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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: 11 hrs ago | 844 | by Staff reporter
Marry describes Chiwenga as a 'beast'
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa says she has been denied access to their three young children for 17 months.Venting out on Twitter, the 39-year-old former mo...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2565 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi's replacement as Vice-President of Zimbabwe found?
After the unceremonious resignation of the vice president Kembo Mohadi from the office of the vice president, it has become incumbent to discuss the esteemed office of the Vice President. Cde Kembo Mo...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:38hrs | 5236 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Caps boss blasts PSL, Zifa
CAPS United vice-president Nhamo Tutisani has savaged Zifa and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) leadership as mere event managers who lack strategies to turn around domestic football and make it compet...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:40hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, land baron mend fences
SUSPECTED land baron Wellington Peyama, who has been accused of fanning divisions in the ruling Zanu-PF party, has claimed that he has resolved his differences with the party leadership in Mashonaland...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:07hrs | 1827 | by Staff reporter
Medium-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe post-land reform programme: A new picture is emerging
WE have a new open access paper out in the Journal of Modern African Studies "Medium-scale commercial agriculture in Zimbabwe: The experience of A2 resettlement farms".Contrary to assertions t...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:02hrs | 653 | by Ian Scoones
Cross-border divorce: The legal process
The year was 1995. At that time, Sibonokhuhle Kambarami, (not her real name), was a 26-yearold vivacious single lady. She was employed as a receptionist at a large commercial entity in Harare. Early o...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:51hrs | 889 | by Tichawana Nyahuma
Mobile internet and data usage surges
MOBILE internet and data usage went up by about 43 percent in Zimbabwe due to the outbreak of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic last year.The pandemic also pushed up internet usage worldwide by up ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 17:35hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean agriculture recovery in motion
ZIMBABWE is an agrarian economy and has huge potential to produce enough for its people and surplus that can be exported to generate foreign currency. However, there is a puzzling divergence between i...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:43hrs | 474 | by Dr John Basera
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
My suspicions go beyond the allegations against VP Mohadi!
I have been battling with the question of the power of the press. To tell you the truth, I have not made up my mind where the line should be drawn. The allegations against Vice-Presi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 2388 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Rural areas provide hurdles for Matabeleland female politicians
WHILE women's political participation has been shown to be particularly influential in communities in Zimbabwe, rural areas-based female politicians still battle male dominance.Senzeni Mpofu, ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:54hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the deconstruction of the anecdote of Matabeleland marginalisation
History is replete with many memories of pre and post-independence pains endured by our people. Against this backdrop, even with the Lancaster Conference right up to the Unity Accord of 1987 the natio...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:44hrs | 198 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
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
WHO, Unicef dismiss anti-Zimbabwe report
Two major United Nations (UN) agencies have dismissed as false and malicious, reports in some sections of the private media claiming they have been barred by the Government from participating in Zimba...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 07:35hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi presidential ambitions thwarted, we saw it coming!
In more than one article we told over ambitious Kembo Mohadi that he will never be the President of Zimbabwe given his Matabele background. We told him not to fly to high because his wings were fake, ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:38hrs | 3707 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwean family seeks Ramaphosa's intervention
A Zimbabwean family has written to the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa asking for his intervention after one of their family members mysteriously disappeared.Billard Taviria went mi...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 17:52hrs | 4125 | by Shelton Muchena/ Simbarashe Sithole
Shut up Kembo says MDC A youth
MDC Alliance youth leader Tererai Obey Sithole has blasted Vice President Kembo Mohadi after his press statement on his alleged illicit multiple sexual re...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 12:27hrs | 1992 | by Simbarashe Sithole
I am a victim of voice cloning, claims Mohadi
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has distanced himself from what he described as imagined immoral unions by detractors angling to tarnish his political career as well as his standing as a national leader....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 17:08hrs | 1509 | by Staff reporter
JSC investigate allegations against a member of the judiciary
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) says it is investigating a sex scandal involving a member of the judiciary.In a statement, the JSC said, "The Judicial Service Commission has taken note o...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1557 | by Staff reporter
Drama at Chief's funeral
THERE was drama at Chief Nyamukoho's funeral in Mutoko on Monday after some of his children refused to set foot at their father's homestead due to a feud over the late traditional leader's estate....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 3675 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious fires terrorise families
A SERIES of mysterious fires have reportedly razed three homesteads belonging to three related families in Lupane, forcing them to flee and seek refuge in a bush. The bizarre incidents are tak...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
The sex scandals of VP Mohali and the anger
The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) has joined one Masimba Mavaza in calling for the resignation of Vice President Kembo Mohadi following the embarrassing exposure of h...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 10:42hrs | 5283 | by Nicholas Mlamuli Ndebele
Cigarette tycoon rubbishes Maverick Citizen bigotry
Businessman Adam Molai has denounced allegations that his Pacific Cigarette Company is part of powerful cartels accused of plundering Zimbabwe's economy and impoverishing the country's population....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:29hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
Why the colonial UK sanctioned Zimbabwe security chiefs
UNITED Kingdom ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson says the British government is not happy with President Emmerson Mnangagwa government's pace of reforms.Robinson (MR) told Alpha Media Ho...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 543 | by Ken Mufuka
Covid-19 lockdown: How times have changed
