Opinion / Columnist
Minister blames poor grade 7 results on sanctions, covid-19, etc.; all except real cause, Zanu PF
Zimbabwe's Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Cain Mathema, blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries, corona virus and...Published: 13 hrs ago | 415 | by Nomusa Garikai
'It is not from the benevolence of corrupt and vote-rigging politicians we expect our dinner' to paraphrase A Smith
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest (...Published: 17 hrs ago | 313 | by Wilbert Mukori
Blessing Chebundo praises Matemadanda for the hard work
The newest member of ZANU PF cde Blessing Chebundo praised the ZANU PF NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMISSAR cde Victor Matemadanda for the hard work he ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1005 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Nyikayaramba Zvechokwadi
The Editor, To the youth of Zimbabwe, please read carefully:SB Moyo, Nyikayaramba, Mnangagwa, Muchinguri, Chiwenga; all the so-called ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1962 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa and the politics of water in Matebeleland
Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa marches back to history and affirmatively posts his legacy to posterity by officiating at ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 960 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Senator Timveos speaks about MDC's politics of witchcraft & factions
I found the Twit by Charlton Hwende that my reasons for resigning from the MDC Alliance was that the First Lady promised me that my senatorial car wil...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:28hrs | 1891 | by Senator Lillian Temvoes
Zanu-PF hijacked Soul Jah Love's funeral
Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu PF has been for time immemorial leading in hijacking funerals, especially of celebrities.The party was shamelessl...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 08:57hrs | 2140 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe now a failed State
OUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.Mr President, l address you on behalf of workers of Zimbabwe who are suffering and disillusioned....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1263 | by Peter Mutasa
The truth about Dr Masimba Mavaza
I normally do not want to respond to social media neither do I want to be vilifying people. ...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 22:29hrs | 2299 | by Mandla Khumalo
Proposal to help people recover lost items
ON February 16, 2012, Hansole was invited to a meeting for a public private sector partnership programme.As Hansole, we wanted to propose the ...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 22:15hrs | 606 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
The sex scandals of VP Mohali and the anger
The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) has joined one Masimba Mavaza in calling for the resignation of Vice President Kem...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 10:42hrs | 5172 | by Nicholas Mlamuli Ndebele
Zinwa should also check on levels of siltation in dams
NUMEROUS media channels have recently been inundated with stories on the national average dam levels breaching the 88 percent mark, which generated lo...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 200 | by Obert Chifamba
Leaders should lead by example
The much-talked scandal of our vice president is less expected of him. While vice president's social life should be separated from his office I person...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:13hrs | 415 | by Isaac Nkomah
Magashule Houdini act, a Damascus moment to Zimbabwean politics
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule pulled a fast one this past week when he took a swipe at his party's national executive committee saying that only...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:05hrs | 1282 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Cowardice is when you pounce on the weak and shout Courage!
For abusing his office Mohadi must be condemned for his deeds. I refuse to hear tribalists talking about Mohadi resigning from office because of the l...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 12:44hrs | 2528 | by Nomazulu Thata
Magaisa advise 'MDC A strategies to win rigged election' - must stop the rigging by implementing the reforms
If there is one thing the ordinary Zimbabweans do NOT want right now is to be dragged into yet another meaningless election process whose outcome will...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 09:31hrs | 1678 | by Wilbert Mukori
Britain desperately needs Rhodesia/ Zimbabwe
THE most outlandish aspect of Britain's past and recent actions is that despite its posturing on Zimbabwe, the former colonial power desperately needs...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1773 | by Golden Guvamatanga
Vice President Mohadi's weapon of mass destruction misfired or was he trapped?
One American writer by the name Samantha Rose Hill once said" we can shout truth to power and it will never be heard, because truth and politics don't...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 23:34hrs | 3205 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Constructive criticism of leaders needs courage
The Honourable Vice President KEMBO Mohadi's Shenanigans have touched a gas cylinder there by creating a...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 19:58hrs | 753 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Dr Masimba Mavaza is a tribalist: Inherent hatred for non-Shona people
I want to excuse myself right from the beginning of this article: It is not about protecting VP Mohadi and his scandals of his previous marriage with ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1986 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mangwana defends Mohadi's workplace sexual misconduct
Government spokesman Nick Ndabaningi Mangwana went on a social media spree and put his foot in his mouth on Saturday, defending Vice President Kembo M...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:06hrs | 2272 | by Staff reporter
MDC Youth Assembly calls for dialogue and immediate release of all political prisoners
The MDC-T Youth Assembly joins the rest of the country in commemorating National Youth Day, which is celebrated on 21 February every year. This year's...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1078 | by Yvonne Musarurwa
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1477 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
Why the colonial UK sanctioned Zimbabwe security chiefs
UNITED Kingdom ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson says the British government is not happy with President Emmerson Mnangagwa government's pace of...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 541 | by Ken Mufuka
Is Mnangagwa a lost cause?
