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Khupe party implodes
INFIGHTING and political gamesmanship have ripped apart interim MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe's party ahead of its planned extraordinary congress to choose a substantive successor for the opposition's ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 6109 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths hit back at Mohadi
MDC Alliance youths have hit back at Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's claims that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has improved the lives of ordinary people since taking over power from the late former Presi...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2975 | 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: 6 hrs ago | 991 | by Staff reporter
Power output plunges 39%
ZIMBABWE'S power output plunged 39% during the seven months to July, as Harare and Lusaka moved to forestall a near catastrophe by applying limits on water outflows from Lake Kariba to bolster the res...Published: 6 hrs ago | 382 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa tactics miserable'
AS TURMOIL consumes the country's opposition, renowned professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Stephen Chan, has once again warned Nelson...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2969 | by Staff reporter
Teachers say they are open to dialogue
TEACHERS' unions say they are open to genuine dialogue with the government to end the current industrial action which has paralysed schools.This comes as teachers continue to stay away from school...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Minister denies abuse of office charges
HEALTH and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has denied interfering in the bidding process for the supply of Covid-19 related materials by Young Health Care to the National Pharmaceutical Co...Published: 13 hrs ago | 771 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions meant to weaken Zimbabwe
ILLEGAL economic sanctions unilaterally imposed on Zimbabwe by Western nations are motivated by a desire to slowly weaken the nation, leaving the country vulnerable to poverty, droughts and epidemics ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 157 | by Staff reporter
Kangaroo courts for a gangster regime - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zanu PF has never quite got the hang of the rule of law. It believes the law is what the party says it is: after all, the party is the ruler. This is not surprising. It is a widely-held view in many c...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3154 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Zanu PF has mastered art of rigging can't be removed with ballot' - rubbish, above all else, they are mortals
Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result." He was right! What he should have said too, is how easy it is to fall into this tra...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1683 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Govt readies for borders reopening
GOVERNMENT has deployed inspection teams to assess the situation at border posts ahead of the gradual reopening of ports of entry to passenger traffic.Cabinet last week resolved to send teams ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Unmasking sanctions promoters
Many had hoped that the coming of a new administration led by President Donald Trump in America was going to usher in a fresh foreign policy trajectory. This deduction was wrong. Let me ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 856 | by Ranga Mataire
ZANU-PF is a virus which can never be cured by elections
Elections have become a problem that has sunk us into vicious violence, unreformed state institutions, political and economic strife. It is my desire to enlighten those that still believe in the polit...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 11:41hrs | 2877 | by Knowledge Hakata
'Cross border buses after Xmas' Zimbabwe prepares to open more land borders
ZIMBABWE is set to re-open more land borders after a team of senior Government officials was dispatched to assess the state of affairs at the port of entries/exit ahead of the gradual opening....Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:30hrs | 6082 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa pushed to engage Chamisa
CHURCHES have encouraged Zimbabweans to remain hopeful about the country's future, as they continue to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to help resolve th...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:34hrs | 12405 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets social media activists
GOVERNMENT has threatened to intensify its snooping into citizens' social media posts to thwart dissent and any plots to unseat or sabotage President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration.Home A...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:32hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP pushes for 50% youth quota in Parly
ZANU-PF legislator Tatenda Mavetera (proportional representation) has called for a 50% youth quota representation in Parliament, saying Zimbabweans must be embarrassed that its youthful population is ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:30hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
'Constitutional amendments aren't the answer'
DANIEL Molokela, the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology, has urged citizens to lobby legislators to ensure passag...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:27hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Khupe allies in Kwekwe gear up for congress
MDC-T has reconstituted its 2014 structures in Kwekwe and is geared for the party's extra-ordinary congress slated for November 30.Speaking to this publication Friday, MDC-T 2014 Midlands Nort...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:25hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Bonuses for civil servants
Since President Mnangagwa came into power in November 2017, the Government has shown commitment to improve the welfare of its workforce.In an interview after touring a food manufacturing and p...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 12:18hrs | 1975 | by Staff Reporter
The Wayward Child
After an uneasy pregnancy and long hours of labour pains, there was a great celebration when baby Lerato was finally born. Lerato was born into a broken family of school dropouts. Her elder siblings n...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 12:05hrs | 764 | by Salom Shilongo
Unpacking Professor Stephen Chan's interview with Bernard
There are no imaginative skills on how to move the country forward internally and externally, be it economic and political in both the ruling party and the opposition of Nelson Chamisa. In 2018,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 11:58hrs | 1707 | by Nomazulu Thata
The Unity Accord & Gukurahundi
The 1987 unity accord meant nothing then to the people of Mathebeleland and the Midlands and it means nothing to them today. We said it then and we are saying it today. It actually made the leader of ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:30hrs | 997 | by Clemen Moyo
Khupe a leader sent from hell
Zimbabwe's politics can be easily compared to Nigerian Movies in the sense that, it is quite predictable to the extent that even those that did not study politics (101) can even tell you that Zanu Pf ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:27hrs | 3581 | by Knowledge Hakata
Zanu PF tell whites 'to shut up' on reforms - madness, hurting blacks not whites
One of the most offensive and exasperating things the white colonial oppressors did was to deny the blacks their voice and human dignity. In the workplace blacks were called "boyi" and were expected t...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1291 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Diaspora men held at ransom by their wives
Man sitting on outdoor wooden stairwell, cupped hand wrapped around clenched hand, both hands held to mouth, a pained gaze" This is the everyday posture most men in the UK adopt under pressure from th...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | 8507 | by Dr Masimba Mavava
