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Zimbabwe's gold loses glitter
Zimbabwe's gold export receipts plummeted 46% to record US$53.1m in January 2021 from US$98.1m during the same month last year due to delays in payments and heavy rains, the Reserve Bank (RBZ) has sai...Published: 12 hrs ago | 350 | by Staff reporter
New twist to tycoon's estate
The late John Bredenkamp‘s widow, Jennifer, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to block her son Gavin from holding on to the family's Thetford Farm in Mazowe. The case...Published: 12 hrs ago | 901 | by Staff reporter
Defections expose Chamisa's frailties
DEFECTIONS by MDC-Alliance official and former legislators Lillian Timveos and that of Blessing Chebundo first to MDC-T then to Zanu-PF have exposed Nelson Chamisa's deficiencies in leading a once uni...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1403 | by Staff reporter
Hwange MP wades into villagers' land dispute
HWANGE Central legislator Daniel Molokele (MDC Alliance) has waded into a land dispute between a Chinese coal-mining firm and Dinde villagers who face eviction to pave way for the former to kick-start...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
3 men up for murder
THREE brothers from Odzi on Tuesday appeared before a Mutare magistrate facing a murder charge after they allegedly killed their brother-in-law following a domestic dispute.Lovemore (27), Nore...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:25hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
'No free lunch under Second Republic'
THE Second Republic has no place for moonlighting and entitlement as it values creativity, initiative and persistence towards fulfilling both Zanu-PF's 2018 election manifesto and the National Develop...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Teacher’s body found hanging from tree
THE body of a teacher in Silobela was found hanging from a tree in a suspected murder case. Mtandazo Moyo (52), of Simana Village under Chief Malisa, a teacher at Simana Primary School was fou...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 20:31hrs | 4013 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in early election mode
Zanu-PF has begun issuing electronic cards to its members as the party gears up for the 2023 national elections.This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa lit the torch paper to the Zanu-PF ca...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Some of the biggest and most shocking scandals in boxing history
There will be one dispute or another about nearly everything in the film business. This makes it even more exciting and entertaining and draws even greater fans. Therefore, to achieve relevance and ma...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | 612 | by Staff Writer
Chaos mars Zanu-PF DCC probe
CHAOS last week marred a probe into the disputed Zanu-PF Umzingwane district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections after local legislator Levi Mayihlome allegedly disrupted the proceedings before he...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:46hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Displacement of indigenous people from their ancestoral land proves Zimbabwe regime a continuation of colonialism
It has never been in doubt to most of us that, the 1980 government, that came into power in Zimbabwe, was nothing more than a British project, which had been created to hijack the genuine and gallant ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 12:33hrs | 1565 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe govt treasury surplus exceeds $6bn
Public finances have been in perfect health for a good period now, amid revelations that Treasury has maintained surpluses in excess of $6 billion on its accounts at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:30hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Calls to curb Zimbabwe vote fraud
Zimbabwe's electoral framework outlining the transmission of presidential election results from polling stations to the collation centre must be reviewed to prevent vote fraud, an independent election...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:53hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
How does Zimbabwe define its heroes?
I WANT to thank President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his team for the conferment of provincial war hero status on Saul Musaka, Soul Jah Love. I would like to thank him again for the conferment of national...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:50hrs | 233 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Mnangagwa, Ziyambi divided over Justice Malaba retirement
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants Chief Justice Luke Malaba to continue serving until 2023 so that he becomes his last line of defence should the presidential election be contested in court, se...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 5172 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes wife over $1 EcoCash
A man from Mberengwa has appeared in court after he allegedly bashed his wife over a $1 ecocash transaction.Ester Ruvengo questioned her husband for sending $1 through ecocash for the upkeep o...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:42hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
MDC miffed by #ZimAgricRising
The heavens have dealt a deadly blow to the jecha politics that characterises the MDC Alliance's body politik. The heavens have opened up admirably this summer cropping season, nurturing and sustainin...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 10:07hrs | 1429 | by Trevor Shiri
Mine workers salary talks collapse
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (Zdamwu) yesterday claimed that negotiations for first quarter wage increments had stalled after the National Employment Council (NEC) for the mi...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fresh headache
Cash-strapped government is struggling to raise US$1.75bn to compensate former commercial white farmers who lost their farms under the land reform programme amid revelations a bid to raise funding fro...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:20hrs | 6669 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe rift widens?
THE rift between underfire MDCT leader Douglas Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe over the party presidency widened yesterday with the latter demanding a rerun of the internal polls.This was after M...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 5260 | by Staff reporter
Kagonye fingered in farm invasion
Ex-cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye has been fingered in a Bromley farm invasion where she is reportedly barring an indigenous farmer from utilising it and influencing invaders to resist eviction....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 23:36hrs | 1801 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Why Mnangagwa wants Malaba to stay on 2023
DESPITE the fact that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's judicial reign is coming to an end by operation of law at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70, President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants him to stay on ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:15hrs | 3212 | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption investigator probed
IT is a typical case of a hunter becoming the hunted.First, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, hunter of note in charge of Matabeleland North province, found himself caged by a Zimbabwe Anti...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 1569 | by Staff reporter
City of Harare workers give notice to strike
CITY of Harare workers have given their employer a seven-day notice to strike over poor salaries and non-availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), among other grievances.The move co...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Row over Ginimbi's Lamborghini
There is a growing row in sorting out the estate of late businessman and socialite Genius Kadungure with his family reluctant to surrender the top-of-the range Lamborgini vehicle bequeathed to someone...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:59hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Stop giving despotics regimes in Africa a free pass
Authoritarian and dictatorial governments are repressive, corrupt and inefficient, and they threaten Africa's chances of unleashing the productive potential of its youth, writes Nelson Chamisa....Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 1593 | by MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa.
