African Union anti-graft organ helps set up network of journalists  

Staff Reporter The African Union Advisory Board against Corruption (AUABC) has initiated a pioneer network of...

Malawi shoemakers suffer Chinese wear and tear

Collins Mtika Lilongwe—The Malawian government has reduced itself to a pretty disinterested onlooker as Chinese shoe...

The story behind Zimbabwean media’s coverage of China

Nkosana Dlamini Stereotype, polarisation and general inaccessibility of investors and related information are key...

Tips on how to keep a friend

Unusual basket of choices

When a political party makes democracy dizzy

Serving without conviction

The pitfalls of the 2023 elections

Tawanda Majoni One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have...

Violence: A tool to instill fear in citizens

Zimbabwe risks sliding into surveillance state

BY Dumisani NdlelaTHE Freedom in the World Report 2022 categorised Zimbabwe as “not free”. This was a downgrade from...

Between a rock and a hard place

Democracy is for the rich

Kenya elections: Anti-graft activist John Githongo makes startling allegations in court affidavit

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 By Steve Otieno Reporter Nation Media Group Anti-graft crusader John Githongo has made...

A tale of two “democracies” and their economies

Rat in cotton depot

Chinese ambassador says rogue companies in Zimbabwe must be monitored, prosecuted

Julia Ndlela CHINESE ambassador to Zimbabwe, Guo Shaochun, has called for the establishment of a compliance team...

Traffic Jungle

Police partly to blame for traffic accidents

Doomed

The plight of workers

It never rains but pours for Zimbabweans

Watch: Harare Residents vow to protest over Pomona deal

In a meeting organised by Harare Residents Trust (HRT) with support from Information for Development Trust (IDT),...

Government to bring back national youth service

CCC becomes a surprising scapegoat in ED rape claims

Media body raps Chinese embassy over threats

Staff Reporter The Media Alliance of Zimbabwe (MAZ) has condemned threats against Information for Development Trust...

Mutoko villagers speak out on exploitation by Chinese miner

Mutoko villagers are not happy with the proliferating Chinese mining investments in their village and during a recent...

Residents threaten mass protests against Pomona deal

Gillian Chaka Harare residents have vowed to stop the Pomona waste-to-energy deal through mass protests and legal...

Malawi’s unending fight against corruption

By Collins Mtika Mzuzu--Sixteen years ago, former Malawi president, Bakili Muluzi, was put on trial for alleged...

The headache of extra lessons

Poorly remunerated teachers are increasingly resorting to extra lessons for extra income, but this is bringing...

Hell hath no fury like a man on honeymoon

Of honeymoons and reality

Absolute corruption: from head to toe

Absolute corruption: from head to toe

Sikhala arrested over avenging spirits threats

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) recently arrested Job Sikhala, the lawyer representing Moreblessing Ali, an...

The victims have nowhere to turn to

Tawanda Majoni The Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe and its usual hangers-on within the local elite are always quick to...

The Pomona culprits must face the music

Tawanda Majoni There are certain people and certain things that must just be collected and dumped at the Pomona...

CCC ruffling their feathers

It never rains for Zimbabwe’s schools

Tinevimbo Chibagidi and Brenna Matendere It has never rained—but poured—for Zimbabwe’s primary and secondary...

RBZ buckles, reverses loan ban

Tinevimbo Chibagidi The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Tuesday—17 May—made a U-turn and reversed a recent decree by...

Will the corruption cases be finally completed?

Top cop accused of assaulting Zim journalist

Brenna Matendere Lawyers representing two journalists accused of taking photos at a polling station during Saturday’s...

Citizens bearing the brunt of inflation

Zimbabwe has become a Chinese outpost

Tawanda Majoni In 2016, a Zimbabwean pastor, Evan Mawarire, started the ThisFlag campaign and got into big trouble for...

The government and ZUPCO have failed

Ongoing police blitz against commuter omnibuses worth human lives

Parly committee bemoans lack of action on AG reports

Brenna Matendere The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday, 3 May 2022, said it was concerned that the police and...

Just how deep does the corruption run?

The army must act fast

Tawanda Majoni Picture any day, anytime, when a truckload of uniformed soldiers crawls into a busy shopping centre....

 Parly pledges to probe alleged Mnangagwa ally

Brenna Matendere The Mines parliamentary portfolio committee has pledged to investigate gold leakages and...

When the titles get to your head, you forget the masses

The ZEC/Zanu Pf relationship: The Military Factor

Doubt lingers over government’s capacity to sustain Chinese health upgrades

The charge sheet against Chinese investors is long. But, once in a while, Chinese investors also make positive...

Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO) Amendment Bill shrinking democratic space

Mnangagwa sets up tribunal for “anti-chief justice” judge

Brenna Matendere President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set up a tribunal to investigate a High Court judge who was part of...

Mnangagwa under fire over Scott gold award

Brenna Matendere Civil society organisations have rapped President Emmerson Mnangagwa for officiating at a State House...

Spiteful Khupe tells supporters not to vote fot MDC Alliance

ZEC sets up polling station at Zanu PF “torture camp”

Brenna Matendere The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has set up a polling station at an alleged ruling Zanu PF...

Trevor Ncube and the deaf leader

Police bans CCC Epworth rally

Brenna Matendere The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Wednesday opposed the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally...