One of Barack Obama's contribution to US foreign policy was the encouragement of a class of liberal whites and blacks with absolutely first-class brai...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 439 | by Ken Mufuka
Covid-19 lockdown: How times have changed
It was after four aborted attempts at assembling that customary team of amadombo, an attempt at receiving and meeting our prospective in-laws as a non...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 184 | by Zifiso Masiye
The bane of deadbeat intellectuals
Talent seems to come with more than its fair share of baggage.Most often than not, gifted personalities belong to a pantheon of living gods th...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 83 | by Bishop Lazarus
Why Mnangagwa wants Malaba to stay on 2023
DESPITE the fact that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's judicial reign is coming to an end by operation of law at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70, ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:15hrs | 3165 | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption investigator probed
IT is a typical case of a hunter becoming the hunted.First, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, hunter of note in charge of Matabeleland Nort...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa badly lacks performance legitimacy
THE Zanu-PF politburo convened in Harare on Wednesday this week, creating a grotesque spectacle in the middle of a devastating Covid-19 pandemic as fo...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Pfumvudza, bond notes: Mnangagwa's saviour
THE gigantic lake TugwiMukosi is spilling. This is a rare phenomenon for a water body so big to spill less than four years after commissioning....Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:55hrs | 753 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mugabe's removal could make blockbuster movie
0NE film that is a must make is the removal of the late former President Robert Mugabe from power, a leader who was in power for 37 years. In ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:53hrs | 399 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Inflation will drop to 10% by December 2021' - not as long as Zimbabwe remains a Banana Republic
"The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday forecast annual inflation to plummet to less than 10% this year, driven by a good agricultural season, f...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:43hrs | 258 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe urban house rentals become very expensive
The United Nations predicts that by 2050, seventy percent of the population in Africa will be living in urban areas hence there will be many challenge...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:40hrs | 1281 | by Noel Mavura
EU renews sanctions against Zimbabwe - These measures do not affect the people of Zimbabwe?
THE European Union (EU) has renewed sanctions against the Zanu PF led government while maintaining a targeted asset freeze on the Zimbabwe Defence Ind...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:33hrs | 359 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Kembo Mohadi embarrasses the presidium
The vice president's power to lead comes from a ceremonial reverence Zimbabweans grant their presidents. To deserve the reverence, a vice president mu...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2553 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Umkhuba omubi ngokukhuzwa kuka Bayethe/ Bayede!!!!
Ngiyabingelela Mthwakazi kaNdaba, Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi, Mthwakazi omnyama, lina bonduku zibomvu, izindlela zimhlophe. Kuleshlava esesangena s...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:32hrs | 1263 | by Nkonzo Mathanda
Should Zimbabweans give Mwonzora a chance?
After graduating with a Degree in Politics and Public Administration in (2016), I still find myself within the circles of thousands of unemployed grad...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 16:52hrs | 1583 | by Knowledge Hakata
African 'Dead Aid' will stop within 5 years: Part Two
In part one I concentrated on Dr. Dambisa's "Dead Aid" book she passionately wrote in 2009 highlighting the need for Africa to shift its focus away fr...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 10:12hrs | 878 | by Nomazulu Thata
Will Zimbabwe national army allow a civilian rule
Zanu PF without the army is like a shell. Our government institutions are heavily militarised from Zimbabwe Electoral Commission which runs electi...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 09:59hrs | 2102 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF stuck in a cycle of old habits
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa was installed as President of Zimbabwe in November 2017 following a military coup and his predecessor Robert Mugabe'...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:18hrs | 499 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Checkpoints and supermarkets severely exposed to Covid-19
POLICE roadblocks and supermarkets are potential Covid-19 super spreaders as they are failing to adhere to basic safety precautions to contain the dea...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Has farming in Zimbabwe become so sexy?
A NEW refreshing dimension has come into farming. On social media one witnesses a revolution that the country never anticipated. More and more young p...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Snake bites require urgent medical attention
WHEN summer comes, many animals that have been in hibernation or rarely seen during the winter, come out. These include snakes. As a result, cases of ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:05hrs | 510 | by Cimas iGo
Zanu-PF without army is a shell
TO tighten the grip on State institutions, intelligence officers are deployed in communities to sniff out and monitor any malcontents and report on th...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 241 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa does not know how to respond to the challenge posed by Mnangagwa
TO some of us monitoring events in urban councils, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to take over the local authorities on the basis of the oppos...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Mafume exposes MDC Alliance's poor leadership pedigree
Last week, social media was on fire when the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 493 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Somewhere, along the line, we lost the magicians
WHEN we mourn the dearth of quality players, standards and coaching methods, we are perennially accused of being too obsessed with the past. The ''Kno...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 97 | by Phillip Zulu
Watching in horror as the giants fell, one after another - The demise of public entities in Zimbabwe
When preparing this article, I was faced with the task of reviewing numerous press articles, news items and placing them alongside my own vast observa...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 19:41hrs | 2734 | by Liverson Mdongo wa Habe
Stop giving despotics regimes in Africa a free pass
Authoritarian and dictatorial governments are repressive, corrupt and inefficient, and they threaten Africa's chances of unleashing the productive pot...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 1593 | by MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa.
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