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Musona opens goal-scoring account
BELGIUM-BASED Warriors skipper, Knowledge Musona, opened his goal scoring account for this season when he found the target for Pro-League side KAS Eupen in a drawn game against Antwerp.The 30-...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:13hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu invites Zimbabweans to join the ZANU PF #JerusalemaDanceChallenge
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Moses Mpofu has invited Zimbabweans to join the party in doing the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge which has taken the world by storm. Posting on Twitter, ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 16:28hrs | 1912 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nigerian youths to petition Mnangagwa over rights abuses
NIGERIAN youths have vowed to mobilise civic organisations in Africa's most populous nation to picket the Zimbabwean embassy in Abuja over human rights abuses by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governm...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1777 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa: Quiet diplomacy 2.0
ZIMBABWE is in turmoil. It is facing the twin political and economic challenges again. Political tensions are high and activists are paying the price. Inflation, while now a bit stagnant, but it is ab...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:32hrs | 1262 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Stanbic IBTC Institutes Scholarship Awards For Nigerian Undergraduates
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of the Standard Bank Group, has called for applications for the maiden edition of its 2020 Scholarship Programme.The Stanbic IBTC 2020 Scholarship Programme...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 13:48hrs | 439 | by Simbarashe Sithole
10 Top Takeaways from the August 2020 Protein Challenge Webinar
The disruption precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic has driven the world virtual. Digital meetings and webinars (seminars on the web) are now the new normal.While there are now webinars fo...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 20:29hrs | 469 | by Staff Reporter
POSB to partially privatise and list by February 2021
POSB anticipates having identified ideal investors by the end of February 2021, which will culminate in its partial privatisation and subsequent listing on the stock exchange. In its resu...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 18:42hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Car opens abductions can of worms
A leading Harare-based car rental company has been drawn into an abduction and torture saga involving a 22year-old university student ahead of the July 31 protests.Tawanda Muchehiwa, a Midland...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:11hrs | 5455 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the cult of mediocrity in Zimbabwe politics
ZIMBABWE has finally arrived at its Idi Amin moment in history.This is a moment where the vulgar, obscene and grotesque performances of leaders get tragically normalised. It is a true "gods mu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1197 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
African jurists angry over Mtetwa 'victimisation'
THE Africa Judges and Jurists Forum (AJJF) has called on the Zimbabwean government to immediately stop victimising human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa and blocking her from representing detained journ...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1617 | by Staff reporter
Unicef launches US$70m aid appeal for Zimbabwe
THE United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has appealed for US$70,9 million to meet Zimbabwe's increased humanitarian needs as hunger and a collapsing economy take a huge toll on the long-suffering c...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:34hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
Genocide happens when democracy is absent
Tali Nates founded the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC) in 2008 to foster an understanding of the history of genocide, which happened between 1939 an...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 07:59hrs | 380 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Zimbabwean born executive takes over as MTN's President and CEO
MTN has announced the appointment of Zimbabwean born Ralph Mupita as its new group CEO. Mupita will be taking over from Rob Shuter, who is set to step down at the end of August. Mupita, the gr...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 10:11hrs | 11807 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: TB Joshua 'heals' Zimbabwean member of parliament
A Zimbabwean Member of Parliament, Dr Ruth Labode, was among those who 'received healing' from COVID-19 during an online prayer session on TB Joshua's Emmanuel TV on Sunday 16th August 2020.Dr...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 12:34hrs | 4578 | by Staff Reporter
A petition to Mnangagwa to free Chin'ono
His Excellency,President Emmerson MnangagwaMunhumutapa Building76 Samora Machel Avenue HarareZimbabweYour Excellency,The African Freedom of expression exchange (AFeX) p...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4310 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among African countries to start testing for COVID-19 antibodies
Seven African countries will start administering coronavirus antibody tests from next week, a regional body said on Thursday, as part of efforts to understand the extent of the outbreak on the contine...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 16:59hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
'SA leaders, including Mandela, toothless to solve Zimbabwe crisis' - Not true, especially of the big man
"So, why is it that Vorster could bring about real change, twisting Smith's arm to engage in negotiations with his liberation movement opponents that eventually led to a settlement and a transition to...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 23:50hrs | 1434 | by Wilbert Mukori
South Africans after Peter Ndoro's job?
