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90 minutes with Mnangagwa - An Open Letter to the Ppesident

Dear Mr. President,Allow me to thank you for taking time off your busy schedule on that beautiful Monday evening to watch our beloved Warriors take on the Democratic Republic of Congo live at the giant National Sports Stadium, not on telev…

Published: 02 Oct 2026 at 05:51hrs | by Leonard Koni

When the pounds turn to poison: How money and bad advice are breaking Zimbabwean marriages in the UK

They left Zimbabwe holding hands. Full of hope. Full of dreams. They had taken advantage of the Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) regime and finally landed in the United Kingdom as a celebrated couple of nurses, heroes of the NHS and pillar…

Published: 27 Sep 2026 at 12:33hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Dear Dr Arikana Chihombori: Dear Bishop Joshua Maponga

Ndinokukwazisai, vanunguna vangu, vana veZimbabwe; ndinotenda munofara ikoko kwamuri kumativi mana enyika. I am writing to you because I am getting irritated by your contradictory statements regarding the African revolution. You keep repea…

Published: 27 Sep 2026 at 05:39hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

Christian men, politics and the pulpit of the nation: Must an Adventist man discuss politics?

There is a strange and troubling argument trending on social media among our own brothers, Zimbabwean Adventist men in the United Kingdom who are members of a group known as ZUSDAF. Some have concluded that a true Christian, and worse, a t…

Published: 26 Sep 2026 at 01:15hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Uriri's rejection of Chivayo's gifts exposes Zimbabwe's integrity crisis

When Advocate Dr Lewis Uriri publicly rejected a vehicle and cash gifts offered by businessman Wicknell Chivayo, Zimbabwe erupted in admiration. Many hailed the lawyer as a rare example of integrity in a country where expensive gifts from …

Published: 23 Sep 2026 at 05:51hrs | by Nomalizwe Mbulu

Bulawayo beware of Geo Pomona scandal - Harare surrendered its dumpsite

The Geo Pomona scandal is a warning to every Zimbabwean city. Harare surrendered its main dumpsite under a 30-year agreement and must now pay Geo Pomona US$40 per tonne of waste—potentially US$40,000 a day or US$14.6 million annually.The c…

Published: 22 Sep 2026 at 19:00hrs | by Lance Guma

An open letter to the African youth

Dear African youth, the heart and soul of Africa.Revolutionary greetings to you on the continent and in the Diaspora. I address all youth irrespective of colour, race, religion or creed.Our mothers and fathers fought painful wars dismantli…

Published: 22 Sep 2026 at 04:54hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

Geo Pomona truck kills journalist

Freelance journalist Judith Nyuke, 39, was killed on Saturday after she was struck by a Geo Pomona waste management truck along Harare Drive near Art Farm in Pomona, police have confirmed.The accident occurred at about 3.30pm, according to…

Published: 20 Sep 2026 at 08:26hrs | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe oppossition is in crippling crisis

The difficulty facing many Zimbabwean politicians who present themselves as the opposition is not a shortage of conviction. It is a reluctance or inability to treat an elementary principle as binding: politics is organisation; organisation…

Published: 20 Sep 2026 at 06:49hrs | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Zimbabwe Should Abolish School Examination Fees

Did you know that parents in Zimbabwe are required to pay examination fees for their children to sit national examinations? At a time when the Government is talking about reducing the cost of doing business by removing or reducing licence …

Published: 16 Sep 2026 at 05:21hrs | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

The Munhumutapa empire collapsed 200 years before colonization so who decided which kingdom to resurrect?

Amid the noise, we must keep asking the tough questions.Today marks the inaugural “Munhumutapa Day,” a national public holiday declared by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fall on his own September 15 birthday.To directly receive my article…

Published: 15 Sep 2026 at 17:02hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

There will always be black sellouts of Africa and the African people

When Prince Mashele opens his mouth, he puts his brains on display. He is going nuclear about policy for a better South Africa. He claims South Africa has been betrayed by the ANC black government. I confess I have admired this young man f…

Published: 13 Sep 2026 at 09:31hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

Monomutapa celebrations are a recipe for disaster

In a few days time on the 15th of September Zimbabwe is set to celebrate the Monomutapa Day a day which coincides with Emerson Mnangagwa's birthday.It is a common cause that most black Africans born 80 years ago were not registered at birt…

Published: 10 Sep 2026 at 19:16hrs | by African Ethos

How Zanu PF hijacked Zimbabwe's devolution promise

ONE of the biggest achievements of the 2013 national constitution was the adoption of the fundamental principle of devolution and decentralisation as a central pillar of that constitution.For decades, Zimbabwe, like most dominated social f…

Published: 09 Sep 2026 at 06:58hrs | by Tendai Biti

'Mugabe true revolutionary of unassailable credentials'

ZIMBABWE'S founding leader Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a true revolutionary of unassailable credentials who led the liberation struggle for independence in 1980, President Mnangagwa has said.He made the remarks in a statement yesterday a…

