Opinion
Dangers of Ndebele and Shona radicalism and extremism in Zimbabwe
After reading my article published by Bulawayo24.com published on the 15th of October 2018 titled "...Published: 1 hr ago | by Etiwel Mutero
Is it 2008 all over again for Zimbabweans?
Even though government is claiming to be on top of the situation, Zimbabweans are panicking because events from the past few weeks have an eerie simil...Published: 4 hrs ago | by Cecilia Kamputa
Girl child empowerment: Everyone's duty
ZIMBABWE Women In Politics Alliance commemorates the International Day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1,1 billion girls in the world and encoura...Published: 5 hrs ago | by Linda Masarira
Economic dystopia in Zimbabwe
The key word to describe Zimbabwe's current national attitude or mood is "dystopian". That is a predisposition to expecting the worst possible scenari...Published: 5 hrs ago | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa cannot preside over graves
IT is sad President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa have decided to continue bickering and politicking at the exp...Published: 5 hrs ago | by Editorial - newsday
Zanu PF rigged electoral victory is worse than a Pyrrhic - dog got hare's ticks and worse
You can tell the dog has a flea or tick problem by the frequency the poor creature scratches itself and the greater the vigour the greater the infesta...Published: 16 hrs ago | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZCC still want ED and Chamisa to reconcile - morbid clergy holding us back
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa have taken hardline stances to political engagement, which has stalled...Published: 16 hrs ago | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Agricultural productivity a panacea to Zimbabwe's economic revival
Zimbabwe's economy is hinged on agriculture which feeds a number of downstream industries that process agricultural produce into various foods for bot...Published: 20 hrs ago | by Elijah Chihota
Lets support the man on the ball
Dear Zimbabweans Growing up my poor father used to tell me that no team gonna win a match if other players dont support the man on the ball! W...Published: 22 hrs ago | by Munya Shumba
Foreign investment and the IMF will cripple Zimbabweans
Our government and the new Finance Minister have swallowed the myths of foreign aid, investment and the IMF as solutions to Zimbabwe's economic proble...Published: 23 hrs ago | by David Barber and Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Go Warriors Go
The Zimbabwe Warriors are in for a kill. They edged Democratic Republic of Congo at their own backyard and are expected to inflict another injury at h...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 09:58hrs | by Leonard Koni
Matebeleland needs to forgive 36 years after Gukurahundi
Zenzele Ndebele has produced a gripping and emotionally intense documentary about the perennial talking point in Matebeleland - Gukurahundi. Media rep...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:33hrs | by Xolani Ndlovu
'Gukurahundi pushed me into politics'
THE main opposition MDC Alliance's deputy chief whip in the National Assembly, Nomathemba Ndlovu, has opened up on her traumatic childhood as a victim...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:30hrs | by Staff reporter
Lobengula was King of both Matebeleland and Mashonaland
My last article titled "Mthwakazi was never a Ndebele Kingdom but a San Kingdom " received a mixed reaction from my readers. Some were angry but same ...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 16:26hrs | by Etiwel Mutero
ED threaten US$ black market dealers - on what charge, 'Same shit … different thug!'
"Same shit …. different island!" A vintage Caribbean Tourist T-shirt depicting a ganja smoking black Rasta with his trade mark dreadlocks complete w...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 15:29hrs | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Of the national flag, scarf and patriotism
On 28 September, the Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation, Kirsty Conventry, was part of the send off ceremony of the Zimbabwean team which ...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:27hrs | by Nobleman Runyanga
Police brutality snaring the public
In the colonial era the mases faced a lot of police brutality primarily due to the racial factor. One would have thought in this new democratic ...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:05hrs | by Daniel Itai
United we stand, divided we fall
Zimbabweans should start realising the riches that comes with a united rather than a divided nation. We are only as strong as we are united, as weak a...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 11:13hrs | by Brightface Mutema
On our way to the river...
There was so much excitement amongst the students as I told them we were going all the way to the river to do our training session there. The boys san...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 10:44hrs | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
My son, eating vegetables and building a better Zimbabwe
My son, like most other kids, does not like to eat his vegetables. He also doesn't like to brush his teeth nor to take medicine when he is sick. He is...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:16hrs | by Knowledge Moyo
Family-led enterprises can ease the burden on government
IT must be difficult being in the shoes of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube. Being appointed to such a powerful post is an honour, but that power comes w...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | by Tapiwa Gomo
Varsities PhDs - a farce - Gukurahundi PhDs
IF the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) was a human being, it could be wrinkled and grey haired by now. All things being equal, it could be a seasoned citi...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | by Cyprian Ndawana
Mnangagwa break his silence on black market
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bold declarations that the currency exchange market operating in dark alleys driving Zimbabweans into penury is a natio...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | by Editorial - newsday
Open Letter - My 2c advice to H.E E.D and Hon. M. Ncube
Dear comrades Well i trust you will find time to read and consider my sincere advice to you.I'm not an economist or a financial guru b...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 20:06hrs | by Isaac Nkomah
How many times do you tax me?