Obert Mpofu argues that Gukurahundi genocide was dealt with by 1987 Unity Accord
IN VIEWS that are set to be a major talking point in the coming days and weeks, former Cabinet minister Obert Mpofu, says it is time to forgive and move on from the Gukurahundi killings of the 1...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:31hrs | 1900 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF calls for slavery reparations
Zanu-PF has joined the rest of the continent in calling for reparations from Western countries that enslaved and looted resources from Africa years ago.The clarion call comes as the Namibian G...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:30hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man threatens to kill wife with lightning
WHILE many people are happy that the rainy season is upon us, a woman from Ntabazinduna is living in fear of losing her life after her estranged husband threatened to kill her by lightning while in he...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:29hrs | 1352 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ministry rocked by salaries scam
THE profligate President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration is spending millions of dollars per month on double salaries and allowances for senior officials in the Ministry of Health and Child Care des...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 10975 | by Staff reporter
'Militarisation worse in post-Mugabe era'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has used the military to infringe on the rights of Zimbabwean citizens and the media, far more than his late predecessor, Robert Mugabe, a fresh report by the Zimbabwe Dem...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:20hrs | 2595 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tells West to 'Shut up'
ZANU-PF has told Western countries, especially Britain and United States, "to shut up" and stop pontificating about democracy and human rights, adding that Britain and the US's hands were historically...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
Punter sues OK Zimbabwe over groceries
LEADING retail chain, OK Zimbabwe has been taken to court by a local punter, who is seeking an order to compel the supermarket to supply him with groceries valued at US$200 every month for life in ter...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1899 | by Staff reporter
'Push for US$100m IDC'
ZIMBABWE's industrial sector has appealed for a lifeline of up to Us$100 million to recapitalise the state-run Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and bolster its capacity to bail out struggling ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:03hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions mantra divides public opinion
FOR me, the issue of targeted sanctions imposed by the US and her Western allies goes beyond mere allegations, unsubstantiated claims, and circumstantial evidence.This, however, has been the m...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | 528 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
China stands by Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted China for standing by Zimbabwe, as the world second biggest economy reiterated its call for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions that were imposed on Zi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:54hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Police gun down armed robber after 14 hour standoff
Zimbabwe's southern border town, Beitbridge was at a standstill, Thursday, when a suspected armed robber held 10 people hostage at a house in Dulivhadzimu suburb forcing the police to gun him down aft...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:23hrs | 6342 | by Staff reporter
Rugeje shooting suspect dies in police cell
A suspect in last weekend's shooting incident at a retired army general's home died in police holding cells at Harare Central Police Station overnight Wednesday, ZimLive has learnt.Police sour...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:34hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
Students lock-up Impala Car Rental
Placard-waving students on Thursday staged a demonstration outside an Impala Car Rental motor spares shop in central Harare, before chain-locking it.The students accused the company of being b...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:30hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice threatened
There was a report in the media in particular the Newsday Zimbabwe alleging that the suspended judge Ndewere had told off the Chief Justice. The reporter went on to say she refused instructions and th...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 12:00hrs | 7899 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabweans divided over effects of targeted sanctions, as govt can't prove they're responsible for economic crisis
For me, the issue of targeted sanctions imposed by the US and her Western allies goes beyond mere allegations, unsubstantiated claims, and circumstantial evidence - which has been the hallmark of the ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 11:40hrs | 1711 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa, Zec sued over by-elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, his deputy Constatino Chiwenga and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) have been taken to court by disgruntled voters for unilaterally suspending by-elections in cont...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | 2567 | by Staff reporter
RBZ keeps policy rate at 35%
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said on Monday its monetary policy committee (MPC) had agreed to maintain the policy rate at 35% as part of measures to keepspeculative borrowing at bay....Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
'Mgodoyi' is Jonathan Moyo's predicate he used to express disgust!
It is one of Professor Moyo's terms to express anything disgusting him.Umgodoyi is an overly thin malnourished dog whose mouth unendingly oozies slummy saliva, a sign of obvious illness relate...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1859 | by Nomazulu Thata
Era of power cuts is over, claims Magombo
The era of load-shedding in Zimbabwe is over and the current power outages being experienced in some areas are a result of faults and vandalism, a senior Government official has said. Permanen...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:33hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe female magistrates sexually harassed at work, says former boss
CORRUPTION accused former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has made startling claims Zimbabwean female magistrates were being sexually harassed at work.The one-time topmost magistrate said t...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
ZEC sued over by-election dates
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) breached the constitution by failing to hold by-elections when they became due, a group of citizens joined by the Elections Resources Centre (ERC) said in a law...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 19:08hrs | 1585 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa under growing pressure for failing to tackle Mnangagwa & Zanu-PF
LARGER-THAN-LIFE MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has advised his principal Nelson Chamisa not to think that popularity will guarantee him to become Zimbabwe's next leader...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 18:40hrs | 3273 | by Staff reporter
There is still hope for Zimbabwe
With the current situation in Zimbabwe, where almost every aspect of pillars of the state which include the economy, social and political structures are bedridden it is of paramount importance that as...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 16:34hrs | 1566 | by Knowledge Hakata
Teacher pay increased US$30 to 157 pm - 500% pay rise, 838% inflation, etc. = breakneck speed we sinking
"The Public Service Commission is pleased to advise Government workers that the USD 75 Covid 19 allowance for September 2020 is being paid today. Going forward, the USD 75 Covid allowance will be paid...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 16:24hrs | 5648 | by Nomusa Garikai
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