Opinion
Dad did not rape 10 months old baby, court rules
HARARE regional magistrate, Mr Musaiona Shotgame, has acquitted a man accused of raping his 10-month-old daughter and infecting her with a sexually tr...Published: 13 hrs ago | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cannot fund large-scale projects without monetary autonomy
Zimbabwe's economic debate is often framed through the lens of inflation control, exchange rate stability, and the day-to-day functionality of the US ...Published: 13 hrs ago | by Brighton Musonza
There's nothing visionary about a president who only acts after public pressure
It is hardly praiseworthy for a father to feed his family only after their cries of hunger grow too loud to ignore.I was watching a news repor...Published: 14 hrs ago | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Legislating patriotism will never silence Zimbabwe's real patriots
The circus of Zimbabwe continues!Once again, we find ourselves witnessing the familiar theatrics of excitable ZANU PF legislators, now feveris...Published: 14 hrs ago | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Umdala Wethu: The Statesman who united a nation
In the story of Zimbabwe, there are names that echo. And then there is Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo - a man whose name is etched not merely in memory...Published: 15 hrs ago | by Dereck Goto
Khama should try humility
Ian Khama's latest unprovoked outburst - praising Ian Smith's Rhodesia and branding Zimbabwe a "failed state" - is as tone-deaf as it is arrogant. No ...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 17:23hrs | by Dereck Goto
Togarepi re-elected as ZILIWACO chairperson
Pupurai Togarepi has been unanimously re-elected as Chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Collaborators Association (ZILIWACO) following...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 19:10hrs | by Staff reporter
Footprints in the chains: The life story of Job Sikhala
The book, Footprints in Chains: The Life Story of Job Sikhala, is less biographical than an indelible account of human rights abuses, the excesses of ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 19:07hrs | by Author: Munyaradzi Savanhu, Reviewed by: Ibbo Mandaza
If Chiwenga is genuine about fighting corruption, then we need action - not just words
There's a saying: action speaks louder than words. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's recent bold remarks against corruption have stir...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:23hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pearls cast before a swine: does not know what to do with them
Power was trust upon him: Chamisa was literally given power by former President Tsvangirai on his death bed. He was terminally ill; it was a matter of...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:31hrs | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF arsonists pose as firefighters
On June 11, 2025, my friend sent me a message I'll never forget: his wife had delivered a stillborn baby. The young couple was shattered. He said dela...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:07hrs | by Reward Magadhi
Jabulani Sibanda, you got it wrong about Zimbabwean tribalism
To appease tribalism in that manner will not be solving tribalism anyhow. The politician you are talking to is the worst tribalist and the core proble...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 20:31hrs | by Nomazulu Thata
Tagwirei mocks 'foolish' Zimbabweans who have not won tenders
Prominent businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei ignited controversy on Wednesday after declaring that Zimbabweans who have not secured government tenders ar...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 14:12hrs | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament must tackle language chauvinism
One of Zimbabwe's most corrosive societal ills, language chauvinism, is rearing its head in the very institution tasked with representing unity and na...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 13:56hrs | by Staff reporter
Book Review - A 'Job' that you don't really know
This coming Friday, 27 June 2025, at 17:30hrs Central Africa Time, SAPES Trust, located on number 4 Deary Avenue, (just after Parirenyatwa Main Gate o...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 11:53hrs | by Rejoice Ngwenya, book editor
David Coltart: handsome Matabele warrior with brains
I must confess, I feel jealous whenever I see the Mayor of Bulawayo, David Coltart in his Matabele traditional regalia. The man looks more handsome es...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 11:12hrs | by Israel Dube
Zimbabweans: No one is coming to save us
For 45 years, Zimbabweans have lived with the weight of unfulfilled promises from successive governments. From independence in 1980 to the present day...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:31hrs | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
When Mnangagwa buries his colleagues, does he ever reflect on the legacy he will leave behind?
Life offers us countless moments for introspection - but it is up to us to seize them.This evening, I watched a news bulletin covering the bur...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:29hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Surely, what lessons in business success can Tagwirei teach our youth?
Our youth are the greatest asset to our nation's future, and we cannot afford to lead them astray.Zimbabwe is a nation desperate for authentic...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:24hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF's Push to Scrap Term Limits Echoes 1987 Power Grab
ZANU PF is laying the groundwork for a new constitutional amendment aimed at removing presidential term limits, in a move that closely mirrors the 198...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 19:40hrs | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
It will take more than Mnangagwa's gold vault tour to restore public trust in the ZiG
There's a saying: trust is built over time - but can be destroyed in an instant, and once broken, confidence is not only shattered, but painfully diff...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 18:56hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's sneak back to politics sparks more infighting
Nelson Chamisa's sneak back to politics has sparked more infighting than inspiration. It feels less like a political revival and more like a kindergar...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 14:35hrs | by Dereck Goto
Even the government's own excuses prove it's to blame for drug shortages in hospitals
When incompetence runs deep, even your excuses end up exposing you. The recent state-sanctioned explanation in The Sunday Mail on why pub...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:12hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mukanya, the great Chimurenga guru
Born Thomas Tafirenyika Muchadura Mapfumo. The epitome of a Chimurenga music guru. With a career spanning over 50 years, Mapfumo, whom his followers c...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:09hrs | by Leonard Koni
The death of an African President: Advocate Edgar Lungu!
