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Government to arrest those spreading falsehoods about Covid-19 and the vaccine
The CORONA VIRUS pandemic has shaken the world and gripped it with fear. In the last 24 hours I lost people very close to me due to COVID. there is no one who can say he does not know a family which l...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:39hrs | 1228 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe record its fourth straight trade monthly surplus
Zimbabwe recorded its fourth straight trade monthly surplus in November as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's steps to devalue and stabilize the local currency started showing some positive results for e...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:22hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2428 | by Samantha Power
US cancels observer mission for Uganda polls
The US will not observe Uganda's general election on Thursday as it claims that 75% of its poll observer accreditation requests were turned down by the electoral commission.Ambassador Natalie ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 13:21hrs | 1864 | by Staff reporter
Uganda retaliates against Facebook blocking some pro-government accounts
Uganda ordered internet service providers to block all social media platforms and messaging apps on Tuesday until further notice, a letter from the country's communications regulator seen by Reuters s...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:34hrs | 853 | by Reuters
'Sikhala, Chin'ono charged under non-existent falsehoods law'
MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala was arrested Saturday and charged with publishing falsehoods and promoting public violence the same charges laid against journalist Hopewell Chin'ono after th...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe calls for a 'sober reflection' by Washington
Zimbabwe is doubling down on taking apparent satisfaction in the U.S. Capitol insurrection Wednesday, with Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo criticizing the 'politically-motivated violence' and call...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 17:00hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa blasts US after Capitol riot
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reacted to Wednesday's violent protests in the US capital after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Building.Mr Trump had egged on his sup...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 19:03hrs | 2140 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to offer Trump a word of advice?
Chamisa sits in his office feeling highly encouraged by the events in America. Should he offer Trump a message of solidarity? Amidst all the hypocrisy and pretence of democracy and being a democratic ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 09:44hrs | 2947 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Call for New Legislation Limiting Number of times a political party can shield a presidential candidate in Zimbabwe
Amid Zimbabwe's political landscape at risk of conflict as political violence escalates, Emej Zimbabwe (Economic Movement for Equality and Justice) founder and president Maxwell Teedzai has called for...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:04hrs | 497 | by Agencies
Trump extends immigrant and work visa limits into Biden presidency
President Trump on Thursday extended a pandemic-era suspension of certain immigrant and work visas, ensuring that his sweeping limits on legal immigration will remain in place when Joe Biden is sworn ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
President pleads Int'l Community to donate US$250 million to WFP-Zim emergency operation
Emej Zimbabwe (Economic Movement for Equality and Justice) party President, Maxwell Teedzai has pleaded the international community including the U.S., U.K and Russia to donate US$250 million to suppo...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 220 | by Tomorrow Musandipedza
Mnangagwa 'worse-than-Mugabe', says US lawmaker
THE US, through its US Agency for International Development (USAID), is spending US$10 million in efforts to improve Zimbabwe's political process and these include supporting non-governmental organisa...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former gove...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:10hrs | 991 | by AP
ZESA approves payment of bills in US$
ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped utility Zesa Holding Ltd. allowing people to pay their bills in foreign currency as it struggles to fund the nation's power imports.Zesa said in an emailed statement o...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 20:25hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1923 | by crisisgroup
Zimbabweans mend shabby dollar notes amid economic crisis
Albert Marombe takes a grimy, tattered US$1 note and delicately, expertly glues it back into one piece, holding it up for inspection."I don't care how torn it is. All I want to see is the seri...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 06:20hrs | 6891 | by AP
Liquid Telecom and Zayo partner to Expand Global Network Coverage
Johannesburg, South Africa - Leading pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, has announced their partnership with Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., a global leader of Communications Infrastructure. The p...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 16:04hrs | 576 | by Agencies
Where wildlife produces medical doctors
In Africa, some communities still don't have a single person who has graduated as a medical doctor. The reasons are many. It could be a lack of funds for brilliant children to further their ed...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1908 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabweans await US election with apathy, anticipation
THE upcoming vote could mark a major shift in American politics, but it's unclear how the outcome will affect the two nations' frosty relationship.Whether the issue is the coronavirus pandemic...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 16:44hrs | 2591 | by Staff reporter
US reviews trade preferences eligibility for Zimbabwe
THE United States of America has announced that it will begin a Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade preferences eligibility review for Zimbabwe.Belo...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 07:01hrs | 2923 | by Staff reporter
Zim sanctions a CIA regime change agenda project
The illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe are a CIA regime change agenda project being spearheaded by the African-American USA Ambassador to Harare, Brian Nichols, with the assistance of his MDC-Alliance runn...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 1619 | by David Mwanza
Zimbabwe seeks to bar citizens talking to foreign governments
Zimbabwe's cabinet wants to bar its citizens from holding "unauthorized" communication and negotiations with hostile governments."Such communication or negotiation has a direct or indirect imp...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 2813 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions have affected citizens from rural areas to urban areas
Zimbabwe has laboured under the cruel sanctions imposed by the EU and the United States. In an unprecedented way The United States has made it its duty to oversee the Zimbabwean suffering. ZImbabwe ha...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 213 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Why SADC countries still 'oppose' rhino horn trade
SADC countries have individually decided not to get involved in the non-commercial international trade in rhino horn. This questionable decision has happened despite approval for such trade by the UN ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:38hrs | 551 | by Emmanuel Koro
'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 | 10235 | by Mandla Ndlovu
U.S. presses Zimbabwe on labour rights
