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Open letter to Martin Rushwaya : Urgent Concern Regarding Corruption and Mismanagement at the Ministry of Environment
The alarming state of affairs at the Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Wildlife under the leadership of Permanent Secretary Prof. Prosper Matondi deserves your urgent attention and investigation. ...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 13:37hrs | 307 | by Environmentalist
Growing water scarcity in Zimbabwe a huge threat
FRESH water related ecosystems include wetlands, rivers, aquifers, and lakes that sustain biodiversity and life (UN Environment 2018).Although they cover less than 1% of the earth's surface, t...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:29hrs | 11 | by Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association
Chamisa's CCC is a Twitter party of celebrity influencers and shadowy regime change outfits
As MDC-T President, Nelson Chamisa was MDC-A 2018 candidate. MDC-A won 63 Parly seats. In 2019 he became MDC-A President. In 2020 he lost MDC-T presidency in court; @DMwonzora recalled some MDC-...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 19:18hrs | | by @ProfJNMoyo
Will the IMF US$961m windfall rescue Zimbabwe?
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Covid-19 has caused substantial long-term global macroeconomic environment change, and the pandemic inflicted long-term scars on the global economy....Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:04hrs | | by Learnmore Nyamudzanga
The irony of re-engagement, dying democracy
IMMEDIATELY after the ouster of Robert Mugabe from power as President in November 2017, Zimbabwe was gripped by euphoria and a flood of positive expectations.The nation had endured the worst u...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
The high cost of being a repressive regime
IT is an inescapable fact that America, as the most influential State in the world, lays claim to the world's most powerful military.But military might is nothing compared to the repercussions...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Zimbabwe democratic space has shrunk
IT is indisputable that the little democratic space that existed during ex-President Robert Mugabe's tyrannical era has now even shrunk further.I write this article with a bleeding heart, as s...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Heroes' Day eclipsed by new lows
It is sad that the relevance of Heroes' Day has been obliterated by the new levels of suffering going on in Zimbabwe.It seems incomprehensible that any other matter can overshadow the levels o...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
It's not that Mugabe was a better leader
It's an illusion that former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was a better leader than his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa.The ex-President was not as competent a leader as the world would wan...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Zimbabwe now worse off after Mugabe
ABOUT a month from today, Zimbabwe marks about 20 months after the departure of former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the liberator once upon a time, who turned an oppressor of his own people. In No...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
Zimbabwe economic crisis a silhouette of the political crisis
The enduring crisis in Zimbabwe presents a conundrum to a lot of people.To the generality of Zimbabweans,whose only desire is the pursuit of a dignified existence, the debilitating liquidity c...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
ZETDC Kariba shreds its own loadshedding schedule
The ultimate tourist resort town of Kariba must brace for dark days like it has never endured before since 1960.Zimbabwe's electricity shortages are getting worse each day as the Kariba lake w...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire, Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism Series
Mopa: In pursuit of a fallacious democracy
RECENTLY, America gave us a rare tonic on its actual view of Zimbabwe, under the new government. It is a given that, in most of its statements, the United States prefers to give cryptic political mess...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
'Not My Job!' declares Kariba Mayor
Residents of Beira Blocks, a section of Mahombekombe suburb, falling under Ward 5, have resorted to using the bush to relieve themselves. The only toilet servicing this bustling community is in a stat...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire | Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism Series
An economy cannot be managed by propaganda
AN economy cannot be managed through propaganda. Back in high school, the term "propaganda"used to tickle us as students of history.The famed Oxford Dictionary defines propaganda as informatio...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
4 'mysteries' of Zim'babwe's economic crisis
Zimbabwe continues to groan under the crushing weight of an economic disaster rapidly manifesting through hyper-inflation, capital flight and a crippling energy crisis, among other symptoms of economi...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
Zimbabwe economic crisis has shifted to another level
THE ascendency to power of the incumbent President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on November 24, 2017 was a genesis to the generality of Zimbabweans; a genesis – or so it seemed, ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Chamisa's popularity dwarfs the law
NELSON Chamisa's adversaries across the broad political spectrum ululated at the pronouncement of the High Court ruling trashing the legitimacy of his presidency last week. The High Court rubbished th...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Long walk to Zimbabwe GNU
ONE thing is apparently undeniable about the Zimbabwean situation; the economic paralysis that began soon after the disputed presidential elections of July last year has morphed into a threatening cri...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
MDC congress: Does real democracy exist?
ALL through history, the word democracy has been immortalised and evidently viewed as the greatest desire of the political world. Democracy is worshiped and viewed as sacred and sacrosanct. Virtually,...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Real democracy calls for Chamisa to be contested
There may come a time in life when emotions, personal feelings, hunches and perceptions have to square up with reality. The skirmish between these two (facts and feelings) is never easy to handle for ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
In times like these, political posturing must give way
There can be no denying the compelling power of politics the world over.Whether one decides to dump local news for world news, they would surely meet with the contentious subject of politics i...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:24hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Situation in Zimbabwe hospitals a damning indictment on government
A signature characteristic of former President Robert Mugabe (pictured)'s administration was silence in the face of crippling crises. Zimbabweans, at the height of Mugabe's rule, had become resigned t...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
Repent now and fix our ailing economy
Editor,That Zimbabwe is on a downward trajectory is no secret. In fact we have been in descent mode for many a year. It is a tragedy. And the fact that the powers that be spend a considerable ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 14:28hrs | | by NM
History doesn't seem to be on Mwonzora's side
There is a stubborn truth that stands majestically at the centre of opposition politics since time immemorial that one wonders why many do not see the lesson and continue to fall headlong into the sam...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:07hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Zimbabwe fuel crisis: Can someone please say the truth?
