Columnist / Elliot ziwira
Heroes Day: Guns that silenced history's villains
Towards the end of the First Chimurenga in 1896, Cecil John Rhodes called for an indaba with Matabele chiefs, and among them was a young traditional leader, who asked a valid and pertinent question....Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 13 | by Elliot Ziwira
Mtshana Khumalo: The general who outfoxed villain Allan Wilson
A MILITARY tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo, commanded an elite group of fighters tasked with safeguarding King Lobengula's life and dignity as he trekked north at the height of the Matabele War of ...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 12 | by Elliot Ziwira
Sanctions: Politics of sabotage in 'Jambanja'
The opening chapter of Eric Harrison's memoir, "Jambanja" (2006) is telling in that it places Zimbabwe in the context of the many sanctions the country had been exposed to, either by the United Nation...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:29hrs | 7 | by Elliot Ziwira
MDC Alliance council hikes Bulawayo rates by 400%
GOVERNMENT has approved Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s $551 million supplementary budget which will see tariffs increasing by nearly 400 percent. The new tariffs will reflect in ratepayers Janu...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:09hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Fired Gweru Town Clerk fights back
FIRED Gweru Town Clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza has taken Gweru City Council (GCC) and Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo to court challenging her dismissal. Ms Gwatipedza was...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 6 | by Elliot Ziwira
Schools reopening date remains January 4
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema has called on pupils to be vigilant and take all necessary measures to prevent contracting the deadly Covid-19 virus during the festive...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Imports cripple milling industry?
THE local milling industry's capacity utilisation has dropped below 20 percent as maize meal and flour imports pile pressure on local producers. The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Elliot Ziwira
Dry weekend for Harare
All suburbs in Harare will have dry taps this weekend as the local authority has completely shut down its main water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray, to install a new pump and carry out routine mainte...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:07hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Mnangagwa's vision on the Zimbabwe we want
As the National Unity Day approaches on December 22, it is imperative that we reflect on President Mnangagwa's vision on the concept of "one-nation, one-people". When the President came to the...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:06hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
When losers seek to overthrow winners
Quite burdensome are the times we are living in, and one hopes to wake up from this nightmarish existence wiser. What with all this talk about overthrowing a constitutionally elected Government or coe...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Ethnic card not to blame for poor school results in Matebeleland
The recent recruitment of 1 300 teachers, by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, with the bulk of them being deployed to Matabeleland provinces, is a stride in the right direction. ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
ShutDownZimbabwe: Where do we go from here?
When the heart is burdened, the spirit is broken, the soul feels encumbered, and the body is debilitated, making hope a mirage forever receding to the horizon. It is during such times that music becom...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:16hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Calling for talks from burning anthills
There is so much talk about a Government of National Unity (GNU); talk which seems to be gaining traction, especially so with the coming on board of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), and the dem...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Zimbabwe MPs 'eating' on behalf of hungry constituents
As the electorate and citizens we have an obligation to question the way we are governed and/or represented. Yes, it is every citizen's right to seek representation either in the Executive or the Legi...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Elliot Ziwira
Zimbabwe's constitutionalism moves notch up
Today is a momentous day for Zimbabweans as constitutionalism moves a notch up with the Constitutional Court sitting to consider submissions by MDC-Alliance presidential contestant Nelson Chamisa in c...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
#ShutDownHarare, shutting the mind
Yesterday, the MDC Alliance took to the streets in an attempt to "shut down" the capital city, Harare, unless their demands for the implementation of so-called electoral reforms before the watershed h...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Elliot Ziwira
The 'monster-victims' that society creates
Through adept characterisation, realism and language, Brian Chikwava's "Harare North" (2009) purveys, among other concerns, the way society creates victims who invariably become monsters, because of t...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 05:34hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
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