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Vladimir Putin is a true, dependable friend, says Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hailed his counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as a "true, reliable friend" following Russia's donation of fertilizer and grain to Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe received a generous d...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 09:21hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is corrupt because he is still in liberation war mode.' True still shaming him will not end kleptocracy
There is an audio of "Retired Army officer speaks" complaining about Zanu PF's corrupt leaders and how their insatiable greed is the root cause of Zimbabwe's economic melt down. Corruption started soo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 1660 | by Wilbert Mukori
Matinyarare clash with Mnangagwa's stance on sanctions raises concerns
Political activist Rutendo Matinyarare has emerged with statements that directly contradict President Emmerson Mnangagwa's stance on the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, prompting concerns and igniting ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 18:04hrs | 1979 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'US not Prosecutor-General of the world'
THE United States of America is neither the Prosecutor-General, nor the Judiciary of the world, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere has said.Reacting to...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:13hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says US partial sanctions removal on Zimbabwe is nonsense
THE recent partial removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe by the United States of America is "nonsense" and can only become meaningful if these illegal sanctions are removed in totality, President Mnangagwa...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Pan-Africanism is dead!
Twice, in as many weeks, I have heard Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speak on the need to preserve Pan-Africanism.Yesterday was the latest, as he attended a memorial service he...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 22:11hrs | 274 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why Mnangagwa could be seeking a third term
IN 1990 to 1991 when Fredrick Chiluba was hot on a campaign for multi-party democracy that finally ushered him in as Zambian president to replace founding nationalist Kenneth Kaunda, he was so emphati...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1795 | by Tawanda Majoni
How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide
IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 604 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange
Zimbabwe can kiss salvation goodbye!
I love watching South Africans in action!One thing I admire about these people is that they do not brook any nonsense from their leaders.Granted, the country appears on a downward spir...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 22:33hrs | 1094 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will stand by Biti, Welshman Ncube
The departure of Nelson Chamisa from the Citizens Coalition for Change CCC is clear evidence of selfishness and greedy attitude.Nelson Chamisa is a tricky and suspicious opposition leade...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 22:29hrs | 3098 | by Gugugu Magorira
CCC in uncertain waters
WE are only a month into the new year, but it already feels like it has been long. The political year has started in earnest, lending credence to the counsel of political sages: A day is a very long t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 2385 | by Ntando Dumani
'Chamisa must introspect, map the way forward'
POLITICAL analysts and opinion leaders have expressed mixed views on Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to dump his two-year-old Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), with som...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Mahere has resigned as CCC MP, jumped before she was pushed. Madam, spare us the sauce!
If anyone thought there was peace and quiet in the country's main opposition party after Nelson Chamisa abandoned MDC A to form the new political party CCC, they were wrong. The period from the launch...Published: 28 Jan 2024 at 11:08hrs | 2392 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Today's defenders are sissies'
DOUGLAS Mloyi and Henry Jones, two former Highlanders defenders believe today's defenders are too soft.Mloyi and Jones played alongside each other in 1981 and 1982. They were part of a defence...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Mbeba extends stay at Bosso till 2026
HIGHLANDERS and Warriors evergreen defender Andrew "Tower" Mbeba has extended his stay at Bulawayo football giants till 2026.The lanky and towering defender had a spectacular 2023 season in th...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:07hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a failed state because of 'a parasitic ruling elite' admitted Chamisa, junior parasite with the anaesthetic and para
"A UNITY DAY is meaningless unless and until it is driven by Unity values and UNITY POLITICS undergirded by a unity of direction, singleness of national purpose and a preponderance of patriotic duty a...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 10:01hrs | 490 | by Wilbert Mukori
Top 10 political Mamparas and Screw-ups in 2023
The political landscape in Zimbabwe has witnessed its fair share of controversies and questionable decisions over the years. In 2023, several political figures made headlines for their actions and dec...Published: 21 Dec 2023 at 10:58hrs | 2132 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Umkhonto weSizwe fighter will never forget what a white man told him in Zimbabwe in 1980
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized. Hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:11hrs | 2461 | by Thula Bopela
