Opinion / Columnist
Some ailments require traditional methods, others hospital care
There are many illnesses affecting people these days. Some of them can be treated easily with traditional methods, while others require hospital care....Published: 8 hrs ago | 90 | by Staff reporter
Interest in Geza might be waning
I was quite surprised to hear that Blessed Geza had another video last Wednesday, an indicator that my interest in him and that of many is waning....Published: 22 hrs ago | 1356 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagwa tightening his grip on Zimbabwe's military and state security services
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reported to be tightening his grip on the military and state security services with immediate key appointments made t...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2120 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
ZANU-PF's own conference resolutions tell a story of a party that doesn't care about the people
Talk about upside-down priorities!I recently went through the list of resolutions adopted at the 2024 ZANU-PF Annual People's Conference - and...Published: 23 hrs ago | 352 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe opposition needs to rebrand, not as angry protesters
OPPOSITION politics has been reduced to a one-dimensional game of criticising the ruling party.Zimbabwe is no exception.For decades, o...Published: 06 May 2025 at 15:01hrs | 415 | by Yunah Bvumbwe
Mombeshora's propaganda in defence of a failed healthcare system is a shame
The Ministry of Health's recent statement is a masterclass in political gaslighting - a brazen attempt to sugar-coat the rot that defines Zimbabwe's h...Published: 06 May 2025 at 13:53hrs | 1056 | by Wa Malikongwa
Mr. President, Zimbabwe already has a new breed of heroes - but your regime persecutes them
A country's liberation struggle never ends.During the burial of the late Air Vice Marshal (Rtd) Winnie Cabby Mandeya at the National Heroes Ac...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:35hrs | 507 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Boreholes are not the solution to Zimbabwe's water crisis - they may worsen it
There has been a growing disturbing trend.The Zimbabwean government has, in recent years, taken to vigorously drilling boreholes across the co...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:30hrs | 874 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Africa's Underdevelopment: A Criminal Enterprise Enabled by Complicit Leadership
Africa's continued underdevelopment is not a mystery - it is a direct result of kleptocratic leadership, entrenched corruption, and systemic human rig...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:27hrs | 134 | by Wa Malikongwa
We As Zimbabweans Are The Only Ones Who Must Rescue Our Health System
45 years on, the time for silence has passed. Every Zimbabwean, whether at home or in the diaspora, knows the painful truth, our health sector is crum...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:24hrs | 170 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Who Owns the Future When the Youth Are Just Campaign Props?
Every election season in Zimbabwe brings with it a familiar theatre: politicians parading youth like trophies, cladding them in party regalia, praisin...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:21hrs | 156 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Machakaire exposes the detachment of Zimbabwe's ruling elite from ordinary citizens' suffering
The surprises keep coming!It is not often that we hear a sitting Zimbabwean Cabinet minister openly acknowledge the painful reality faced dail...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:18hrs | 556 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Minister Machakaire Just Discovered What the Rest of Us Live With
I saw the post on X just after 9 a.m., while waiting in a queue for my grandmother's antibiotics at a local clinic. The power had gone out, again. The...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:13hrs | 221 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Govt cannot block the exodus of professionals through force
Let's not kid ourselves. You can burn the letters, double the fees, threaten the nurses, and chain the airport gates if you want - but people will sti...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:09hrs | 377 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Excerpts from 1968 and 1978 Sipolilo, Kachuta battles
