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Covid strikes Mnangagwa's VPs, cabinet ministers
THE Covid-19 pandemic has paralysed government amid reports that Vice-Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi are unwell, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa spent 14 days in self-isolation in...Published: 21 hrs ago | 14563 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Experts say Zimbabwe return to normalcy in 2024
ZIMBABWE and other developing countries with little or no capacity to buy Covid-19 vaccines might only return to pre-coronavirus normalcy at the end of 2024, experts from the Economists Intelligence U...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1389 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in low spirits as COVID-19 ravages allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is in "low spirits" as he buried two national heroes while mourning key ally, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, all in the absence of his two vice-presidents...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2822 | by Staff reporter
State-assisted burial for Moyana
President Mnangagwa has directed that a State-assisted funeral be granted to Zimbabwe's first Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Dr Kombo Moyana, who died on Monday.Dr Moyana reportedly...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 17:51hrs | 2667 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa confirms the death of Sibusiso Moyo
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Sibusiso Moyo (SB) has died.President Emmerson Mnangagwa confirmed the passing of Gen (Rtrd) SB Moyo. Mnangagwa said he regrets to announce the...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 09:06hrs | 8174 | by Staff reporter
Pastor Munyeza caught in adultery storm
OUTSPOKEN Harare cleric and businessman Shingi Munyeza has surrendered his post as Faith Ministries pastor after he was forced to publicly admit to adultery by his daughter.Munyeza admitted in...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 7625 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa signs Africa Factbook
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday signed copies of The Africa Factbook and accompanying letters, which will be distributed to the heads of state and government of the other 54 African Union countries. ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:17hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
South African editors hit out at Zanu-PF's Tafadzwa Tuboy Mugwadi and Mnangagwa govt
The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef), which was accused by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of being fascist and biased in its reporting, has called for the release of Zimbabwean ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 10:29hrs | 3157 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security personnel test positive of COVID-19
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, currently on annual leave at a time Zimbabwe is battling the intensifying Covid-19 pandemic, including attendant deaths, was last week forced to abandon a trip to his She...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:41hrs | 4459 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens a 'vicious' 2021 comeback
The beleaguered MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not "bury" him politically and has threatened a "vicious" 2021 comeback despite alleged attempts by his nemesi...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 5807 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono questions Chamisa's appointments
Zimbabwean journalist and documentary filmmaker, Hopewell Chin'ono has questioned some of the appointments made by Nelson Chamisa, the leader of opposition MDC Alliance.Chin'ono said the appoi...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 19:37hrs | 4291 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will be President again in 2023,' says Ngarivhume
OPPOSITION politician Jacob Ngarivhume sees a bleak future for opposition politics in Zimbabwe, and has resigned to the fact that the ruling Zanu-PF will win again in the 2023 elections.Ngariv...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:28hrs | 4445 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's national dress fabric triggers debate
THE country's national dress fabric meant to promote and preserve national identity launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the State House at the weekend has been met with mixed reactions....Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:34hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda couldn't have such loaded boot and youthful face
The listening presidentof Zimbabwe ED Mnangagwa has rejected the youthful-looking statue of liberation icon Mbuya Nehanda saying the proper face should be a lot more wrinkled and resemble that of a wo...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 19:21hrs | 699 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa disapproves the Nehanda statue
A controversial statue of Mbuya Nehanda which became a butt of jokes, literally, has been rejected by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The bronze statue by artist David Mutasa portrayed a youngish...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:39hrs | 3489 | by Staff reporter
ZimAchievers Awards host inaugural ZAA Botswana gala
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has honoured Zimbabwean achievers who have been outstanding in the year at the inaugural ZAA Botswana Awards Dinner Gala held at Cresta Lodge in Gaborone on Friday....Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 12:36hrs | 370 | by Tinashe Mukono
Zimbabwe, Sadc brace for Mozambique war
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday flew to Mozambique to meet other Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) leaders as they plotted strategies to intervene in northern Mozambique insurgency t...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 2198 | by Staff reporter
Alleged money launderers challenge further detention
Six people facing a $5 billion money laundering charge have approached the High Court challenging a prohibition order invoked by the State keeping them in custody despite being granted bail last week....Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:47hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC at war over demolitions
GOVERNMENT and the opposition MDC Alliance blamed each other for demolitions in Budiriro high density suburb in Harare that left hundreds of people homeless.The Zimbabwe Republic Police, Messe...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga flown out for treatment
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been flown to China for treatment - just months after declaring that the government was banning health tourism.The 64-year-old former army general has n...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 07:49hrs | 7570 | by Staff reporter
2008 election violence victims walk away empty handed
Two MDC Alliance activists who lost livestock to Zanu-PF supporters in the violent run-up to the 2008 presidential election re-run were recently left disappointed after the court dismissed their case ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 19:42hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
What Zanu-PF can learn from China
(In December 2016, ZimLive editor Mduduzi Mathuthu, then the editor of The Southern Times newspaper based in Namibia, was dragged over the coals and subsequently fire...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1314 | by Ranga Mberi
Mnangagwa wades into ZESA tariff hike
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered power utility ZESA to reduce its stepped electricity tariff from about US$0.19 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to about US$0.10 /kWh following a public outcry....Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:57hrs | 30504 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu man jailed for ill-treating son
A CHIVHU man was on Monday sentenced to 20 months in prison for ill-treating his son (10) by shoving him into a raging fire for alleged indiscipline.Talkmore Mawopa (36) of Village 9 in Magamb...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa makes hast military appointment amid coup threats' - Report
