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War vets fume over Kazembe's rogue co-options
A fresh war has erupted in Mashonaland Central province after the Zanu PF embattled chairman Kazembe Kazembe allegedly made co-options into the provincial executive structure in a bid to realign his a...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1728 | by Staff Reporter
Why Mnangagwa is pampering Polad allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to give luxury vehicles to members of the controversial Political Actors' Dialogue (Polad) is part of an elaborate plan to delay elections while consolidating his s...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:58hrs | 3828 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political prostitutes
The man who was behind Grace Mugabe's youth interface rallies where she was spewing vitriolic attacks against Mnangagwa has once again by hook or crook managed to get himself appointed to lead a fundr...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 19:56hrs | 3970 | by Sam Wezhira
Chiwenga aides test positive for Covid-19
Two members of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's delegation tested positive for Covid-19 at a luxury Chinese hotel - sparking a health emergency.Hundreds of hotel guests at the Legendale H...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:56hrs | 2817 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's corrupt election funding exposed
THE ruling Zanu-PF mortgaged the country's natural resources in lieu of US$100 million in financial support ahead of the country's 2013 general elections, a new report by a local watchdog has shown....Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:54hrs | 2401 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets farmers, vendors for election funds
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is targeting vendors, small-scale miners and farmers to raise US$140 million for its war kitty for the 2023 general elections, a party official said yesterday. Acting ...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC mulls name change
THE opposition MDC Alliance has hinted on a name change as MDCT leader Douglas Mwonzora insists on using its name in the 2023 harmonised elections.This has left the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alli...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:46hrs | 6997 | by Staff reporter
UK deportations, end of era of lies
THE deportation of the first batch of 14 Zimbabweans from Britain signals a dawn of a new era in the history of relations between Zimbabwe and the former colonial power. The frosty relationship betwee...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1889 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Team Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rallied Team Zimbabwe competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and said he is proud to see young swimmer Donata Katai leading as one of the flag bearers at the world's biggest...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Top cop's corruption exposed
Criminal Investigations Department Officer in Charge Mvurwi has been accused of massive corruption by his juniors, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Inspector Shakeman Dzongera is not at peace with hi...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 14:17hrs | 3956 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Mnangagwa in army boss appointment clash with Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are on a new collision course over the appointment of the next Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, with retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | 9995 | by Staff reporter
Fresh wave of protests loom in South Africa
SOUTH African authorities fear a new wave of uprisings as networks loyal to jailed former president Jacob Zuma seek to force his freedom.Investigators believe the unrest last week, which kille...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 2590 | by Staff reporter
Who owns South Africa?
FORMER South African President Jacob Zuma did not bring the Guptas to South Africa. His folly was allowing the Guptas to be bigger than the Oppenheimers.Atul settled in Johannesburg and sold s...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:12hrs | 1734 | by New York Times
Mohadi rallies Mashonaland East leadership
Zanu-PF Vice President and Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi has challenged the Mashonaland East provincial executive to engage in sustainable projects which will contribute to the attainment of Vision 20...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:00hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Police dither on dispersing Mapostori
MEMBERS of the Johane Marange apostolic sect remain gathered in their thousands for their annual festival in Bocha, Marange in Manicaland province, with the police maintaining they are unaware of the ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
Clock ticks for rogue NGOs
MACHINATIONS by the country's detractors to derail the country's development either clothed as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or blunt opposition forces that do not wish the country any good mu...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:20hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Suffocating enablers of Zimbabwe's vision is the new plot
When the European Union and its big brother, the US, imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, the central object as the then US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Chester Crocker put it, was to m...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 386 | by Tafara Shumba
It's good introducing anti-corruption curricular at ECD, why don't we start by uprooting graft right from top echelons of power?