In 1968 Comrades fought against Rhodesia Front soldiers in Sipolilo District. This was in Kachuta, Bvochora Area specifically Magama Villa...Published: 03 May 2025 at 21:27hrs | 770 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Mid-Level managers are Destroying Zimbabwe's Health Sector
Zimbabwe's health sector is in critical condition, unfortunately no amount of propaganda or spin can change the facts on the ground. The problem with ...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:51hrs | 865 | by Hector Madzima
It's high time foreign governments took the lead in investigating Zimbabwe's corrupt elite
The Zimbabwe ruling elite clearly won't act against high-level corruption.There is something profoundly disturbing about the silence of Zimbab...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:48hrs | 610 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why community engagement and dialogue are key for Zimbabwe's development
Communities are the backbone of any country.I was recently privileged to moderate the Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue on Bridging Community Soluti...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:45hrs | 143 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe at a Crossroads: A Time for Inclusive Renewal
'The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late. It is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free' Dr Joshua NkomoZimba...Published: 02 May 2025 at 14:34hrs | 471 | by Fikile Motsamai Malikongwa
ZANU PF succession battles open window of opportunity for Matabeleland breakaway
Zimbabwe Independence Day Celebrations on 18 April 2025 marked 132 years of Matabeleland oppression. Firstly by the British South Africa Company, 1893...Published: 02 May 2025 at 09:33hrs | 1317 | by Israel Dube
Garwe must change colonial mentality
SOMETIME last year in August, the Zimbabwean government issued a strong condemnation and warning against Mike Moyo and Timothy Chiminya for claiming t...Published: 02 May 2025 at 09:00hrs | 947 | by Phakathwayo Gumede
Zimbabwe's rot of corruption began at the top - that's where it must end
No one can deny that Zimbabwe has become synonymous with corruption.This morning, I woke up to deeply disturbing news reports that shook me to...Published: 01 May 2025 at 19:53hrs | 965 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kings for Harare, But Not for Matabeleland? Garwe's Letter Exposes a Deep Hypocrisy
Minister Daniel Garwe's recent rebuke of Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart over his meeting with King Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo has sparked a storm of out...Published: 01 May 2025 at 19:48hrs | 1108 | by Mfan'ufikile kaMalikongwa
Gugugu Magorira you are faking! Welshman Ncube the worst politician in town!
Citizens must be told that Sengezo Tshabangu is Welshman's brainchild. A lot was cooked behind the curtains. Welshman wants to make a comeback into po...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 15:06hrs | 616 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa Behind Mnangagwa 2030 Agenda
Facts recently raised by journalist Jealous Mawarire about Nelson Chamisa on his x account are very correct and a tip of the ice berg.Zimbabwe...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 09:25hrs | 3311 | by Gugugu Magorira
Restoring African Identity
Africa is a vast and diverse place. It has the ability to feed its own people through effective agricultural practices. Its natural resources are crit...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 09:13hrs | 163 | by Leonard Koni
Minister under fire over 'Ndebele King'
In a striking letter dated 22 April 2025, Zimbabwe's Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Honourable Daniel Garwe, launched an unprecedented...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 18:28hrs | 1336 | by Mzingaye Khumalo
NTA, best solution for Zimbabwe! Geza group is saying Chunhu Chedu!
Master of Philosophies say the same thing: without the backing of intelligenzia, there can never be remarkable national development. A Geza revolution...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 09:01hrs | 688 | by Nomazulu Thata
Poor remuneration of academic staff at state universities a national crisis
THE poor remuneration and deplorable conditions of service for academic staff at Zimbabwe's state universities, which has led to the highly publicised...Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 10:14hrs | 732 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Where is Nyokayemabhunu: the silence about him is Loud?