Here is a folklore allegory: imagine a man with a huge rural family of 10 children and a wife to take care of.The family knows that the man, as the breadwinner, goes on several hunting expedit...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
A partisan military: The most potent weapon against democracy
That Zimbabwe has become the proverbial cursed nation, which simply can't unshackle itself from an economic abyss and political crisis that has rankled for decades, is beyond doubt.The highly-...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
DAFF ignores science, wastes public funds in appealing High Court Rock Lobster ruling
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (DAFF) plans to appeal the recent Western Cape High Court ruling against fishing quotas for West Coast Rock Lobster thereby incurring further le...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 09:40hrs | | by Louzel Lombard Steyn, Environmental journalist
Zimbabwe: In pursuit of a never-coming democracy
IT is nearly four decades after Zimbabwe broke free from the shackles of colonial rule. The bulk of African countries that were under the yoke of colonialism either from the British or the Portuguese,...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Beyond mad politics, the economy is waiting
A lot has happened since the July 30 harmonised elections. There are plenty of things that made sense and many other things that cannot be comprehended. Some results made sense while others hardly did...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
May the will of Zimbabweans prevail, finally
IT is not far from the truth that the will of the people has been suppressed in the last four decades in which Zanu-PF, under Robert Mugabe, ruled the country heavy-handedly.From the day which...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
It's time to rise above politics of the belly, Zimbabweans
IT is extremely sad seeing as it is that Zimbabweans, for all their heralded education, cannot see beyond political clowns and charlatans who only seek to use and abuse them during election time. The ...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
MDC Alliance cannot afford clashes at this hour
I WISH I could write the following statement across the sky in giant and fiery capital letters: The MDC has held plenty parliamentary seats since 2000, but apparently, no change has come. The oppositi...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Chamisa's overconfidence worrying
THE great sage of the mid-nineteenth century, Anon, who wrote thoughtful and inspiring pieces used today by the motivation industry, once said something that is as true for Zimbabwe today as it was in...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
BBC HARDtalk does not influence electorate
Perhaps nothing, in the past week, set tongues wagging as the BBC HARDtalk interview that had MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, as a guest.It would appear a lot is now being...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Zanu-PF manifesto clearest indicator nothing will change
For sometime it remained foggy in the minds of Zimbabweans whether or not the government that took over from former despot, Robert Mugabe, would deliver and make life better for the long-suffering gen...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:49hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Is Mnangagwa hostage to an invisible hand?
THE question keeps popping up: Is incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa a real lawyer? Does he have intimate knowledge on things legal?Could it be that he has mastery of the law, but is hosta...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 08:20hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
New Plumtree kid on the block drops 'maMoyo'
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwean rhumba music - made popular and put on the national and regional scale mainly by artists from Plumtree and Tsholotsho, has a new kid on the block.Sibongakonke Fanas N...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 13:23hrs | 3 | by Entertainment Reporter
Zimbabwe cash crisis that won't go away
If there is one common theme that ran throughout Zanu PF's election strategy under former President Robert Mugabe is that it had a litany of high sounding and astounding promises that never got fulfil...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | 15 | by Learnmore Zuze
Khupe's departure unfortunate, but necessary
I recall vividly the year 2000, when the Movement for Democratic Change broke onto the political scene scaring the hell out of a complacent Zanu-PF. It had never happened in the annals of Zimbabwean h...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Mugabe, the real disgrace happened when you lost in 2008
ONE cannot help but feel pity for the aged former Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe. It would appear those who deceptively spoke glowingly about him prior to his demise last year are still speaking,...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:17hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Mugabe must preserve the little left of his dignity
DEVELOPMENTS in the last few weeks may be the clearest indicator yet that the world has not seen the last of the obstinate former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe.The bulk of people had env...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Khupe, Mudzuri must accept winds of change
IN this article I make the case that politicians in the main opposition movement, MDC-T, must have the intelligence to feel the vibes of the winds of change and adjust accordingly in order to maintain...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:19hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Mnangagwa needs to make hard decisions
Editor,A very short while ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told us, and all within earshot, that he would not be making populist decisions but the hard ones that count.That is a noble...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 10:23hrs | | by NM
SA based Zim artist sets Joburg alight
JOHANNESBURG - Gwanda-born singer and actor, Tbos The Boss has become the latest South African-based artist to set the entertainment stage alight - producing yet another sizzling album.The siz...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 11:43hrs | | by Entertainment Reporter
$20k Norton Mortuary Commissioned
January 18, 2018 saw the commissioning of the new and upgraded Norton Hospital Mortuary after it had been abruptly shut down in 2011 due to bad state of the premise. In her opening and welcome...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 22:12hrs | 8 | by By Maxwell Teedzai/Local Government News
Prince Tawanda's vision paid of
Prince Tawanda has been recently on several newspapers across the world this last year after he released a number of catchy Afro Fusion songs. The young man was born Berven Mashonganyika in Zi...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 16:14hrs | | by Eugene Prunella, Cape Times Entertainment News Reporter
T.B Joshua: Christianity needs a human face
On a recent visit to Latin America, I was shocked by the responses I got from locals each time I introduced myself as a Nigerian. Among the eight countries I visited in the past five years, there was ...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 11:07hrs | | by Akintola Olawunmi
High Court humiliates Kasukuwere
The decision this week by the High Court of Zimbabwe to nullify the suspension of the Mayor and one other MDC Councilor in Gweru is a welcome development for local government in Zimbabwe. Init...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 14:08hrs | | by E G Cross, MDC-T Secretary for Local Government
Feel it, economic turmoil is here
IT happened so fast; so fast that no one can honestly claim they saw it coming.Just between Thursday and Friday the impact was everywhere.Shops felt it.The transacting public w...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
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