Have you ever come across an unrepentant serial rapist, and wife beater, who is in the strange habit of loudly proclaiming to be an ardent gender rights, and anti-sexual abuse, activist - whilst, also...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 20:18hrs | 476 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF's Haritatos dies
Zanu-PF Central Committee member and former Muzvezve Member of Parliament, Peter Haritatos has died. He was 77. Popularly known as "Baba George" in Kadoma for his conversance in Shona ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
AmaZulu stadium in deplorable state
THREE middle aged women emerge from a section of AmaZulu Sports Club holding pieces of firewood bundled together and make their way to the exit gate of the sports facility.They walk in the dir...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:24hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF indiscipline fuels Covid-19 cases'
Zanu-PF has been accused of fuelling public indiscipline on Covid-19 control after senior party officials repeatedly violated regulations by convening large gatherings which are now being identified a...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:09hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Ministers attack war veterans chairman
Mashonaland Central Minister of provincial affairs Monica Mavhunga together with Minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe who is also the incumbent ZANU P...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 07:07hrs | 5105 | by Staff Reporter
Row over farm seizure deepens as owners produce deed of title
HOLDERS of Kershelmar Farms (Pvt) Limited - which legally owns Kershelmar Farm currently at the centre of a fierce row between politicians in Matabeleland North province and its lawful property owners...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:32hrs | 3495 | by Staff reporter
Ndumiso Gumede's footprints remain forever
HE is a revered administrator, an icon in football administration and a larger-than-life character who commands a lot of respect even outside football structures, yet he has no league title medal....Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:47hrs | 2933 | by Staff Reporter
Fresh war erupts in opposition over name
A FRESH war has erupted in the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC amid strong disagreements on whether the party should stick to the disputed MDC Alliance name or change to the proposed Citizens Convergence for C...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1746 | by Staff reporter
Civil War has technically started in Zimbabwe
After the November 2017 coup, President Mnangagwa (ED) does not only have the colonial instruments of repression but also improved means of controlling population movements, geographical reach-thanks...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 15:10hrs | 12035 | by Sam Wezhira
President Mnangagwa converted by Passion Java?
His excellency the president of Zimbabwe has shown a skill to engage the youth. The president has taken time in his busy schedule to meet individual youth leaders youth pastors sports persons and peop...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 08:50hrs | 3493 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Macron seeks Mnangagwa's military intervention in Mozambique
MOZAMBICAN President Felipe Nyusi visited Zimbabwe last week looking for military assistance to secure French investments in the conflict-ridden northern Mozambique at the behest of President Emmanuel...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:08hrs | 4540 | by Staff reporter
US$3bn fund to benefit Zimbabwe post-pandemic
CHINA will in the next three years, extend US$3 billion in international aid to developing countries, including Zimbabwe to support Covid-19 responses as well as economic and social recovery post-pand...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 public complacency spurred by ruling elite's scandalous disregard for preventative regulations, and inconsistent polici
So, when the ruling ZANU PF party was busy gathering hordes of youth for a campaign sports tournament yesterday, Saturday 12 June 2021, in the small town of Mazowe - with clearly almost none of them d...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:51hrs | 235 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's MDC-A are 'terrorists' smacks of 'Ndebeles are cockroaches'
First, they came for the Ndebele people of Matabeleland and Midlands, I did not speak out because I was not Ndebele. Then they came for white Zimbabwean farmers, I did not speak out because I was not ...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:26hrs | 1738 | by Nomazulu Thata
A new film about Zimbabwe's 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
Danish director Camilla Nielsson's documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change A...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:58hrs | 1346 | by The Conversatio - David B. Moore
Sanctions: The unfair comparison between Zimbabwe and Rhodesia
MANY Zimbabweans often bring up the comparison between Rhodesian and Zimbabwean sanctions to drive the narrative that Rhodesia had more stringent sanctions that they managed better than Zimbabwe is ma...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:35hrs | 626 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
'Mnangagwa has changed face of Zimbabwean politics'
Former MDC Kwekwe legislator Mr Blessing Chebundo (BC) is among many opposition members who have jumped ship to join the ruling party this year. Below he shares his experiences with our Political Edit...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forges ahead with power consolidation agenda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF - which has been setting up grassroots structures at a time the political activity of opposition parties is restricted by Covid-19 regulations - are increasing...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Malaba steers clear of judicial ceremony
WHILE insisting on returning to work and reporting to the office daily, Chief Justice Luke Malaba, whom the High Court says must retire, is now a lame duck.Realising that he is on shaky ground...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:31hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to launch own Radio, TV stations to counter state media propaganda
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance will launch its own radio station Change Radio, TV station and re-launching its newspaper, The Changing Times ahead of 2023 harmonised elections to counter the "Sta...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 18:34hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
Writing my suicide note: Dambudzo Mnangagwa is inside us!