It is not only Nyokayemabhunu who has been used and quickly cast aside as a disposable. I listened carefully to Geza updating us about the demonstrati...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 20:55hrs | 1535 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa regime making blacks look bad in the eyes of the world
This is a painful article to write.There's a creeping shame that often grips me, deep and almost unspeakable. It rises whenever I hear...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:26hrs | 1026 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Botswana's Boko is right: any president who wants to remain in power for more than 10 years has failed
The truth, although unpalatable at times, shall set us free.When Botswana's President Duma Boko recently declared that any president who desir...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:19hrs | 540 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans believe that constant negativity is a revolutionary act
There is a peculiar tragedy unfolding in Zimbabwe, not of violence or bloodshed - though we have our fair share of that - but of perception. A misprog...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 13:53hrs | 287 | by Twaluma Loko
Zimbabwe clinch historic test win over Bangladesh in thrilling finish
Zimbabwe recorded a memorable three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a nail-biting Test match, marking their first red-ball triumph over the hosts in...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 23:02hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Mawarire alleges secret pact between Mnangagwa and Chamisa
Jealousy Mawarire, former spokesperson for the late President Robert Mugabe and prominent political commentator, has sparked controversy with explosiv...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 22:55hrs | 3353 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rural industrialisation is underway
It is important that I begin by highlighting the changing face of rural industrialisation in Zimbabwe.My kick-off point is the advent of the L...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 22:44hrs | 550 | by Chris Mutsvangwa
Geza is mobilizing the wrong Zimbabweans for mass action
HERE are more truths we need to understand as Zimbabweans.During the recent Easter holidays, war veteran, former ZANU-PF Central Committee mem...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:59hrs | 1770 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Civil war: Not Matabele-Shona but Zezuru-Karanga infightings!
Now that the impeachment is dead on arrival, Geza has changed his modus operandi multiple times, he wants people to make stay-away protests. His state...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:55hrs | 1588 | by Nomazulu Thata
Stop Prioritising Universities , Zimbabwe Needs Vocational Institutions to Develop
Zimbabwe is facing a looming crisis in the engineering sector, not because it lacks intelligent students or capable minds, but because of a mismatch i...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:46hrs | 335 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
45 years of vending & border jumping
Being a former Zimbabwean police officer and a patriot passionate about the history and people of Zimbabwe and our region, my heart bleeds when I see ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:36hrs | 475 | by Leonard Koni
As long as Mnangagwa doesn't acknowledge his own failings, Zimbabwe will not develop
Excuses, excuses, and more excuses!There is no greater hindrance to meaningful development and transformation in Zimbabwe than a leadership th...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 22:18hrs | 753 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why the Prince Edward School Rugby Festival Must Be Saved
Appeal to all Rugby lovers, The cancellation of the 2025 edition of the Mwana Group (Prince Edwards School) Rugby Festival formerly known as t...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 22:15hrs | 360 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
What triggered the call for the failed 31 March 'uprising' in Zimbabwe?
The old-age wisdom that facts are stubborn came alive last week after social media platforms and sections of the mainstream media went into a frenzy w...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 18:22hrs | 2779 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa dragged into Mamombe, Nyandoro fight
Bridget Nyandoro I have remained silent for too long. Your ongoing attacks on me both on social media and in private WhatsApp groups have not started ...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 13:13hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition fast leaning from Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF hates criticism, the opposition does too! ZANU-PF hates accountability, the opposition does too! ZANU-PF Officials refus...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 15:20hrs | 1185 | by LynneM
Zimbabwe's crisis will not be solved by another election
For over four decades since our hard-won independence, Zimbabwe has been trapped in cycles of political contestation, economic decline, and social fra...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 15:04hrs | 1304 | by Ibbo Mandaza
The reality of '9 wasted years' - A decade WMC failed to capture Zuma
For too long, South Africans have been bombarded with a dishonest narrative coined by the very architects of our economic servitude, that the period o...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 14:33hrs | 747 | by Mzwanele Manyi
Albert Nguluvhe: Loyalty, courage and dedication in the shadows of power
In a political landscape often defined by betrayal, opportunism and shifting loyalties, Albert Nguluvhe stands out as a rare embodiment of courage, pr...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 13:17hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
How to start a small tutoring business in Zimbabwe
STARTING a tutoring business in Zimbabwe might sound like an easy hustle - print a flyer, post an advert on WhatsApp and you are in business. However,...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:45hrs | 174 | by Tawanda Musarurwa
Peace be unto our motherland, Zimbabwe!
Sometime in 2018 - it must have been on December 19 - protests broke out in a small town in Sudan, Atbara, which was relatively unknown to the world, ...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:43hrs | 82 | by Bishop
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