South Africans want their unemployed Journalism graduates must go replace Zimbabweans at the South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) because reading news is not a critical skill. A shadowy ...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 20:20hrs | 12119 | by Staff reporter
South Africans want Ramaphosa to cancel special visas for Zimbabweans
A shadowy organization called #PutSouthAfricansFirst is organising a nationwide mass demonstration on the 29th of August to call for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants in South African and the...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:10hrs | 3481 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Covid-19 death toll breaches 100 mark
Zimbabwe's coronavirus deaths breached the 100 mark on Friday as the health ministry reported five new deaths.The latest data came as the number of Covid-19 cases in Africa rose to over one mi...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 19:37hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Masarira pens open letter to Mnangagwa
Linda Masarira, leader of the opposition LEAD party, has penned an open letter to the country's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, over the country's status quo.Masarira who some believe is linked...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:00hrs | 9734 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Why crisis is important for any economy
This year will be etched in people's memory. Devastating effects of COVID-19 are felt around the globe. Just a handful of countries have not reported any cases so far. South Africa and Nigeria have al...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 20:44hrs | 1263 | by Staff writer
Nakamba's Aston Villa survives
ZIMBABWE international Marvelous Nakamba's Aston Villa will play Premier League football next season after a draw at West Ham was enough to ensure they escaped relegation on the final day of the leagu...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 18:13hrs | 3600 | by Staff reporter
Digital trade is the next big thing in Africa
Wamkele Mene was recently appointed Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat. Because of COVID-19, free trade for countries that have ratified the agreement did not beg...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 07:57hrs | 342 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Mthwakazi Nationalist Particularism: A pitfall to the resolution of regional question of Matabeleland
In recent times the political framing of the question of regional development of Matabeleland has increasingly sought to locate Matebeleland citizenship and nationhood within the broader narrative of ...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 07:47hrs | 4200 | by Ntando Dumani
Founding Partners unveil Unified COVID-19 Response to support Africa's private sector
Increased and decisive investment will be the channel for Africa's economic recovery post COVID-19, partners of the Africa Investment Forum said on Friday.They expressed confidence in the cont...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:42hrs | 256 | by Stephen Jakes
Why hated Zimdollar is headed in one direction
On July 9, 2020, my young liberal team and I sampled a few of our country's top economic analysts on a Zoom conference on Zimbabwe's precarious currency conundrum.Likely though it seems, one c...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 18:53hrs | 3648 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Mthwakazi Nation's Address - MLF
Revolutionary greetings to you all, in all corners of earth. I hope you are doing well and are safe from the coronavirus.Fellow Mthwakazi citizens, this has been one challenging quarter of the...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 15:19hrs | 1946 | by MLF
WATCH: I am ready to pray for Covid-19 patients in isolation centres - TB Joshua
Nigerian Pastor TB Joshua has signalled his readiness to virtually offer prayer for COVID-19 patients in isolation centres around the world.In a special announcement posted to Joshua's YouTube...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1328 | by Emmanuel Koro
Thomas Mapfumo hints at retirement
Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo will be retiring from music soon to take a deserved rest and devote his time to impartation of musical knowledge to up-and-coming musicians, particularly the young.He ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 2926 | by Staff reporter
No need to make Africa one country
There is obsession today among many Pan-Africanists of believing a one country Africa as the only viable way Africa can develop and eliminate all the problems it is facing. They believe that a one cou...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 09:28hrs | 910 | by Lubani Nondo
Racism storm hits Zimbabwe Pepsi maker
WORKERS at Varun Beverages Zimbabwe Limited (VBZL), producers of Pepsi drinks, yesterday downed tools alleging racism, human rights abuses and unfair labour practices at the company.The worker...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:27hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean entrepreneur launches global board to fight Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
Youth Combating NTDs founder and Zimbabwean entrepreneur Gerald Chirinda unveiled his global advisory board today as he urged world leaders not to forget NTDs in the fight against Covid-19.Inc...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 18:17hrs | 830 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe set to receive one million masks