It is suicidal to critique the Mthwakazi parties in as much as to condemn infiltration by the Mnangagwa CIOs in Matabeleland. What I read in New Zimbabwe.com causes concern to those who are carefully ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 08:51hrs | 4489 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mwonzora pushes for Chamisa arrest
THE Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T is seeking the arrest of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on contempt of court charges, claiming that he allegedly defied court orders to step down as the MDC Alliance p...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:31hrs | 9178 | by Staff report
MDC violence a threat to national peace
TIME and again many have inked articles articulating how the MDC-Alliance is wired in violence, with the streak running so deep that removing it simply means an end to the political outfit that was fo...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:01hrs | 271 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Ministry of Tourism to work with ZSG
Ministry of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality promised to work with the Zimbabwe Sunshine Group (ZSG) as their mandate tallies with the government's Vision 2030 initiative. This ca...Published: 31 May 2021 at 19:36hrs | 499 | by Lloyd Rabaya
The most overlooked but hard working woman in Zimbabwe, The Mazowe spirit.
Since the departure of comrade Matemadanda having been elevated to a diplomatic position the Commissariat has been left in the hands of the Iron Lady. Omega Sipani Hungwe the woman with the royal bloo...Published: 29 May 2021 at 18:55hrs | 1283 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's govt 'annoyed' by links to Mugabe voodoo, exhumation fuss
INFORMATION ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana has distanced government from ongoing manoeuvres to have late President Robert Mugabe's remains exhumed from the former ruler's rural home in Zvi...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:25hrs | 4412 | by Staff reporter
China, Russia hold talks to fix 'global disorder'
China and Russia held a new round of strategic security consultations on Tuesday in Moscow, and during the frequent interactions between the two major powers in recent months, the world has showed a d...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:04hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Professor Madhuku, thank you!
Professor Madhuku,I have just finished an article that comprehensively commented on a legal position regarding the exhumation of Robert Mugabe. Your legal stance is commendable, the widow Grac...Published: 27 May 2021 at 05:47hrs | 5142 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC bigwig dismisses 'unnecessary' Kwekwe lockdown
FORMER Health Minister and top MDC Alliance official, Henry Madzorera has described the government decreed localised lockdown in Kwekwe as nothing but an assault on the church which has become the onl...Published: 26 May 2021 at 10:10hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Mavhunga not respecting departed heroes
MASHONALAND Central war veterans have accused ZANU PF provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe and Minister of State and provincial affairs for mash Central...Published: 23 May 2021 at 15:17hrs | 1748 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa violated constitutio, claims MDC related study
A new study has revealed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some of his allies are the chief culprits in violating the constitution following the recent enactment of Constitutional Amendment Number...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:34hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa naivety exposed by stance on UN R2P vote
It has long been said that Nelson Chamisa, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A) leader, is not ready to be a proper statesman, but rather chooses to be stuck in his old Ahoyi student po...Published: 20 May 2021 at 19:56hrs | 1399 | by Charles Motsi
Chamisa's lawyer sue Ziyambi over 'captured' judge remark - this is frivolous and dangerous
"Top lawyer, Thabani Mpofu, said Ziyambi faces contempt of court charges and the lawyers have drafted a complaint to the Registrar of High Court, Judge President George Chiweshe, and all cited judges ...Published: 18 May 2021 at 09:33hrs | 1701 | by Nomusa Garikai
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