $50...Published: 8 hrs ago | 598 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe wrangling hits rock bottom
THE suicidal bloodletting consuming the main opposition MDC is now stomping towards its funereal end, with the party's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe now planning to recall about 38 more le...Published: 8 hrs ago | 3074 | by Staff reporter
CID boss denied bail
THE director of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Crispen Charumbira will spend the weekend behind bars after he was denied bail by a Harare magistrate.Charumbira was Saturday haul...Published: 8 hrs ago | 827 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo trial date set
FLAMBOYANT businessman Wicknell Chivayo, accused of bribery emanating from the Gwanda solar deal that he signed with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), will now stand trial on November 24 after the Hig...Published: 8 hrs ago | 326 | by Staff reporter
Fresh divisions rock civil servants
FRESH divisions have rocked civil servants after the Apex Council leadership decided to transform the government workers organisation to the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Service Trade Unions (ZCPT...Published: 8 hrs ago | 722 | by Staff reporter
Suspended ZACC commissioner fears for his life
A Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissioner who was suspended earlier this month over "corruption allegations" says he fears for his life after his gun and police guards were withdrawn f...Published: 8 hrs ago | 706 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Zimbabwe cross-border traders
CROSS-BORDER traders across the country are set for a major relief following the unveiling of a cheaper coronavirus (Covid-19) testing facility, in a development that will be cost effective.Th...Published: 8 hrs ago | 571 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa requests Zimbabweans to pray for Joana Mamombe
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has urged Zimbabweans to pray for jailed MDC MP Joana Mamombe and other political prisoners who are languishing in prison. In a Twitter post on Saturda...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2688 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Meet Zimbabwe Ambassaor to Israel who is close to Mossad
I started my relationship with Zimbabwe more than 5 years ago through the leaders of the churches there, as part of my role in the last 20 years, as special adviser to the Church in the Holy Land , ch...Published: 17 hrs ago | 3243 | by Ronny Levi Musan
ANC trip to Zimbabwe was not a joyride, says Lindiwe Zulu
The ANC did not go to Zimbabwe for "a joyride", Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu told an online seminar organised by the ANC's OR Tambo School of Leadership on Wednesday night. Zulu sa...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1902 | by Staff repporter
Mnangagwa takes message of no crisis in Zimbabwe to UN General Assembly
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday called for the lifting of "illegal economic sanctions" imposed by the West on his nation, and appealed to the United Nations to help bring an end to t...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1228 | by Staff repporter
Mnangagwa is stoppable, says Chamisa
Disputed opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will today use his second e-rally to tell the nation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is stoppable despite its show of invi...Published: 19 hrs ago | 6034 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide survivor loses court bid to stop exhumations
BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Martin Makonese Friday dismissed with costs a case involving a Gukurahundi survivor, Charles Thomas, Zapu and Ibhetshu Likazulu who were seeking an interdict barring...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's vindictiveness will cripple health sector
GOVERNMENT'S decision to impose stiff measures on doctors intending to leave the country in pursuit of the proverbial greener pastures is quite unfortunate as it seems designed to punish health profes...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3460 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament should veto land compensation
ZIMBABWE in 2000 embarked on a revolutionary nationalisation of agricultural land that saw a massive 4 500 white commercial farmers pushed out of their land without compensation. The fast-track land r...Published: 19 hrs ago | 283 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Who is to blame for Zimbabwe's land reform disaster?
0N August 31, the government of Zimbabwe announced that foreign white farmers settled in the country who lost land between 2000 and 2001 under the late former President Robert Mugabe's controversial l...Published: 19 hrs ago | 287 | by Tafi Mhaka
Nakamba stares Villa exit
WARRIORS midfielder Marvelous Nakamba's future at Aston Villa has been thrown into further doubt after it emerged that the Premier League side is looking to sign either Ross Barkley or Rueben Loftus f...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2728 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe elephants, giraffes join 'Jerusalema' Challenge
ANIMALS are the latest to join in on the human fun that is the Jerusalema dance challenge.In a viral video, elephants and giraffes from the Wild Is Life Trust's Zimbabwe Elephant Nursery (ZEN)...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'I'm committed to democracy'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday told the world that his government had implemented political and legislative reforms and was entrenching constitutionalism, democracy and rule of law, includin...Published: 19 hrs ago | 245 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools in fees hike shocker
THERE are growing concerns that Zimbabwe's worsening economic situation could lead to the collapse of the education system and a spike in school dropouts after most schools exorbitantly hiked fees, wi...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1799 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa blasts ZACC, SACU
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa Wednesday urged Parliament to act on a land scandal in Aspindale, Harare involving businessman Billy Rautenbach and the state as the anti-corruption bodies were failing to prote...Published: 19 hrs ago | 961 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt steps up Old Bulawayo restoration
GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts in restoring King Lobengula's original capital, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago, with the reconstruction of 10 beehives among other civil w...Published: 19 hrs ago | 245 | by Staff reporter
Dembare being run like a tuckshop
FORMER Dynamos forward, Simon Chuma, says the Glamour Boys are now being run like a tuckshop and have lost their way terribly. Chuma, who celebrated his 50th birthday last week, said playing f...Published: 19 hrs ago | 179 | by Staff reporter
US keenly watching Mnangagwa
THE United States government says it is keenly watching how President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration was upholding constitutionalism, basic human rights and the rule of law.The statement ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1199 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns of ill-treatment by way of sanctions at the UN