ZEC rejects colour ballot paper

Brenna Matendere The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has rejected a request by the opposition to print ballot...

Season of madness

July Moyo’s hand in the jar lands him in trouble

Chinese scramble for chrome leaves a trail of destruction

A scramble for Zimbabwean chrome by Chinese miners has left a trail of destruction onthe environment along the Great...

Forgotten and forsaken, diamond displacement victims start trekking back home

Kenneth Matimaire The curse of diamonds still trolls hundreds of families that were displaced from the Marange fields...

Of habitual MPs who only appear towards elections

Bulawayo City Council in troubble over parking deal

Zanu Pf undermines the independence of the judiciary

International Women’s Day: Women’s progress in society

Non-payment taking toll on exam markers: PTUZ

Brenna Matendere The non-payment of allowances to teachers marking Zimbabwe Examination Centre (ZIMSEC) papers has...

Video: Zimbabwean youths speak on voter registration

On 16 February, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) published that the voter registration blitz has so far...

Mnangagwa’s powers illegal—Biti

Brenna Matendere Legal expert, Tendai Biti, on Wednesday 2 February 2022 told the Constitutional Court that powers...

Mnangagwa, off the mark

Human rights commission condemns political violence ahead of by-elections

Tinevimbo Chibagidi The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has condemned cases of recently reported political...

Campaign season: The rules only apply on the opposition

Tinevimbo Chibagidi Two Sundays ago, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) held its maiden rally at the Zimbabwe Grounds...

They have the numbers but we have the salted whip: ED

Selective application of the law

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Zupco turns away CCC supporters

Brenna Matendere The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco), a public enterprise enjoying a transport monopoly, on...

Artisanal gold mining threatens resettled farmers

Tinevimbo Chibagidi Resettled farmers in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, are worried that harmful practices by...

The Arrogance of Power

The dragon camps on Mutare mountain

Penhalonga mine wrangle: Workers demand reversal of licence given to ED’s reported ally

Brenna Matendere Workers at Redwing Mining Company in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, have written a letter to the...

Nurses form united front to fight for better working conditions

Brenna Matendere Unions and associations of nurses have formed a single labour federation which the health workers...

Children first

Authorities turn blind eye on Chinese tile manufacturer

NKOSANA DLAMINI Norton--Hugging Manyame River as you enter Norton, some 30km from Harare on the highway to Bulawayo,...

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s crackdown on media

Citizen space under threat

Road to 2023: The battle for supporters

ZACC arrests Mberengwa RDC CEO over US$155k abuse

Brenna Matendere The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Mberengwa Rural District Council Chief...

Banking sector faces crippling strikes

Brenna Matendere Bank employees have given their respective managements a 21-day ultimatum to restore salaries to the...

Zimbabwe’s road rehabilitation scratching the surface, literally

Zimbabwe has a 98 000km road network, of which 89%--that is 78 200km- is unsurfaced gravel and earth roads while...

Malaria cases shot up in 2020 as Africa battled Covid 19

Staff Reporter A recent report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that cases of malaria and deaths caused by...

119 unregistered schools closed as Methodist centre proposes 400pc fees hike

Tinevimbo Chibagidi The ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has shut down 119 schools for defying a government...

Video: The nightmare of Harare congestion

Almost every large city in the world has an efficient public transport system which has even those who own cars,...

Zimbabwe Union of Journalists Press Statement on the state of corrupt journalistic practice in the country.

The latest issue of the privately owned weekly newspaper, The Standard, published two articles alleging rampant...

Government steps up measures to curb littering

Staff Reporter Government is introducing measures to curb littering in major urban centres amid growing concerns that...

Face to face with brown envelope journalism

Nyaradzo Nyere* While working on a story about how tobacco farmers are getting a raw deal from tobacco contracting...

Brazilian coal miner leaves cloud of despair in western Mozambique

Estacio Valoi Moatize--Vale, a mega-million Brazilian multinational with interests in mining, logistics, steel-making...

This is how low journalism has sunk!

Tawanda Majoni A few years ago, we were at a function in Harare. We broke for lunch and I sat at a table next to a...

Tobacco contractor short-changes farmers amid bribery scam involving scribes

Nyaradzo Nyere* Contract tobacco farming provides an allure to poorly resourced farmers in Zimbabwe, but then,...

Ex-State Security minister lived by the sword, felled by the hacker

Zimbabwe central bank governor ranking improves slightly

Tinevimbo Chibagidi Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya’s global ranking improved in 2021, even...

Video: Top diplomats, senior army officers invade private conversancy

Two serving ambassadors, a retired diplomat and a high-ranking army officer are among numerous individuals who have...

2023 Elections: Mnangagwa needs a generous miracle!

Tawanda Majoni Make no doubt about this, President Emmerson Mnangagwa had this hugely golden chance to become...

Mnangagwa namedropper kicked off gold mine

Brenna Matendere Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya, a dealer considered close to the first family, has been kicked out of a...

Late MDC-A activist’s wife arrested and released

Tinevimbo Chibagidi Masvingo police on Tuesday arrested Mollen Banga—the wife of the recently murdered Movement for...

Zimbabwean stadiums fit for everything else, not football

Was he sober or was he drunk?

In central Harare, garbage remains an eyesore

Tinevimbo Chibagidi Harare residents have expressed anger at the Harare City Council’s failure to clear refuse from...