It was after four aborted attempts at assembling that customary team of amadombo, an attempt at receiving and meeting our prospective in-laws as a non-negotiable precondition to observe the cultural r...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 186 | by Zifiso Masiye
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
Spies block Susan Mutami, son from boarding plane to Dubai
SUSAN Mutami claims she has been held "hostage" together with her 4-year-old son by some state agents at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe airport where she wants to take a flight to Dubai.Mutami cras...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 09:23hrs | 4319 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi embarrasses the presidium
The vice president's power to lead comes from a ceremonial reverence Zimbabweans grant their presidents. To deserve the reverence, a vice president must act as a steward of the dignity and stature of ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2613 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
A letter to Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu: Hillside Bulawayo
Dear Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu, I start my letter with the first sentence of the article written today regarding the fight you had with supposedly your husband Trust Moyo. If marriage is war, the bed...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 2576 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mandiwanzira confronts TIZ with $1m defamation suit over article
FORMER ICT minister and serving legislator Supa Mandiwanzira is demanding damages amounting to $1 million from Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) over what he terms defamatory content against h...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Econet ordered not to send COVID-19 alerts to Sikhumbuzo Moyo
THE High Court has granted a provisional order against Econet Wireless Zimbabwe to stop sending COVID-19 alert messages to Harare lawyer, Sikhumbuzo Moyo after he took the telecommunications giant to ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mliswa ex image sets social media on fire
A SEEMINGLY decent image of MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa with Temba Mliswa's estranged lover Susan Mutami has set social media buzzing with many suggesting the controversial figure could be spec...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 16:35hrs | 7155 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must not create his own opposition
This epitome of throwing the baby out with the bath water should not be tolerated.Where on earth have you heard of a President saying that, "this is the official opposition party" referring to...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:23hrs | 2556 | by Leonard Koni
Not yet ready for democracy
THE road to democracy is not easy for countries that have emerged from decades of colonial systems and replaced by autocratic ones which derive their power from military as well as tribal politics....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | 209 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mr Ramaphosa prefers American vaccines while Dr Mkhize prefers Sputnik V
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize allegedly tussled behind the scenes over where to procure which jabs, resulting in the country's vaccine rollout programme being negativel...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Man forces girlfriend to drink poison, kills self
A FORMER Midlands State University (MSU) student died after she was forced to drink poison by her boyfriend, a money changer, who then committed suicide by drinking the same poison in a fight over all...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2049 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's herbalists, doctors unite thwarting non-communicable diseases
HARARE - With government's research confirming that 80 percent of Zimbabweans consult herbalists prior to visiting hospitals, the country's Ministry of Health has shifted to partnering traditional hea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 16:56hrs | 752 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
Chamisa unhappy with Ramaphosa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa remains concerned over South Africa's reluctance to censure its northern ‘wayward' neighbour, Zimbabwe warning the ‘see no evil, hear no evil' approach fuelled ele...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:52hrs | 3530 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga faction loses ground
THE appointment of Frederick Shava to the Foreign Affairs ministerial post this week has further entrenched President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hold on power, capitalising on political contingency and oppo...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:02hrs | 7527 | by Staff reporter
No outpour of love
TOMORROW looks set to pass just like any other day without the glitz, colour and outdoor romance synonymous with Saint Valentine's Day.February 14 is set aside anually to celebrate love, where...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:26hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa speaks on homosexuality
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa dismissed reports that he is homosexual at a press conference held at his Borrowdale house on Thursday."It is unfortunate that the person alleged to be...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:17hrs | 3956 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe loses US$20bn through non-traditional cartels
ZIMBABWE may have been prejudiced of US$20 billion over the years through corruption due to the acrid relationship between politics and economics that has seen the entrenchment of cartelism in the cou...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:48hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa refutes plot to assassinate Mnangagwa's son
OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has rubbished a litany of accusations from an "emotional" former lover, Susan Mutami including a claim he was plotting to assassinate President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 4708 | by Staff reporter
Money changer runs berserk after finding lover with ex-husband
IN a dramatic incident a man ran berserk, beat his girlfriend and destroyed property after he found her with her ex-husband at her home in Lobengula West suburb in Bulawayo.A source said Henry...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 2762 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds China, Russia over vaccines
ZIMBABWE's relationship with China and Russia continue to grow with the two countries promising to ensure that the country accesses Covid-19 vaccines as soon as possible. Already China has mad...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:15hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Will Mnangagwa go East as more sanctions come from the West?
ZIMBABWE President Emmerson Mnangagwa's attempts to win over the West to his cause are failing, the latest sign being the UK's sanctions on his security chiefs.On Monday 1 February 2021, the U...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 15:09hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 8104 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei tightens hold on Zim gold
AFTER buying more mines and banks, the mogul could become the country's top gold buyer. Business kingpin Kudakwashe Tagwirei, under United States sanctions since August, aims to expand his commanding ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
Who are the actual NGO beneficiaries?
A reflection on Nkirote, a woman from a small village in Kenya, and James, a country director of an NGO.The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $1.90 a day. I have often ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 18:50hrs | 1293 | by @NGOsceptic
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