Zimbabwe's solution not necessarily in regime change but holding leaders accountable
I have often told those around me this fact.If truth be told, I actually do not hate Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa or opposition CCC party leader Nelson Chamisa.In fact, I did not...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 20:32hrs | 584 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Obert Mpofu storms GMB depot
ZANU-PF Secretary-General, Dr Obert Mpofu, stormed the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) Lupane depot last Thursday after learning that three truckloads with Presidential inputs had been parked there for ab...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:45hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Thabani Mpofu tackles Tshabangu
THE crucial Supreme Court appeal by 14 main opposition CCC legislators against their arbitrary recalls by an opposition activist upheld by the High Court will be heard this week after their lawyer Adv...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 15:13hrs | 3421 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa does not listen to anybody'
Trevor Ncube, a local media publisher who owns Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), has revealed that opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa does not listen to anybody.A Chamisa adviser told The NewsHawk...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 18:29hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
Thabani Mpofu tears Tshabangu recalls apart
Advocate Thabani Mpofu, one of Zimbabwe's most prominent lawyers, has ruthlessly torn asunder opposition political activist Sengezo Tshabangu's case of recalling main opposition CCC MPs, senators and ...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 17:48hrs | 4552 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs appeal High Court dismissal of bid to reverse recalls
Fourteen CCC MPs and nine senators have appealed - through the Supreme Court - a recent High Court rejection of their challenge against a highly emotive recall order by self-imposed interim party secr...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 07:37hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commander will soon be redeployed
AS President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to make surprise post-election appointments amid political manoeuvres by the military to reposition itself for a more influential role going forward, Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 5319 | by Staff reporter
Resilience Behind Bars: A reflection on seven months in prison
It is seven months since magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka sentenced me to four years in prison for "calling for anti-corruption demonstrations". One year was suspended and am effectively serving three yea...Published: 04 Nov 2023 at 12:47hrs | 1750 | by Jacob Ngarivhume
Can we honestly say someone in ICU is 'doing very well'?
So, finance minister Mthuli Ncube actually believes Zimbabwe's economy is 'doing very well'!Wow!Talk about delusional thinking!Or, perhaps it is just someone who is deliberatel...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 17:56hrs | 577 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
After all posturing CCC withdraw court challenge of recalled MPs - proof of CCC's blundering incompetence
After all the grandstanding and finger pointing by Chamisa following the recall of the party's elected officials, the case ends with yet another humiliating defeat for CCC. The High Court challenge of...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 15:59hrs | 1854 | by Wilbert Mukori
Stop using Gukurahundi for political millage: Ex Zipra
Ex Zipra cadre, Max Mkandla has warned politicians especially from the opposition political parties to stop using the Gukurahundi issues in their po...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 09:55hrs | 404 | by Stephen Jakes
There is no hope in Sadc
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) commemorates yet another annual day of solidarity with Zimbabwe, my sincere submissi...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 20:18hrs | 227 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Chamisa says he would rather engage Zanu-PF than Sengezo Tshabangu
Nelson Chamisa, the head of Zimbabwe's opposition faction, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), expressed his preference for engaging with Zanu-PF over Sengezo Tshabangu, whom he labelled a puppet...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 20:08hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
CCC's undoing
POLITICAL CLOUT CHASING, mischief and malice will be the opposition's undoing. The opposition's penchant for political mischief will certainly backfire. As I mentioned in my article last week,...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:16hrs | 220 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Chamisa's CCC preparing for a fight back
Reeling from a heavy blow of losing 15 MPs in parliament delivered behind-the-scenes by its bitter rival Zanu-PF, with the support of the Central Intelligence Organisation-run Forever Associates Zimba...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 10:07hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
Flea with no legs cannot hear, is a fallacy. So too is, Chamisa did us a favour participating in 2023 elections
To claim that Nelson Chamisa and his CCC friends did the people of Zimbabwe a great favour by participating in the flawed 2023 elections is a fallacy. "If CCC had boycotted the elections, the ...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 07:42hrs | 1735 | by Wilbert Mukori
Biti to submit his defence today
The trial on the assault charge of Tendai Biti will continue today with him being put to his defence.The politician is facing charges of verbally assaulting and threatening businesswoman and i...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Cowering to a dictator only makes him more brazen!