Published: 07 Sep 2026 at 06:53hrs | by Staff reporter

Tribute to Robert Gabriel Mugabe

24 February  1924 – 6 September 2019Today marks the seventh anniversary of the passing of Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabwe's founding father and the man who led our nation through the gruelling armed struggle against colonial rule …

Published: 06 Sep 2026 at 07:26hrs | by Nick Mangwana

Chamisa's 'movement, not a party'

The recent argument between Nelson Chamisa and Hopewell Chin'ono on social media was ostensibly about the past, but it was really about the future of Zimbabwe's opposition.Chin'ono challenged Chamisa to confront the organisational weakness…

Published: 27 Aug 2026 at 13:51hrs | by Gabriel Manyati

Zambia's post-election developments should concern every democrat in Southern Africa

The developments unfolding in Zambia should concern every democrat in Southern Africa.On 24 August 2026, Zambia's courts, including the Constitutional Court, were closed on security grounds at an extraordinarily sensitive moment in the cou…

Published: 27 Aug 2026 at 12:23hrs | by Senator Jameson Z. Timba

Zambia's Constitutional collision - or collusion?

Zambia may be heading towards a constitutional confrontation of its own making.On September 1, President Hakainde Hichilema is expected to be sworn in for a second term following his victory in the August 13 presidential election. But befo…

Published: 26 Aug 2026 at 15:28hrs | by Staff reporter

Eulogy for Dr Booker Kambarami - 15 August 2026 – Aged 76

There is a particular kind of doctor whose name never makes the headlines, but whose signature is written on thousands of lives.Ask a Zimbabwean woman of a certain generation who delivered her children, and you will see it - a small, invol…

Published: 25 Aug 2026 at 09:18hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza and Marylyn Mavaza

Chamisa - Setting the record straight

Dear @daddyhope I am making this response out of turn with my usual approach not to engage individuals personally. I last spoke to you in 2022, soon after the death of Dr. Alex Magaisa. We stopped talking after there had been a leaked…

Published: 20 Aug 2026 at 07:01hrs | by Nelson Chamisa

When a leader doesn't sympathize with his own people's tragedy, no one else in the region does

If you don't love your own, no one else will.There is a profound, aching betrayal in watching regional diplomacy play out while a nation bleeds. To directly receive my articles please join my WhatsApp Channel on: https://whatsapp.com/…

Published: 18 Aug 2026 at 07:36hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Ash, Bonfire and Bureaucracy: A Night at Beitbridge

A personal commentary on crossing home from South Africa into ZimbabweThere is a particular kind of tiredness that settles into the bones of a traveller at Beitbridge - not the ordinary fatigue of a long journey, but something heavier, sha…

Published: 17 Aug 2026 at 08:01hrs | by Josiah Mucharowana

A prophecy coming to pass doesn’t automatically mean the prophet is of God

The truth shall set us free. There is a most dangerous misunderstanding in contemporary Christianity.To directly receive my articles please join my WhatsApp Channel on: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaqprWCIyPtRnKpkHe08It is the as…

Published: 16 Aug 2026 at 21:14hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Poor disaster management plan

The sentiments by the local government minister Daniel Garwe about the Lake Kariba boat disaster expose the inefficiency of this government in disaster management plans.It is not enough to inform mourners at Nyamhunga Stadium that the pres…

Published: 16 Aug 2026 at 21:11hrs | by Leonard Koni

Xenophobia is a smoke screen: ANC politicians must remove themselves from politics

It is not metaphorically expressed to demand that the entire ANC political elite recuse themselves from the South African political space. They failed black people dismally. We are sick of their British accents, including Dr Naledi Pandor.…

Published: 16 Aug 2026 at 20:58hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

Zambia's election numbers deserve more than a dismissive explanation

There comes a point in any election when politics must give way to mathematics.As Zambia processes the results of the 13 August 2026 general elections, questions surrounding voter turnout deserve serious scrutiny—not because a numerical di…

Published: 16 Aug 2026 at 15:09hrs | by Staff reporter

Has CAA3 opened a path to State House for Kudakwashe Tagwirei?

There is a moment in every succession struggle when the future stops being a date on a calendar and becomes a fight over who gets to rewrite the calendar.Zimbabwe reached that moment in July, when President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed Consti…

Published: 15 Aug 2026 at 18:54hrs | by Gabriel Manyati

Afrikaners building white‑owned university in Orania: Naledi Pandor cries racism!

South African xenophobia exposed a region in South Africa, Orania, a place exclusively for white South Africans. Black South Africans allowed to reside in this exclusive and posh area are domestic workers or construction workers. In this e…

Published: 13 Aug 2026 at 22:43hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

When Nyaminyami the River god gets angry or is angered

In Tonga (BaTonga/Batonga) folklore of the Zambezi Valley (Zimbabwe and Zambia), Nyaminyami (also Nyami Nyami or Nyaminyami)—the powerful river spirit or god, often depicted as a large serpent with a fish or dragon-like head—manifests ange…

Published: 13 Aug 2026 at 09:43hrs | by Historical Facts

Sengezo Tshabangu: The man who reshaped Zimbabwe's opposition

ALMOST three years after a little-known opposition activist was filmed protesting outside the Bulawayo High Court over the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC)'s candidate selection process, Sengezo Tshabangu has become one of the most conse…

Published: 11 Aug 2026 at 06:57hrs | by Staff reporter

What will Makandiwa do when Chivayo's house of cards comes crushing down?