The United States ambassador to Zimbabwe has called on the government to respect labour rights after threats to replace teachers striking over poor pay.Brian Nichols met labour and social welf...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:10hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Unions claims 60% of teachers stayed home on first day of school re-opening
Unions said 60 percent of their members boycotted classes, angry over low pay and concerns over the provision of personal protective clothing to keep them safe from the coronavirus."Today we h...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:26hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MP refuses to settle loan
Mazowe North Member of Parliament Campion Mugweni (ZANU PF) the has refused to settle US120 253 loan advanced to him by contracting Tobacco company Tian Z...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 11:12hrs | 6696 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
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: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 4923 | by Staff reporter
Republic of South Africa is a registered company in America
The Republic of South Africa is a registered company in the United States of America with SEC CIK #0000932419.According to the Security and Exchange Commission, Republic Of South Africa is a r...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 09:46hrs | 5573 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe coming apart at the seams
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Crooked Hillary calls on Mnangagwa to release all 'political prisoners'
Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called on the Zimbabwe government to "release all political prisoners", heaping fresh pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa who ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 12:58hrs | 4365 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 can open new path to more equitable and just societies - Part 1
The Covid-19 pandemic has already begun to shape the world we will inhabit, once we get to the other side of the disease. Just think of the many ways we have to do things now that are likely t...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 547 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe annual inflation hits 837%
ANNUAL inflation in Zimbabwe accelerated to 837.53% in July, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency said on Saturday in a Twitter post.The year-on-year rate for June was 737.3%.The mo...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 16:51hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
America slaps notorious African army General with stiff sanctions
United States of America has responded to a global call by the United Nations for all UN member states to implement sanctions on Bi Sidi Souleman who leads the Central African Republic (CAR)-based mil...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 19:42hrs | 3248 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume sent to Chikurubi maximum prison
Imprisoned journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and Transform Zimbabwe Presidet Jacob Ngarivhume will be transferred to CDhikurubi Maximum prison, their lawyer Doug Coltart of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Right...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 18:07hrs | 4264 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hopewell Chin'ono unmasked, as America slaps Tagwirei with sanctions
Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei was born on the 19th February 1969 in SHURUGWI, his father the late Phineas Tagwirei was a modest man ND A MEMBER OF THE Seventh Day Adventist church.Kudakwashe Re...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 15:12hrs | 4916 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Charamba freaks out over 'racist' US sanctions
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman George Charamba has accused the US government of racism after the superpower Tuesday slapped targeted sanctions on fuel mogul Kuda Tagwirei for allegedly propping up a corrupt Z...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:53hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Dead Zanu-PF funder removed from US sanctions list
THE US government has removed from its targeted sanctions list, late Zimbabwe businessman and Zanu-PF benefactor, John Bredenkamp and 20 of his companies.Bredenkamp died 20 June this year aged...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 13:13hrs | 5024 | by newzimbabwe
BREAKING: Kuda Tagwirei added on America sanctions list
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei (Tagwirei) for providing support to the leadership of the Government of Zim...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 4138 | by US Treasury
America unveils US$17.5 million for Zimbabwean doctors and nurses
The United States of America Embassy in Harare has announced that the U.S. government through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has invested more than USD17.5 million to support ...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 16:08hrs | 7304 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: America summons Zimbabwean Ambassador over Chinamasa statement
Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs Tibor Nagy says the American government has summoned Zimbabwe's ambassador to the United States Ammon Machingambi Mutembwa ...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 15:37hrs | 11697 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Criminal charges opened against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) filed a criminal referral against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for making materially false statements to Congress while under oath during two joint hearings in Cong...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 14:12hrs | 2207 | by Matt Gaetz
American Army General to address Zimbabweans on leadership
Retired Lieutenant General in the United States of America Army Jeff Buchanan will be joining Minister of Youths, Sports, Arts and Reacreation Kirsty Coventry at a vitual Symposium aimed at discussing...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:37hrs | 3899 | by Mandla Ndlovu
EU, America concerned about the arrest of Hopewell Chin'ono
The Delegation of the European Union to Zimbabwe and the United States of America Embassy in Harare have issued statements saying they are concerned about the arrest of journalist Hopewell...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 16:24hrs | 4327 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe to repatriate 200 students stranded in China
ABOUT 200 Zimbabwean students studying in China who have been stranded in that country following the Covid-19 induced lockdown are expected to be repatriated back home, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affa...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 21:34hrs | 4048 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube takes Zimbabwe closer to hyperinflation
ZIMBABWE continued on its march back to hyperinflation in June, adding to the nation's economic woes.While annual inflation slowed for the first time in five months to 737.3% from 785.6% in Ma...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1459 | by Bloomberg
Mnangagwa will not resign on the 31st or any other day
The July 31st protests in Zimbabwe will have lasting consequences. While most of them are difficult to anticipate, some of the economic impacts are already being felt and add up to long-term challenge...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 09:12hrs | 9242 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jonathan Moyo instigating mass uprising in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party on Monday accused exiled former minister Jonathan Moyo of agitating for "mass uprising" in the country and called for his extradition from Kenya.Zanu-PF secreta...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 06:58hrs | 3744 | by Staff reporter
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