It's disheartening to believe that when someone's salary is deposited into his bank account, the bank will as usual tell me that they do not have cash...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 20:04hrs | by Isaac Nkomah
Clueless ED has nation push-starting Zimbabwe Bus uphill with empty fuel tank - going nowhere
Of course, Zanu PF rigged the recent elections; if the truth be told the EU, USA and everyone with any understanding of Zimbabwe politics did not expe...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 20:02hrs | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mthuli Ncube has invited to his breakfast table ingredients from both the chicken and the pig
The unmistakable, yet inevitable atmosphere of limbo, utter despair, confusion and analytic paralysis engulfs the nation yet again. It has become our ...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:06hrs | by Zifiso Masiye
This is not what Mnangagwa promised
In the run-up to the July 30 elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was saying all the things Zimbabweans wanted to hear.He particularly prom...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:56hrs | by Editorial - The Standard
Obert Mpofu speaks about Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue
The economic meltdown triggered by monetary and fiscal reforms that were recently unveiled by the government exposed teething problems in the ruling p...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:54hrs | by Staff reporter
Clueless 'ED' needs exigent help…
It is so sad that at a time when the economy is burning Mnangagwa's, 'second in command' is fighting for his dear life in South Africa. The neighborin...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 07:45hrs | by Knowledge Hakata
Why prices are going wild?
Zimbabwe has been gripped by the shortage of food stuffs unprecedented price hikes of two hundred percent and fuel drought. Each and every Zimbabwean ...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 07:28hrs | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mthwakazi was never a Ndebele Kingdom but a San Kingdom
The only group of people which overthrew the Mthwakazi State was the Ndebele people led by Mzilikazi in 1863, since then the Mthwakazi Kingdom was nev...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 16:13hrs | by Etiwel Mutero
Chiwenga & Moyo hospitalised: coup d'etat backfiring?
Undoubtedly, the mention of these two names, General Chiwenga and Moyo, evokes the bright memories of a successful Zimbabwe coup d'etat of 2017. But o...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:17hrs | by Israel Dube
Energy Mutodi is a 'Violence Strategist'
I trust Trevor Ncube, a media investor and a strategist. I am confident that Trevor Ncube's allegations against the deputy minister of information, pu...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:13hrs | by Don Chigumba
Zimbabwe police brutality a heavy stain on Mnangagwa's 'Second Republic'
THE manner in which the police - armed with truncheons, tear smoke canisters and water cannons - brutally put down demonstrations by the Zimbabwe Cong...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:28hrs | by Editorial - newsday
From cash hoarders to panic buyers
On Monday, most Zimbabweans woke up to a WhatsApp message which read, "Buy basic commodities and keep them. The USD/bond rate is escalating at a...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:07hrs | by Samantha Chipoyera
Let us learn to share
It may be a case of 'A burnt child dreads fire' but, some burns tend to put other people into overdrive leaving them bordering on insanity. In...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:47hrs | by Tondo Murisa.
Mnangagwa's political survival at the ‘Deep End'
Zimbabwe is now falling into the dungeon again after prices of all commodities started to sky rocket like nobody's business. Citizens of Zimbabwe are ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:45hrs | by Tolexy
'Elections failed to meet standards' EU tells Mnangagwa and dishing out the punishment - so must we!
President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF regime, as the government of the day, had the legal obligation to hold free, fair and credible elections; the high...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:43hrs | by Wilbert Mukori
Did government buy bond notes at +400% discount to reduce exposure?
There is speculation that the Mnangagwa led government deliberately fuelled Zimbabwe's sky-high parallel market rates to mop out bond notes at a cheap...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:25hrs | by Ndoro Tafadzwa
Zimbabwean economy reflects state of governance
IN 2015, I argued that the economy was Zanu-PF's most virulent opposition.The 2016 introduction of bond notes pegged to the US dollar saw the ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:47hrs | by Brian Kagoro
ED's long economic haul
All the prophets of doom have to admit that they just don't possess the strategic clout and foresight of President Mnangagwa's administration. The rid...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 12:46hrs | by Tom Nkala
English made easy by the Language Coach (writing articles)
Articles are magazine and newspaper style essays. As part of your ZIMSEC English Language examination you can be asked to write an article on a chosen...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:19hrs | by Language Coach
Some Zimbabweans have poisoned themselves with spit
THE more one reads some reactions to the current upheavals in the economy, the more one sees that some people have poisoned themselves with spite....Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | by Conway Tutani
Mnangagwa's battle to win EU enemies far from over
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's battle to win the hearts and souls of his governing Zanu PF party's erstwhile enemies in Europe looks to be far from ov...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:04hrs | by Editorial - newsday
Readmission of expelled cadres revitalises Zanu-PF
"If you want to find me guilty of not attending the First Lady's rallies, I plead guilty on that one and I won't attend unless the programme changes. ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:55hrs | by Nduduzo Tshuma
EU poll observer report: Public camaraderie with Chamisa
While Zimbabweans had largely moved on with life after the July 30 harmonised elections, the European Union (EU) has sought to drag the country ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | by Bevan Musoko
ZADHR will sue Gvt to secure forex for drugs - Placid forced to act, 'charova sei chando!'
"Charova sei chando kukwidza hamba mumuti!" (It will have to be bitterly cold to force the tortoise to seek warmth up a tree! It will take unusual har...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 19:11hrs | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa to do a Narendra Modi on Zimbabwe black market?
There are whispers the President Emmerson Mnangagwa will come hard on the black market with some saying he will do what Indian Prime Minister Narendra...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 18:17hrs | by Ndoro Tafadzwa
Mvurwi's six Nyaus, a place shrouded with mystery.
Mysterious fire erupted at six nyauz of Mvurwi (Umvukwes) with an ear splitting sound. This happened not long ago. Nobody could explain the origin of ...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 13:29hrs | by Givestar Kamuzonde
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