I was bullied when I was a little child - from my crèche days to early primary school.That was the period my life changed forever - becoming the person I am today. There were two thin...Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 19:27hrs | 892 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Shock as Nelson Chamisa registers his face as a Trademark for CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa has registered his outfit's logo with the Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Trade Mark office (ZIPO) and with the Registrar of Deeds in Harare barring ...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 10:04hrs | 6354 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
'World will not end if Hichilema does not attend ED inauguration,' True. SEOM continues to speak volumes
"It will not be the start or the end of the world if Zambia's President Haikainde Hichilema does not attend tomorrow's inauguration," stated Professor Jonathan Moyo in his recent article."Whet...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 11:27hrs | 1072 | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC were hell bent on participating in flawed 2023 out of greed and now want to stampede into fresh flawed election
"Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has initiated a 30-day campaign calling for fresh elections following last week's controversial poll results," reported Pind...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 07:08hrs | 650 | by Wilbert Mukori
Is the Permanent Secretary living in Mars?
A few days ago in the state paper, The Chronicle, appeared an article related to the massive hike in fees at our local universities.There was a public outcry over the fees pegged in US dollars...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | 624 | by AT Kadada
Zanu-PF Umguza activists on post-election witch-hunt
Zanu-PF activists in Umguza, Matebeleland North, have threatened a witch-hunt targeting villagers who voted for opposition parties such as the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) last week.Acc...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Sadc urged to trash Mumba's biased report
ZIMBABWE is consolidating a national response to the Preliminary Report of the SADC Elections Observer Mission (SEOM) which is fraught with irregularities, hearsay and pure hyperbolic nonsense imputed...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:01hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
'CCC will announce results on 24 August!' Yeah and prime street protests. We've travelled this path in 2018!
Nelson Chamisa and company's child-like stupidity never seize to amaze and infuriate me."We have told ZEC that yakafamba kamwe haiteyewi. What you did in 2018, that rigging cannot be repeated ...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 15:15hrs | 179 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa doesn't care if Zimbabwe elections are deemed not free and fair by Western countries
THE SEEMINGLY angry President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he does not care if the Wednesday elections are deemed not free and fair by Western countries.Mnangagwa's utterances come as the polls are...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says no one has a right to tell Zimbabweans about democracy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has lashed out at foreign embassies and Election Observer Missions demanding free and fair elections from his government at Zimbabwe's upcoming polls.Mnangagwa, wh...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:31hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is a visionary!' How is that possible when he is blinded by greed
"We have had a troubled past in our nation. We have been through many trials," admitted David Coltart, at the launch of CCC's 100 page 2023 Election Manifesto."But our nation should not be loo...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 16:17hrs | 19 | by Wilbert Mukori
War vet who quit Bosso for struggle
RALITALI Ngwenya Qondani decided to quit Highlanders FC to join the struggle in 1976 because he could not stand oppression.Qondani said his father Elias Qondani was in detention for political ...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
CCC Mthwakazi: kick out Shona supremacist Chamisa and declare Matabeleland independent, ignore Welshman apology
Nothing pains us more than seeing fellow Matabeles being humiliated, dehumanised, abused and used as voting cattle in the Zimbabwe election booths by opportunistic Zimbabwe opposition parties that do ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:46hrs | 42 | by Israel Dube
In Zimbabwe, we get leaders we deserve
THE ongoing so-called "star rallies" being held by the ruling Zanu-PF party leave me speechless.As expected during campaign for public office, especially for a sitting president and political ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 17 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why would Zimbabweans vote for a president simply because of a borehole?
The ongoing so-called 'star rallies' by the ruling ZANU PF leaves my mouth dry and speechless.As to be expected, when campaigning to be voted into public office - more so, for a sitting presid...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 07:30hrs | 17 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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