Mnangagwa says Sanctions against Zimbabwe are in breach of international law. May I remind this illegitimate President that it is actually his poor governance and policies also his refusal of all form...Published: 19 hrs ago | 238 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Vigilance needed as Zimbabwe prepares to easy the lockdown
As Zimbabwe begins to ease the lockdown measures instituted to control the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a risk of a resurgence of the pandemic. Most people mistakenly took the Lockdown as a sort of a h...Published: 19 hrs ago | 301 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's Zanu PF wary of G40 resurgence
ZANU PF has once again had to rope in the party's security department to deal with the unabating ructions in the former liberation movement, which are threatening elections to choose members of its re...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:55hrs | 4137 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zanu-PF joins #JerusalemaChallenge
The ruling party Zanu-PF's Youth League joined the world craze by taking part in the viral Jerusalema Challenge through a video of their own that was commended for being well choreographed and trendy....Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 3571 | by Staff reporter
Brigadier Generalz Chigudu dies
A senior Zimbabwe National Army officer, Brigadier General Ruphus Chigudu has died.Brigadier General Chigudu died this Thursday at Parirenyatwa General Hospital in Harare at the age of 64....Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 3373 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira cleared of corruption charges after 2 years
Former Information Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira was acquitted on a charge of criminal abuse of office on Friday, more than two years after his arrest.The Nyanga South MP had been char...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 2267 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 27 new Covid-19 cases
TWENTY-SEVEN new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Thursday while 36 people recovered from the virus as the cumulative figure rose to 7752.Bulawayo had the highest number of new infections after...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:53hrs | 1219 | by Staff reporter
Open letter over illegal immigrant Indians in Zimbabwe
The borehole drilling industry is a lucrative industry that has the capacity to transform Zimbabwe's agricultural sector.It is unfortunate that illegal Indians are running this industry and ta...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 16:44hrs | 3738 | by John Mbizvo
Chamisa blows top over Joana Mamombe's arrest
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has called dupon an Independent inquiry into matters surrounding the incarceration of MDC leader Joana Mamombe. A Harare court remanded the legislator for Ha...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 13:02hrs | 6299 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo Town Clerk: A man on a mission
Bulawayo City Town Clerk Christopher Dube has demonstrated that he is a man amongst men. The Town Clerk bravely thwarted attempts to illegally kick him out of office and equally thwarted a robbery att...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 11:15hrs | 2961 | by Nicholas Ncube
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 | 6247 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Biti demands a gym at Parliament?
Female MPs represented by Mutasa North MP Chido Madiwa demanded that there should be a nursery and breastfeeding room in Parliament to cater for MPs with young babies. Mudenda responded: "Ther...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga cracks whip
GOVERNMENT has set tough measures for doctors intending to leave the country and also ordered the closure of three programmes at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ)'s medical school in a move viewed as pu...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 8601 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand US$7 000 salaries
ZANU-PF legislator Christopher Peter Chingosho (Headlands MP) yesterday raised a matter of privilege with the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda, requesting that Parliament raises salaries...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2463 | by Staff reporter
R250,000 bounty for Zimbabwe murder suspect
THE South African police Service (SApS) has put a r250 000 bounty for information leading to the arrest of a Zimbabwean national wanted in connection with the murder of a woman and her daughter early ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2047 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi genocide fuelled regional illiteracy'
SURVIVORS of the Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands have blamed high il-literacy levels in the provinces on a cocktail of setbacks, chief among them the mass killings led by the North ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:08hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Leopard terrorises Victoria Falls residents
A FEMALE leopard, roaming with a cub, has terrorised residents of Victoria Falls' low-density areas.The agile cat has reportedly consumed five dogs in the area and also wiped out a whole pen o...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean boy comes tops in international contest
NINE_YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean boy Jayden Wang, based in Bulawayo has come out tops in an international competition known as the IXL Study in the Sun.The contest, which ran for three months from Jun...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:06hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
SA tightens screws on cross-border trading
SOUTH Africa's Border Management Authority Act 2 of 2020 enacted on July 21, 2020 could severely restrict Zimbabwe's cross-border traders as the neighbouring country prepares to open its borders start...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3621 | by Staff reporter
Hashtag gimmicks aren't real politics
THE only thing that the hashtag movement #ZimLivesMatter succeeded in doing was to draw international attention towards the Zimbabwean political situation.This, indeed, persuaded Luthuli House...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:04hrs | 284 | by Robert Sigauke
'Zec must be sole registrar of parties'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must be given the sole responsibility of registering political parties to avoid name contestations among political actors as witnessed in the opposition MDC....Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
Drax graft busters arrested
THREE police officers who were actively involved in the arrest of Delish Nguwaya, the Zimbabwean representative of Drax International, a company implicated in the US$60 million COVID-19 equipment proc...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:01hrs | 4437 | by Staff reporter
Varsity workers declare incapacitation
WORKERS at State universities have declared incapacitation and threatened to return to work only after government reviews their salaries.Institutions of higher learning were set to reopen on O...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
We are not a mafia company: Impala
IMPALA Car Rental, whose vehicle was used in the alleged abduction of Tawanda Muchehiwa, nephew of senior journalist and ZimLive editor Mdudusi Mathuthu, has said it played no role in the crime and ha...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
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