June 29 elections - Mugabe bluffing

One has to give it to the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, for he has a way of throwing a cat among pigeons.His bluff call for elections by the dissolution of parliament n...Read more

June 29 elections - Mugabe bluffing

2013 May 24 | 3002 Views
One has to give it to the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, for he has a way of throwing a cat among pigeons.His bluff call for elections by the dissolution of parliament n...

by Tabani Moyo

Election uncertainties scare away Zimbabwe investors

2013 May 24 | 1793 Views
The wrangling among Zimbabwe's diverse political parties, numerous political action groups, the president, prime minister and many others in the political hierarchy as well as the media as to when the...

by Eric Bloch

This is just the beginning of a long journey

2013 May 24 | 1818 Views
Zimbabwe’s new constitution has been signed into law. This is a great day for our nation as we crafted this document on our own as Zimbabweans without the supervision or interference of foreigners....

by Prof. Arthur G.O. Mutambara, Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe

We need to bury our dead and then bring Gukurahundi perpetrators to justice

2013 May 23 | 2073 Views
It is our duty to remember and honour the Gukurahundi victims. We need to bring perpetrators of the genocide to justice then bury our dead before we can talk about any compensation whatsoever. Those ...

by Velempini Ndlovu

Congratulations Zimbabwe on new constitution

2013 May 23 | 1537 Views
ZUPA, the organisation that represents the interests of millions of economically disadvantaged Zimbabweans and primarily the unemployed is delighted beyond measure and now congratulate the Government ...

by ZUPA Team.

The myth of Africa's rise

2013 May 23 | 1429 Views
If Africa is on the rise, it is on the rise as a wealth generator for multinationals and not for Africans themselves.I thoroughly get miffed when Western analysts continue to talk of Africa's ...

by Vince Musewe

Elections are not business they are battles

2013 May 22 | 1621 Views
The shadow being cast by the forthcoming harmonized elections is so vast that hardly any of us can afford the luxury of shrugging a nonchalant shoulder, wrapping ourselves in swathes of indifference a...

by Delta Milayo Ndou

British monarchy; Cry of a Zimbabwean child

2013 May 22 | 2135 Views
God's message to the Globe about issues that have sent the world into turmoil and His solutions and desire for peace, prosperity and reconciliation amongst all nations. This is a trailer to a 2 ½ hou...

by Masowe eChishanu

New Zim constitution can usher in new culture of human rights

2013 May 22 | 1797 Views
Zimbabwe's new constitution presents a golden opportunity for the country to break away from a culture of impunity for human rights violations, Amnesty International said today.President Rober...

by amnesty.org

New Constitution now law of the land; let's finish it Zimbabwe

2013 May 22 | 2625 Views
President Robert Mugabe has signed the new Zimbabwe Constitution into law at State House this afternoon.Our theme for Round 17 of the Free Zimbabwe Global Campaign is "Let's Finish It", for o...

by Den Moyo

Coalitions! Coalitions! Coalitions!

2013 May 22 | 2806 Views
Election time in Zimbabwe always brings with it the euphoria about how to unseat the regime in view of the fragmented opposition. The belief is that for as long as parties are fragmented it is impossi...

by Joshua Mhambi

Lessons from Oliver Mtukudzi

2013 May 22 | 2745 Views
LAST weekend I went fishing with my former schoolmate Million and after toiling the whole day we caught nothing. I was very discouraged and I openly told Million that I will not go back to the dam unt...

by Ben Chiganze

Questions for Tendai Biti on Gukurahundi compensation

2013 May 21 | 3298 Views
The Mthwakazi Youth Leaders Joint Resolution SA Charter is not surprised by the statement issued by the Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mr Tendai Biti, promising compensation for the people of...

by Mongezi Mpofu

Zanu-PF buying votes in UZ SRC elections

2013 May 21 | 2486 Views
The recent interference of Zanu-PF in the students' fraternity has not only disenfranchised their brand but also symbolised unimaginable desperation of a party that lacks ideological and mobilisation ...

by Francis Mufambi

The legacy of Queen Victoria and Zimbabwean culture

2013 May 21 | 1871 Views
Canada recently just celebrated Victoria Day on the 20th of May, remembering a woman who is regarded as the longest serving monarch in British History and very well regarded as an embodiment of what t...

by Tsungai Chipato

NUST 2013 Intake: An example of a divisive outcome

2013 May 20 | 5063 Views
I first came across the Bulawayo based National University of Science and Technology (NUST) 2013 prospective intake list quite by accident, via an e-mail from a horrified associate. The list which als...

by Fuyane, Lovemore

Mugabe is probably a genius, he wants your hard earned moolah

2013 May 19 | 2585 Views
A comment on Tuesday by Deputy International Relations Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim that South Africa is ready to help with Zimbabwe's elections seems to be the strongest indication yet that your and my...

by Stephen Grootes

What criteria is going to be used for Gukurahundi criteria?

