By Robert Tapfumaneyi MARY Chiwenga, estranged wife to Vice President Costantino Chiwenga, is accused of externalising US$1 million to South Africa and China in 2018 and 2019. The ex-model is said to have caused CBZ Bank to transfer funds on different occasions to a bank account in South Africa’s FNB Bank. She would later divert
By Anna Chibamu MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has launched a scathing attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing the national leader of too much trust in witch doctors while also suggesting his rival’s continued scarf wearing was out of superstition. Chamisa was speaking Saturday during a memorial service held for late MDC MP Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, daughter
By Robert Tapfumaneyi A SURVEY has established that rural women in Zimbabwe are more fertile than urban ones with Mashonaland West leading the pack while Bulawayo Metropolitan province has the lowest fertility rate. This is according to Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey (MICS) results released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) Thursday. Presenting the results,
SABC Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his government will not adopt short-term populist policies and will not be swayed or pressured into repeating past mistakes. The Zimbabwean economy has been on a serious downward trend for the past two decades and over the last two years, since Mnangagwa took over from Robert Mugabe, it
By Anna Chibamu MDC MP for Kambuzuma, Willias Madzimure has condemned police for allegedly using “football” style tackles on women protesters in place of arresting them if crimes were ever committed. He was speaking in parliament Tuesday following savage attacks on opposition supporters by anti-riot police recently. Police pounced on MDC supporters who had gathered
By Anna Chibamu MDC legislator and party secretary for justice and legal affairs, Innocent Gonese (pictured below) says the country’s human rights situation has become worse than it was during the time of late former President Robert Mugabe. In a statement to coincide with International Human Rights Day commemorations, Gonese said under Mugabe, Zimbabwe was
Matabeleland North Correspondent A NORWEGIAN tourist lost a front tooth after a suspected robber punched her on the face before fleeing into the bush with her handbag containing travel documents, Visa card and US$70 on Friday evening. According to a report made to the police, Eva Katrine Alltras, aged 37, was in the company of
By Leopold Munhende ZIMBABWE could be better off economically if President Emmerson Mnangagwa had roped opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai into an inclusive transitional arrangement soon after the November 2017 coup. These were sentiments expressed by Zanu PF Politburo member and former minister Tshinga Dube in his recent autobiography ‘Quiet Flows the Zambezi’. The explosive book,
By Robert Tapfumaneyi MEALIE meal prices are set to come down after government Thursday announced new subsidy on maize meal in what will see the retail price of a 10kg packet of roller meal pegged at $50. This was announced in a statement by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube Thursday morning. In his statement, Ncube said
By Staff Reporter A GROUP of Zimbabwe churches have stormed the bruising legitimacy row between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa with Family of God Church founder, Reverend Andrew Wutaunashe declaring the Zanu PF number one was genuine President. This was when President Mnangagwa Monday hosted church groups at State House. The
By Idah Mhetu POLICE have dismissed MDC claims gunshots were fired at party leader Nelson Chamisa and his entourage when the opposition chief was presiding over a party organised tree planting event in Marondera on Sunday. Chamisa was in the tiny Mashonaland East farming town to commemorate the National Tree Planting Day which comes every
By Robert Tapfumaneyi AS economic inequalities increase in Zimbabwe, the country’s once thriving middle class has been swept away by the tide of economic turmoil, visiting United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver has said. According to Elver, civil servants, among them doctors, nurses and teachers are no longer able to
By Paidashe Mandivengerei SACKED junior doctors Friday scoffed at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 48 hour ultimatum for them to return to work without question. While appreciating the work done by Roman Catholic Bishops, the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) said without a new offer, Mnangagwa’s ultimatum presented as an olive leaf to end the three month old
By Anna Chibamu HEALTH Minister Obadiah Moyo, Wednesday admitted to unfair recruiting practices and corruption amid reports aspiring nurses were being forced to part with as much as US$2000 to get a place to be trained at different institutions across the country. After being grilled by MPs in the National Assembly during the question and
By Anna Chibamu PARLIAMENT’s Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC) is working towards resolving the stalemate between Zanu PF and opposition MDC MPs that has disrupted committee business, Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda said Thursday. The committee sat on Thursday to deliberate on the issue. Responding to questions from MDC Mbizo MP, Settlement Chikwinya
By Thandiwe Garusa PROMINENT business mogul Strive Masiyiwa has moved to entice striking Zimbabwean doctors with monetary incentives in a move that could save millions of lives. Government has so far fired 448 doctors after they refused to end a crippling strike that is now into its third month. In a statement released by his
By Leopold Munhende GOVERNMENT’s Chinese funded new Parliament building under construction at Mt. Hampden, some 32 kilometres northwest of Harare, is now taking shape. President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday took time to visit the site to check on progress and heaped praise on China for its continued support to Zimbabwe. After touring the US$140 million
By Leopold Munhende THE European Union (EU) has raised issue with Zimbabwean authorities over their tough handling of human rights in the country in the wake of fierce crackdown on opposition supporters by State police. This was inadvertently revealed Tuesday by Information Minister Monica Mutsvwangwa during a post-cabinet media briefing at the Munhumutapa government offices
By Anna Chibamu THE tiff between Zanu PF and opposition MDC supporters could spill into parliament sitting during resumption this Tuesday with National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda yet to find a solution to the acrimony. In the past week, chaos has dominated proceedings in the house as MDC has insisted on failure to recognise President
By Staff Reporter FORMER Health Minister, Henry Madzorera has hit out at the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government for allegedly going on a “deliberate skull cracking and bone breaking” programme fully knowing there were no doctors in Zimbabwean hospitals to treat the victims. The Kwekwe based top MDC official was speaking to NewZimbabwe.com in the wake
