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Succession battle rages on

As the Mnangagwa faction continues to tighten its political bolts and nuts and frustrate the Chiwenga faction, the political circus in Zimbabwe is at a breaking point.Kudakwashe Tagwirei, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's blue-eyed son, has b…

Published: 20 Oct 2026 at 06:02hrs | 1703 | by Leonard Koni

So what can General Chiwenga do now?

The much-awaited ZANUPF conference came and went, ending yesterday in Chinhoyi. There is no need for lengthy analysis. Only two things matter.The succession contest is between Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga and President Emmer…

Published: 18 Oct 2026 at 17:57hrs | 3928 | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Mnangagwa's future, Chiwenga's ambitions hang over Zanu PF conference

ZANU PF enters this week's conference facing a question that goes beyond constitutional alignment: who controls the party, who determines its succession, and how far the incumbent leadership can reshape the rules to secure its political fu…

Published: 14 Oct 2026 at 09:13hrs | 525 | by Washington Katema

Do not to marry into certain families

I will advise my children not to marry into certain families, even if the person they are marrying looks just fine. Some battles are too much, and they go on for too long. They are not worth it.Saying, "I'm marrying you, not your fami…

Published: 13 Oct 2026 at 08:24hrs | 1082 | by Benjamin Zulu Global

Zimbabwe's men with guns versus men with money

The ZANU PF Politburo meeting scheduled for the afternoon of 9 October 2026 never took place. Members had already begun assembling at the party headquarters in Harare when the session was abruptly cancelled. Official explanations spoke of …

Published: 11 Oct 2026 at 17:52hrs | 904 | by Gabriel Manyati

Africa is a joke: No respect for Africans everywhere, we are ourselves to blame!

The death of "Sir" Wicknell Chivayo exposed some African leaders and how they allegedly engaged a controversial businessman to do dirty work for them. Allegations relating to corruption, money laundering, election manipulation and other ac…

Published: 09 Oct 2026 at 17:12hrs | 2042 | by Nomazulu Thata

Sir Wicknell and Lulu's iPhones Could Hold the Key to the Helicopter Crash

The helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Sir Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lulu, has created a lot of speculation that demand clear and credible answers. While investigators will naturally focus on the aircraft’s black box and wreck…

Published: 07 Oct 2026 at 04:50hrs | 2152 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Chivayo in 'ruins': The anatomy of judgment

The unrestrained violence inflicted on Wicknell at the time of his death was not ordinary. It was brutal, deliberate and devastating. Imagine, he will now be buried without his head as if the fact that his body parts were gathered into gar…

Published: 04 Oct 2026 at 10:27hrs | 2492 | by Thabani Mpofu

90 minutes with Mnangagwa - An Open Letter to the President

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 | 1487 | 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 | 3265 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

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 | 916 | 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 | 1290 | 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 | 1247 | by Lance Guma

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 | 614 | 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 | 797 | 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 | 690 | 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 | 537 | 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 | 1359 | 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 | 1391 | 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 | 487 | 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 | 353 | 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 | 617 | 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 | 650 | by Staff reporter

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 | 648 | 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 | 575 | 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 | 919 | 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 | 602 | 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 | 585 | 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 | 606 | 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 | 914 | 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 | 1079 | 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

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 | 505 | 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 | 751 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Opinion / Columnist

Culture and tourism move together, says Rwodzi

PPC embroiled in US$72,600 cement supply dispute

Starlink plans direct-to-cell service for Zimbabwe

Succession battle rages on

So what can General Chiwenga do now?

Mnangagwa ally's farm invaded again

Bulawayo diverts cemetery funds to fix public toilets

Zimbabwean truck driver fined R10 million for cigarette smuggling

Sangoma demands US$250,000 from widow for supplying 'goblins' to late hubby

Bard Santner secures microfinance bank licence

Zimbabwe faces critical skills shortage

Zimbabwe loses 6,000 teachers annually

Warrant of arrest for Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma

Mnangagwa warns Zanu PF's Regioni

For Bulawayo families settling across the UK, a bingo night can be an easy way to meet old friends in a new city

Bard Santner secures microfinance bank licence, targets diaspora market

Mnangagwa approves Charumbira's recall from Senate

Lawyers ask court to order equal teaching of Ndebele, Shona and English

Madzibaba arrested for raping a client at shrine

Zanu PF video edit sparks censorship claims over Mnangagwa speech

Prophet arrested for raping wife's younger sister

17 Belarusian fire tenders headed to Zimbabwe

Mliswa loses High Court bid over company directorship

Mnangagwa opens Zanu PF Annual Conference preparations

Java accused of assaulting estranged wife

Zanu PF delegates face mandatory health screening

Zanu-PF Conference forces haulage trucks restriction on Harare-Chirundu highway

Mnangagwa's future, Chiwenga's ambitions hang over Zanu PF conference

Mnangagwa takes swipe at Chiwenga over fundraising dinner boycott

Charumbira recalled from Senate

South African court overturns R109 million judgment against Reuben Olifant

Man who can't afford to pay school fees for his kids, hires lawyer to defend his case

Tagwirei sworn in as Minister of ED

Econet urges customers to secure WhatsApp accounts

Avenues Clinic beats US$520,000 suit over banker's fatal fall

Zimbabwe MP loses WhatsApp account amid hacking reports

Scottish man denies racially aggravated murder of Zimbabwean scientist

Opinionated Zimbabwean aid worker detained in South Sudan?

Zimbabwe police round up Grade 7 pupils at 'pens down' parties

Do not to marry into certain families

Zanu PF Politburo braces for decisive meeting

Mnangagwa, UN challenge Africa to produce, not just train

Mudenda forced Mnangagwa to call off Zanu-PF politburo meeting

Chinamasa praises loyalty VP in apparent swipe at Chiwenga

386 000 candidates begin Zimsec exams

Zimbabwe army chief warns infrastructure saboteurs

Zimbabwe mining power demand set to hit 1 500MW

Zimbabwean driver helps pregnant woman give birth on bus

Chinese investor to establish lithium sulphate plant in Zimbabwe

Zanu-PF Conference kicks off in Chinhoyi; Hotel, lodges fully booked

Starlink plans direct-to-cell service for Zimbabwe

Bulawayo faces food shortages

Succession battle rages on

Amakhosi Elite 400 Zimbabwe's premiere arts and culture hub

PPC embroiled in US$72,600 cement supply dispute

So what can General Chiwenga do now?

Culture and tourism move together, says Rwodzi

Doctors down tools

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

Mnangagwa ally's farm invaded again

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