2013 May 19 | 2020 Views
How do you compensate for loss of life, 20000 of them. Humiliation through tortue and rape, some of it resulting an pregnancy and children. Growing up without a father or mother. Fear and psychologica...

by MDC Spokesman

Compensating Gukurahundi victims with 'blood money'

2013 May 19 | 2618 Views
Compensating someone financially for a murdered loved is in dictionary terms "blood money". If MDC T and Morgan Tswangirayi think that promising to giving the people of Matebeleland blood money as com...

by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo

What is Tsvangirai's take on Mthwakazi Independence?

2013 May 19 | 2443 Views
The MLF reads with eyebrows raised the report that MDC-T will compensate Gukurahundi victims. One wonders how much a human being costs-more so a Ndebele. The second question is what is to be done to ...

by David Magagula

What Joshua Nkomo said about Lookout 'Mafela' Masuku

2013 May 18 | 4721 Views
Let's go back a little bit, Joshua Nkomo at the funeral of Lookout "Mafela" Khalisabantu Vumindaba Masuku, in Bulawayo on Saturday 12 April 1986. Tens of thousands of people converged to pay their las...

by online

Gono draws attention to the inadvertent dangers of banks indigenisation

2013 May 18 | 2275 Views
Gideon Gono draws attention to the inadvertent dangers that could befall the economy if caution is thrown to the wind....

by Gideon Gono

Mthwakazi Youth Leaders: Fears of abduction

2013 May 18 | 2043 Views
Unity in condemnation of the abductions "We kindly ask that you pray as a matter of urgency as 3 leaders of the MYLJR are now missing. Please pray and support in any way that you can. We need a search...

by Thulani Nkala

When even a Devil cries 'Amen'

2013 May 18 | 2285 Views
We are headed for very interesting times I tell you. The MDCs do not want elections before or by June 29, which is when the life of Parliament extinguishes itself. Yet they harp on laws which need rea...

by Nathaniel Manheru

Only a foolish fly follows a corpse into the grave

2013 May 18 | 2277 Views
In our African traditional custom we have a saying that "it is only a foolish fly that follows a corpse into the grave."Everybody is aware of what will befall such a fly that dares to follow a...

by Bowden B.C. Mbanje and Darlington N. Mahuku

Morgan Tsvangirai speech to MDC-T policy conference

2013 May 17 | 2759 Views
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai's speech at the official opening of the party's policy conference in Harare on May 17, 2013:Vice President Hon. Thokoza...

by Morgan Tsvangirai

'We must do all we can to make sure Zimbabwe's elections are fair elections,' UK MP

2013 May 17 | 2177 Views
For many, life in Africa is moving forward. Recent development indicators published by the World Bank show that in Sub-Saharan Africa GDP has risen every year since 2000, averaging 5.8% annual ...

by James Duddridge is the Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East

Desmond 'The little Bishop' Tutu should go goat-skinning

2013 May 17 | 2017 Views
IN the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, the elderly with cotton tuft hair are normally not sent skinning goats when villagers preside over matters of importance.When an...

by zimpapers

Corporates guilty of butchering local languages in their ads

2013 May 17 | 2408 Views
Coke is now doing damage control over imported cans.Brands worldwide take clients seriously and invest heavily on marketing, luring and keeping clients, well except in Zimbabwe, it seems. ...

by Deck-Magazine

Morgan Tsvangirai - Small man in a big chair

2013 May 17 | 3209 Views
Before Morgan Tsvangirai entered the world of governance he enjoyed a rather stupendous mass of sympathy support, both at home and abroad. This was precisely because opposition politics was merely ab...

by Reason Wafawarova

Reasons why Zimbabwe is a luxury Tourist destination

2013 May 17 | 2275 Views
It is no secret that in the last ten years or so Zimbabwe has been struggling with its perception as a luxury travel destination. For various reasons the country has been labelled as "unsafe"...

by Luke Brown.

Zimbabwe national assets plunder should be deemed a treasonous act

2013 May 16 | 2203 Views
Finance Minister Biti's comments this week about unpredictable and deliberately manipulated and compromised internal revenue remittances by some corrupt government departments in the Home Affairs Mini...

by Tapiwa Kapurura

Tsvangirai remains constitutionally protected in the transitional period

2013 May 16 | 2427 Views
An article on page 2 of The Herald newspaper today mischievously and erroneously suggests that there is uncertainty over the future of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). Entitled, "Uncertainty ha...

by Dr Alex Magaisa

A case of obdurate generals

2013 May 16 | 2083 Views
It is a no brainer that the very same conditions that the Patriotic Front desired for democratic, free and fair elections in 1980, are the very same conditions we desire today."By what fa...

by Vince Musewe

Are we Zanu or Zimbabwean citizens?