Zimbabwe is set to receive one million face masks from Mask UP Africa, a recently-launched coalition of African creative industry professionals, to help curb the spread of Covid-19.The initiat...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:17hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Football restart gathers pace across Africa
Some football Leagues in Africa have been declared over, but Tanzania have forged ahead, returning to competitive football last weekend while clubs in Morocco and Egypt resumed training on Thursday ah...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:22hrs | 544 | by Busisani Ncube
Africa celebrated a continent marred by criminality, slavery and human-organ theft
On the 25th of May the African time stood still: The rich continent was celebrating the 57 years of its existence: on this day, the AU acknowledges its successes and challenges. The continent has a hi...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 13:23hrs | 567 | by Nomazulu Thata
RBZ chief clarifies local currency
FARMERS, gold miners and other producers who have been crying foul over the 1:25 fixed interbank exchange rate have something to smile about as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) starts implementing t...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:07hrs | 4499 | by Staff reporter
Goobye interbank rate!…RBZ chief speaks on auction system
FARMERS, gold miners and other producers who have been crying foul over the 1:25 fixed interbank exchange rate have something to smile about as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) starts implementing t...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 4443 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe elected to UN's Economic and Social Council
ZIMBABWE has been elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) cluster which has 17 other member states drawn from several continents. ECOSOC is the coordinating body for funds a...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
The land isn't ours
A few years ago while visiting the city of Jos, which is located in north-east Nigeria, a person pointed to a vast neatly kept area behind a fence. "This ranch belongs to the Queen of England," he rem...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1775 | by Hadebe Hadebe
Zimpost upgrading Zipcash facility
ZIMPOST is in the process of further developing its money transfer service, Zipcash, in line with global trends to enable it to sit on the digital platform that will make it faster, more convenient an...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
9 000 Zimbabweans return home from 48 countries
OVER 9 000 Zimbabweans have returned home from 48 countries following the outbreak of Covid-19. The figure includes 241 who arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from the Unit...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:34hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2795 | by George Mkhwanazi
Zimbabwe economy to contract 10%
The World Bank projects a 10% contraction of Zimbabwe's economy in 2020, a worse outcome against the forecast Sub-Saharan Africa contraction of 2.8%. The country's economy is set to recover to a...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
'Don't kill Zimbabweans' Malema tells South Africa
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Sello Malema had implored South African not to engage in xenophobic activities against others Africans. Speaking during a justice for Afr...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 15:19hrs | 3648 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Arresting inflation in Zimbabwe
The response I received from last week's instalment on why the Zimbabwe dollar must be put on the gold standard was overwhelming.Many readers wanted to know when the Zimdollar was going to be ...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:50hrs | 876 | by Bart Star-James
22 year old girl raped and killed inside church
Nigerian media has reported a case of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a first year Microbiology student of the University of Benin who was allegedly raped and murdered inside the Redeemed Christian Church of God...Published: 31 May 2020 at 16:02hrs | 4547 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gambling craze invades Zimbabwe
Gambling has conventionally always been frowned upon as a social vice and vanity. Where it occurred, it was limited to the state lottery, horse betting, pink lotto and an odd casino. Now, the tide has...Published: 27 May 2020 at 14:28hrs | 2143 | by Staff Writer
'South African companies that employ foreigners must not open'
South African opposition party The African Transformation Movement (ATM) says South Africa must impose a strict economic sector regime that will see certain industries being reserved for South African...Published: 25 May 2020 at 11:55hrs | 6041 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Let's clean our dirty stables!
AS human beings, we need to accept that there are often both comprehensible and incomprehensible life forces around us.Where Bishop Lazi comes from, for example, you cannot venture deep into t...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 98 | by Bishop Lazarus
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