ZRP Support Unit embroiled in farm dispute
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit in Shamva has been accused of invading a farm belonging to one Cyril Gunda, in a matter that spilled into the courts yesterday.Gunda is seeking an order t...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:26hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai turning in his grave
THIS year marks four years after the death of the late Prime Minister and founding leader of the MDC Morgan Tsvangirai. But the fourth anniversary of his death comes at a time some of his former lieut...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:13hrs | 1317 | by Pardon Maguta
Zapu demands level playing field
OPPOSITION Zapu has called for talks led by a neutral person before the 2023 polls.Zapu believes that the talks will end Zanu-PF's monopoly of using state apparatus during election campaign pe...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:12hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Africa Gaming Industry and its Potential Growth
A few years back, Africa seemed a less profitable market for most online businesses, especially overseas brands that had their sights on more developed markets. However, time has shaped the continent'...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:16hrs | 326 | by Staff Writer
David Brown to resurrect Zimbabwe gold mines
DAVID Brown's association with Zimbabwe's mining sector dates back to his six years as CEO of Impala Platinum (Implats) which ended in 2012.During that time, he met with the late former Presid...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:57hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora foe readies for battle
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's challenger Abednego Bhebhe says he is not giving up the fight to overturn the outcome of the opposition party's extraordinary congress after he rejected manoeuvres to b...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:37hrs | 3987 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outfit suffers major blow
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial platform for opposition parties is at risk of becoming irrelevant due to MDC-T's reluctance to endorse it following the elevation of Douglas Mwonzora....Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:36hrs | 8955 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Luke Malaba sweats over looming retirement dilemma
ZIMBABWE'S Chief Justice Luke Malaba - who by operation of law retires at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70 years old - faces the biggest question of his long professional career as a judicial ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:01hrs | 5797 | by Staff reporter
Controversial secret agreement haunts Mnangagwa
WHILE cabinet this week set up a taskforce to investigate dodgy land deals in local authorities and deal with land barons, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Local Government minister July Moyo are part...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:56hrs | 5084 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters stage protest at ZEC offices demanding by-elections
Suspected MDC Alliance youths staged a flash protest outside the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) premises on Friday demanding the holding of by-elections.A few dozen opposition activists p...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
Man kills stepson over $50 airtime
A CHITUNGWIZA man has been arrested for smashing and killing his 11-year-old stepson with a hammer after the boy mistakenly bought $50 airtime instead of $20.Owen Nyamukachi allegedly grabbed ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 20:39hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe slaps Mwonzora in the face
Former MDC-T organising secretary Abednego Bhebhe has slapped MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora in the face after he said he did not recognise his leadership and the party had no legal standing to read...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:55hrs | 3493 | by Staff reporter
Blind, inflated egos is not what Zimbabwe needs right now
REVELATIONS by Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) this week that political dialogue to extricate the country from the current political and economic crises is hamstrung by selfishness a...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:51hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
'1978 Smith-Muzorewa show has no political capital, it flopped' - 2008 GNU Tsvangirai had 73% vote capital, it flopped too
MDC A is dismissing Douglas Mwonzora's call for national political dialogue, involving MDC-T, MDC A and Zanu PF as the leading player, as a waste of time. "Well, you have no dispute with Zanu-...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:14hrs | 1762 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Caesar Zvayi drags minister Chitando to court
Mines minister Winston Chitando has been dragged to court by former Herald newspaper editor Caesar Zvayi and his business partner Fidelity Printers and Refiners (Pvt) Ltd, a government-owned entity, a...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 09:31hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targeting 65% votes in 2023 polls
THE ruling Zanu-PF said it was targeting at least 65% of the vote in the 2023 polls.This was revealed during a Zoom meeting by Tafadzwa Mugwadi, the party‘s director of Information.M...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:24hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
4 Chinese nationals severely injured fighting artisanal miners
Four Chinese nationals working under the controversial Zhong Jian mining company sustained severe injuries this week after they were attacked by artisanal gold miners over mining rights dispute....Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2966 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 statistics could be highly misleading
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 statistics could be highly misleading due to the health ministry's derelict of duty which has seen some sub-standard test kits finding the way on the market.These defective...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:13hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Chammisa's MDC taunts 'Zanu-PF puppet' Mwonzora over national dialogue calls
Calls by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora for an inclusive national dialogue to untangle Zimbabwe's deepening political and economic crisis have been met with derision by his rivals in the main oppositio...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 18:45hrs | 3943 | by Staff reporter
Tycoon Tagwirei's hold on Zim gold
BUSINESS kingpin Kudakwashe Tagwirei has long had a commanding position in Zimbabwe's US$100m-a-month fuel import market, and owns major stakes in banking, telecoms and the country's largest platinum ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 3031 | by Staff reporter
Man kills drinking mate for 'snatching' wife
AN imbiber at a shebeen in Bulawayo allegedly ganged up with a friend and fatally stabbed their drinking mate for allegedly having an adulterous affair with his wife. Peter Moyo (37) of Cowdra...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono caught pens downs
Media freedom has been abused around the world over the past decade. In some of the most influential democracies in the world, populist journalists have overseen concerted attempts to effect undemocra...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 17:06hrs | 6286 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF takes a dig at Chamisa's MPs
ZANU-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi, has accused opposition MPs of sleeping on the job as they only raise issues to do with electoral reforms when elections are just around the corner or over....Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 2450 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba death leaves Chiwenga 'isolated'?
Major General (Rtd) Douglas Nyikayaramba, one of the generals who led a military coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe in 2017 has died.He was 64.Nyikayaramba, who was in 201...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 11:34hrs | 8102 | by Staff reporter
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