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made forced cross-cutting changes to his Presidential Guard (PG) Brigade several months after his wife Auxillia clashed with one of the most senior officers in the uni...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | 5952 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga political tussling escalates
A FIERCE row has erupted between the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) over the manner in which investigations are being handled, relating to alleg...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 10516 | by Staff reporter
Family faces $5bn money laundering charge
A MUTARE family was yesterday arraigned before a Harare magistrate on money-laundering charges involving $5 billion, which was orchestrated through their supermarket business.The six accused p...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 4418 | by Staff reporter
Forex dealers in court
Six suspected foreign currency dealers yesterday appeared in court on allegations of using the EcoCash platform to buy US$3 153 317 from the public. The eight are Felix Tafadzwa Chikuse (38), ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:37hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forces Newsday to apologise
THE Office of the President and Cabinet has challenged a privately-owned newspaper, NewsDay and a syndicate of online publications to provide evidence that link the President with Tarirai David Mnanga...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:37hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa disowns Tarirai David Mnangagwa
The Office of the President and Cabinet continues to view with consternation what clearly is a sustained media campaign by NewsDay and other syndicated online news outlets against His Excellency the P...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 20:15hrs | 14651 | by George Charamba
Judge tells Mnangagwa to probe CJ Malaba
HIGH Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere has asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to probe the conduct of Chief Justice Luke Malaba, arguing his interference with judges' independence was a danger to the ...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:37hrs | 4513 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'fires' Masvingo chair
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who in March this year suspended the entire Masvingo provincial executive for fanning factionalism, has relieved provincial chairperson James Gumbi of his duties re...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 18:28hrs | 6894 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges confirm judiciary capture
ZIMBABWE'S High Court and Supreme Court judges have confirmed the existence of the capture of the judiciary by politicians as they hit out at "manipulative" Chief Justice Luke Malaba in a stinging let...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 20:09hrs | 4297 | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders take over Gukurahundi exhumations
TRADITIONAL leaders will now take over the exhumation and reburials of victims of Gukurahundi in Matabeleland and Midlands while the Government will now only be involved in funding the process as part...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF battle lines drawn as ZACC closes in on Chiwenga ally
Factional battle lines are drawn in Zanu-PF over the fate of John Mangwiro, the deputy minister of health who is the subject of a corruption probe by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)....Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2978 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: New envoys to strengthen trade and bilateral relations
THREE Ambassadors designate who will represent the country in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Zambia met President Emmerson Mnangagwa this Monday morning where they were briefed on their ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 19:29hrs | 830 | by Staff Reporter
ZAA SA Nominees announces as Dates are set for SA and Botswana dates
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced the nominee and voting dates for the ZAA SA and Botswana editions which are set to be held on 5 and 11 December 2020, respectively.ZAA SA will...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 18:33hrs | 803 | by Agencies
US$5,6m COVID-19 tender scandal
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turned down Mnangagwa offer?
Embattled opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that after rigging the 2018 presidential poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government dangled lucrative perks to hi...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 17420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to pamper Khupe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is set to improve the perks for the leader of the opposition after MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe ascended to the position through the back door.Khupe w...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:16hrs | 5285 | by Staff reporter
Teachers respond to 'threats of war' by George Charamba
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) have issued a statement noting the threats by the Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba that the behavior of teachers was similar to a decl...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 08:37hrs | 7567 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa allies defect to MDC-T, EFF Zimbabwe
FORMER Chiredzi West MP Moses Mare and several other members of the opposition MDC Alliance have crossed the floor to join the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe.Mare said he had no choice after he ...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:57hrs | 4542 | by Staff reporter
'Teachers' industrial action is apolitical'
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union in Zimbabwe (Artuz) has said the ongoing strike by educators is a genuine labour dispute and apolitical.But President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson, G...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Mnanagwa fires warning shots at teachers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned teachers that his administration will not take lightly their demands of better pay but will deal with them as ransom. Speaking in Mutare on Wednesday ni...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:32hrs | 7714 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'If you want war, we are ready for it' Charamba warns teachers
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has warned teachers that if they continue associating with the American Embassy in Zimbabwe they will be treated as enemies and political opponents. C...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 09:37hrs | 10238 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa aide fined for farm invasion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's security aide Alfred Chagonda was yesterday ordered to pay $2 000 for settling at a farm in Chivhu without lawful authority.Chagonda, who was in a land wrangle w...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 3375 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploys 5 ambassadors
President Mnangagwa has appointed five new ambassadors to replace those who have been recalled or retired.Those who have been appointed are former Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana, who has b...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:18hrs | 5191 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa appoints Johannes Tomana and Charity Charamba as Ambassadors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed former Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Tomana was appointed alongside former Zimbabw...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 16:06hrs | 11781 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF bigwigs endorse Obert Mpofu's book
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration's Obert Mpofu's book has received endorsements from senior Seniior ZANU PF and government officials. The biography titled On the Shoulders of the struggle ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 16:56hrs | 3065 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF bigwig loses bid to evict Mnangagwa aide
FORMER Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial chairperson Bernard Makokove's bid to evict President Emmerson Mnangagwa's aide Alfred Chagonda from his Rushfontain Farm in Chivhu was dis missed at the Civ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2697 | by Staff reporter
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