2013 May 16 | 3289 Views
An inconvenient truth is that Zimbabwe is a cult whose leadership uses various terminology, mainly; sell-outs, tribalists, the West, imperialists, land and sanctions to hypnotise and deceive its citi...

by Ishmael Makhiye

Tax Clearance Certificates

2013 May 16 | 2106 Views
What is a Tax Clearance Certificate?A tax clearance certificate is a document that is issued by the Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority...

by zimra

The changing face of Matebeleland

2013 May 15 | 2932 Views
The Matebeleland we left has changed dramatically and without doubt Mugabe's policy of black internal colonization in Matebeleland is in full swing and indeed near completion 33 years after its operat...

by Khumbulani Moyo

NUST is a deliberate developmental tangent for Matabeleland

2013 May 15 | 2332 Views
This institution called NUST is a deliberate developmental tangent in the heart of Matabeleland Provinces. The 2013 intake is really depressing. I think we should 'devolve' the intake or worse off com...

by Faith Silandulo Dube

It's time for a 'New Way' in Zimbabwe politics

2013 May 15 | 2287 Views
One hopes a new brand of politician will emerge, one that is defined by a genuine desire to serve. An article written five years ago by Trevor Ncube, ...

by Ndabezinhle Edwin Mkwananzi

Baba Jukwa - Legion of malicious engagement

2013 May 15 | 3589 Views
When Southern Africa took up arms against the white colonial settlers, the late renowned veteran nationalist and founder of the Tanzanian nation, Mwalimu Kambarage Julius Nyerere, wrote a book titled,...

by Tonderai Tatura

Infiltration of MDC-T by ZANU-PF is a myth

2013 May 13 | 1990 Views
The postponement of primary elections by MDC-T is a tip of the problems and challenges facing the party as we head towards the home stretch for the harmonised elections to be held this...

by Kennedy Mapesa Mandaza

Abednico Bhebhe hits back at Jonathan Moyo

2013 May 13 | 4073 Views
The Sunday News of 12 May 2013 carried a story "Rethink your loyalty to MDC-T" written by Lawson Mabhena having interviewed Jonathan Moyo who echoed these sentiments.It is his opinion and as ...

by Abednico Bhebhe

On mother's day, my thoughts go to Loreta Nyathi

2013 May 12 | 2328 Views
On this Mothers Day, let us take time to appreciate our mothers and to cherish them for the splendid roles they have played, even if for brief moments in some cases, in molding us all into the men and...

by Psychology Maziwisa

Of professional mourners, lavish funerals

2013 May 12 | 2673 Views
Gone are the days of a funeral wake where mourners are "burdened" by traditional rites, laid-down burial procedures and a sombre atmosphere throughout the proceedings. Today, people outshine each oth...

by Tendai Chara

Why Tsvangirai can't win the generals

2013 May 12 | 3431 Views
The opposition's attempt to win the army in Zimbabwe is not new and is unlikely to succeed as the military is keen to prove its loyalty to Mugabe.In these days of suspicion and mistrust amon...

by M&G I Jason Moyo, Ray Ndlovu

The rehabilitation of Robert Mugabe

2013 May 12 | 3143 Views
HE has been a schoolteacher, freedom fighter and political prisoner. He has gone from admired independence leader to despised autocrat. Now a life that spans nine decades could be about to add its l...

by The Guardian

Thank God the charade is now coming to an end

2013 May 11 | 3300 Views
Thank God the charade is now coming to an end. Hallelujah! Two days ago the Lower House of our Parliament passed Amendment 20 bringing us a stage closer the operationalisation of the new Const...

by Nathaniel Manheru

Zanu-PF still stuck in the past

2013 May 11 | 2397 Views
WITH critical elections inexorably drawing closer, Zimbabwe is hurtling down a familiar path as the usual suspects, Zanu PF, marshals its formidable state machinery against those perceived to be worki...

by Stewart Chabwinja

Fighting egos and paranoia in Zimbabwe

2013 May 10 | 1982 Views
The desire of power over others is weakness disguised as strength. I remain curious to understand why; ZANU (PF) wants to continue to hold onto power even when it is overwhelmingly eviden...

by Vince Musewe

US-Zimbabweans launch own 'Facebook' for free online goods & services exchange

2013 May 08 | 2798 Views
The world's first "Share Anything, Receive Everything" digital resource server releasedA team of computer experts from various backgrounds in the United States has met to harness their experie...

by George Kaponay

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