The philosophy of Ubuntu will not allow me to talk about former President Edgar Lungu using outdoor language. Africa is rid of a ruler that destroyed ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:48hrs | by Nomazulu Thata
If civil servants must declare assets, then let's start with the president and his ministers
As the old saying goes, what's good for the goose must be good for the gander - yet in Zimbabwe, accountability seems reserved only for the powerless....Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:36hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
When a Child President wears the 'Mnangagwa scarf', we must all be concerned
Train up a child in the way you want them to grow, they say - but when this guidance is rooted in manipulation and politics, it risks ruining their li...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:33hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthwakazi rejects the genocide interviews: No justice under the perpetrator's gavel
The government of Zimbabwe has announced its so-called Gukurahundi Public Hearings, set to begin soon under the stewardship of none other than Chief F...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:30hrs | by Fikile ka Malikongwa
Chivayo's arrogance is an insult to millions of suffering Zimbabweans
There's a saying: "A soft answer turneth away wrath" - but what happens when arrogance and contempt are the response to a nation's cry for accountabil...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 19:25hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
11 cars stolen in single day in Zimbabwe
At least 11 vehicles were stolen in Zimbabwe in a single day, prompting police to issue a warning to motorists over the growing trend of vehicle theft...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:45hrs | by Staff reporter
Genocide govt shifts gukurahundi probe to closed-door private testimonies
The government has abruptly altered the investigative framework and methodology for the upcoming state-sponsored probe into the Gukurahundi genocide, ...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:43hrs | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei, the military and power politics in Zimbabwe!
DEAR READER, it was on the 13th of May 2018 that Phineas Tagwirei, "father" to Kudakwashe Tagwirei a Zimbabwean tycoon with an avalanche of ''business...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:41hrs | by Dr P. Zamchiya
ZANU never fought against the British - lets not distort history
When we distort the past, it ceases to be history and becomes propaganda.In Zimbabwean politics, the manipulation of history is as common as t...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 22:46hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF to take stock at Annual People's Conference
ZANU-PF will, in about three months' time hold it's Annual National People's Conference. Zimpapers Politics Hub Senior Reporter Joseph Madzimure (JM) ...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:36hrs | by Staff reporter
The spectacular failure of ZANU-PF, ANC and Frelimo
Recently, heavy rains hit a town called Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. The resulting floods killed 49 people across the province, but Mthatha was the wo...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:50hrs | by Chris Kabwato
Cyber hackers target Zimbabwe's national emails and websites
ZIMBABWE is facing a serious digital threat as international cyber hackers intensify their attacks on government, educational and business websites. T...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:36hrs | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
The war of liberation was not a walk in the park
Tik-tok, tik-tok, goes the Big Ben clock with no respite, time will never run out of time because it's indestructible. It's people who run out of time...Published: 15 Jun 2025 at 12:45hrs | by Cde Mutanda Wachingama
ZANU PF, A reminder that roles can change, and the law applies to all
One reality continues to echo loud and clear, positions of power are not permanent and the law does not discriminate. The incarceration of former Fore...Published: 15 Jun 2025 at 12:43hrs | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Varakashi tweets can never mask Zimbabweans' suffering under the Mnangagwa regime
There are some things under the sun that can never be defended or glossed over.The desperation of the ruling ZANU PF regime has never been mor...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:39hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The ZANU-PF–Britain alliance is a self-serving bond that never served the people
The political theatre designed to deceive Zimbabweans seems never-ending.A few days ago, senior Zimbabwean officials and British nationals gat...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:24hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Democracy under siege
Zimbabwe's democratic space faces significant challenges, rooted in decades of authoritarian rule by the ZANU-PF party, which has governed since 1...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:18hrs | by Leonard Koni
No one is above the Constitution: Zimbabweans must say no to term extensions
Zimbabweans must never allow their country to backslide or let their hard-won rights be stripped away.In 2013, millions of Zimbabweans made hi...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 08:33hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's whites are more patriotic than the majority blacks
I am a black Zimbabwean, born and bred in this land of striking beauty. But in my lived experience, I have observed something that continues to troubl...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 21:59hrs | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Let this be a warning to Nelson Chamisa
Let this be a warning to Nelson Chamisa: cyberspace doesn't suffer fools lightly. You can not recklessly provoke the wrong people, insult powerful ins...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 15:37hrs | by Dereck Goto
Is the cancer killing us coming from our Harare water
Either you don't get water at all or you receive contaminated water and it is time for residents to take action. With alarming reports of toxins conta...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 11:20hrs | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Have Zimbabweans become Chivayo's wives?
Have we lost all self-respect?One of the most disturbing spectacles unfolding in Zimbabwe today is the humiliating spectacle of grown men and ...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 21:59hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Savage Africans want colonialist Leander Johnson's demarcations revisited!
They cannot peacefully coexist without Leander Johnson's demarcations between Ndebele and Shona nations! British colonialist Leander Johnson realized ...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 15:59hrs | by Nomazulu Thata
Real empowerment means financial independence, not State handouts
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent unveiling of a US$500 000 cash payout to war veterans, under the guise of the War Veterans Empowerment Fund, has...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:34hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
WhatsApp's new feature might be a gift to con artists
There is a seductive appeal to the word "privacy." It conjures images of safety, control, and autonomy. It suggests a world in which one can participa...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 21:57hrs | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Speaking against injustice is not being negative - it's being honest
There are those who often find the truth hard to swallow - but, like medicine, it is vital for healing.I am often told that I focus too much o...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 21:53hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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