When greed and lust take hold, sanity and reason disappear.In Zimbabwe, proximity to power has long functioned as an unwritten immunity shield, protecting a favored few from any meaningful scrutiny regarding their sudden and unexplained so…

Published: 10 Aug 2026 at 08:36hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

See the bigger picture: A call for hope, faith and national reflection

As Zimbabweans take time to rest, travel and spend precious moments with family and friends during this holiday, we should also pause and reflect on the bigger picture of our lives and the future of our nation.The Bible tells us in Genesis…

Published: 09 Aug 2026 at 04:48hrs | by Tatenda Hwari

The children the forms forgot - Why Zimbabwe must write laws that hold every child

There are children born among us carrying both the dawn and the dusk in one body.We do not have a name for them on our birth certificates.We do not have a seat for them in our classrooms, a team for them on our netball courts, or a cell fo…

Published: 08 Aug 2026 at 21:41hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

When the law and the knife decide too soon - On intersex persons, the pain of early choices, and why the law must protect them

There are children born with two songs in one chest.In hospitals they are called intersex. In old books, hermaphrodite. the two-in-one."The Difference Between Gay and Intersex. Intersex is about how a person is born. An intersex perso…

Published: 08 Aug 2026 at 16:31hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Opinion

Mnangagwa shuns air travel after Chivayo crash

Chivayo's death sparks high-stakes legal showdown over US$25 million fortune

Zimbabwean lawyer arrested over R20m RAF fraud

Bulawayo warns over fake 'Smart City' project

Chivayo's death makes global headlines

Mukanya paid in full by Chivayo

Man dumps wife at parents' home at midnight

Man fined 2 cattle for pursuing brother's widow

Zimbabwean businessman granted R15,000 bail in SA

Innscor profit doubles to US$102 million

Bard Santner finalises Zimbabwe's Dangote IPO drive

Victoria Falls Mayor faces ouster bid

90 minutes with Mnangagwa - An Open Letter to the Ppesident

Mash Central surpasses wheat target, records 5.5t per hectare average yield

Journalist Gideon Madzikatidze's bid for freedom denied as court withholds reasons

Jah Prayzah postpones wedding following death of Wicknell Chivayo

Zanu-PF reportedly summons Garwe, Muguti over Operation Chenesa concerns

CAES mourns death of Wicknell Chivayo

Ruto mourns Chivayo as 'dear friend' after fatal helicopter crash

Chivayo reportedly among victims in fatal Marondera helicopter crash

Concern grows over Sandawana lithium mine relocations

From connectivity to care: Minister Muchinguri hails NetOne's healthcare drive in Mutasa

Sithole's birthday celebration lights up Glendale Club OO7

Chivayo-gifted Land Cruiser in fatal crash

When the pounds turn to poison: How money and bad advice are breaking Zimbabwean marriages in the UK

Zimbabwe showcases climate agenda at UN summit

Radio Zimbabwe's former broadcaster turns prophet, takes ministry across Africa

Dear Dr Arikana Chihombori: Dear Bishop Joshua Maponga

Mzembi's wife sells everything, disappears?

Zimbabwe police order arrest of retired cop

El Nino could cause over 450,000 deaths

Christian men, politics and the pulpit of the nation: Must an Adventist man discuss politics?

Chivayo rejects bribery allegations over proposed gift to Advocate Uriri

Zimbabwe Warriors' new luxury bus delayed from South Africa

Letsholonyane dumps FC Platinum, Bhasera takes over

Zimbabwe donates food to Botswana

Uriri's rejection of Chivayo's gifts exposes Zimbabwe's integrity crisis

Bulawayo beware of Geo Pomona scandal - Harare surrendered its dumpsite

Top Sports Betting Platforms in 2026

Bride sent back to South Africa over fake lobola money

ZiG use rises to 43% of transactions

Uriri's past Chivayo gift resurfaces

Legal team challenges Parliamentary election of Zimbabwe President

Chombo loses farm lease battle after ex-wife sues

Phathisani Sibanda retrenched after Chivayo gifts row

An open letter to the African youth

Docket disappears as Bulawayo24 journalist Gideon Madzikatidze’s bid against further remand collapses

TSCZ pushes defensive driving training

Magwizi calls for urgent rethink of football funding

Magomo commissions US$3 million Masembura Water Pipeline funded by Mutapa Gold Resources

Bulawayo engineer develops app to make public transport safer and more efficient

Chivayo's death sparks high-stakes legal showdown over US$25 million fortune

Man dumps wife at parents' home at midnight

Mnangagwa shuns air travel after Chivayo crash

Mukanya paid in full by Chivayo

Zimbabwean lawyer arrested over R20m RAF fraud

Zimbabwe call for peace in Gaza

SDA pastor fired over indecent assault

Lupane State University students win innovation prize

Chivayo's death makes global headlines

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