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MPs Demand Relief for Elderly on Local Authority Charges Amid Lack of National Policy

Parliamentarians have pressed the government to introduce formal concessions for senior citizens on local authority service charges, citing widespread financial hardship among the elderly due to inadequate pensions and the absence of socia…

Published: 1 hr ago | by Stephen Jakes

Wrong decision to suspend ZETDC boss, a symptom of shallow thinking

In what can only be described as a knee-jerk reaction, the decision by Cletus Nyachowe to "fire" and later suspend Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) Managing Director Abel Gurupira over a technical fault is…

Published: 1 hr ago | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Zimbabwe Deserves Freedom From ZANU-PF

Malcolm X once warned: "You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it."Zimbabwe has been chained to a poisonous version of patriotism, imposed by a ruling elite that demands si…

Published: 28 Oct 2025 at 18:03hrs | by Fikile wa Motsamai

South Africa Is a Confirmed Criminal & Mafia State - Only Second to Colombia!

In every community setting across South Africa, the dominant conversation is about the criminal activities of the ANC party and government. Multiple commissions of inquiry have exposed serious acts of corruption, only for the cases to fizz…

Published: 28 Oct 2025 at 17:22hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

Dear Chief Justice Maya

ATT @OCJ_RSA To: The Honorable Chief Justice Mandisa MayaOffice of the Chief JusticeRepublic of South AfricaSubject: Request for Judicial Intervention and Review of the Unconstitutional Sealing of the CR17 Bank StatementsDear Chief Ju…

Published: 28 Oct 2025 at 13:35hrs | by South Africans

Ledwaba misapplied Rule 62(7): Was CR17 unlawfully sealed?

The principle of open justice lies at the heart of any democratic judiciary. It is enshrined in both the Constitution and the Uniform Rules of Court, which guarantee public access to court records and proceedings. Yet, in the now-infamous …

Published: 28 Oct 2025 at 08:03hrs | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo water shortages a critical problem

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, stands at a critical juncture in its quest for water security.For decades, the city has endured chronic shortages, severe rationing, and the erosion of confidence in its ability to sustain both pop…

Published: 27 Oct 2025 at 19:00hrs | by David Coltart, Mayor Of Bulawayo

South Africa & Zimbabwe; Collapsed governments; What is next?

What next for South Africa, what next for Zimbabwe? The aspirations of the people's freedom and independence have been thwarted by organisations that purported to be genuine fosters of UHURU: ANC and Zanu PF failed dismally to rise above c…

Published: 27 Oct 2025 at 07:09hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

There is no constitutional loophole

The opinion that a constitutional loophole exists to extend the presidential term for an incumbent is not the discovery of a clever legal pathway; it is a constitutional fantasy. The proposition dangerously conflates creative wordplay with…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 18:46hrs | by Tinashe Madondo

Extending Zimbabwe's Presidential term of office

Extending Zimbabwe's Presidential and Parliamentary Terms of Office: A Contingent Term Length Provision, Not a Rigid Term Limit CapThis insightful post by Tawanda Nyambirai adds critically valuable perspective to the ongoing debate on pres…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 18:28hrs | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

ED2030: Nothing stops Zanu-PF

Sections 91, 95, and 328 of the Zimbabwe Constitution do not require a referendum to introduce a 7 year Presidential term and do not prohibit a sitting President from benefiting from the 7 year term!!!  Law is still my passion. But I …

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 18:28hrs | by Tawanda Nyambirai

When Christians mistake State House invitations for divine blessings

The Bible warns that, 'My people perish for lack of knowledge,' and nowhere is this more evident than in the way some Christians have confused political privilege with divine blessing.In Zimbabwe, there has emerged a deeply troubling and s…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 08:11hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Faith Reflections with Tatenda Hwari - When God Seems Silent

Life is made up of seasons - seasons of joy and abundance, and seasons of waiting and silence. There comes a time when it feels as if heaven has grown quiet. You pray, you hope, and you wait, yet nothing seems to change. It's in these mome…

Published: 26 Oct 2025 at 08:02hrs | by Tatenda Hwari

Mr. Ambassador, surely you can't deny that China treats Zimbabwe as a colonial outpos

As we say in Shona, ‘muromo hauzarirwi nerwizi' - the mouth cannot be dammed by a river - meaning it's easy to say anything, even when one knows it's untrue.China's Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Zhou Ding, could not have chosen a worse occasion …

Published: 24 Oct 2025 at 14:38hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Dzimbabwe our heritage, let's claim our heritage at all cost

Mr Editor, May you allow me space to air my views to the Dzimbabwe People.I think the 27th of April  is supposed to be declared a public holiday in Zimbabwe, in remembrance of the death of our supreme leaders, Mbuya Nehanda (Char…

Published: 24 Oct 2025 at 14:36hrs | by Kufakunesu Mawira

Zimbabwe–SA relations: A long history of cooperation and tension

Despite current tensions over competition for jobs, social services, and scarce resources, Zimbabweans and South Africans share a long and complex history marked by both cooperation and conflict. Migration between the two countries dates b…

Published: 24 Oct 2025 at 12:30hrs | by Staff reporter

President Zandile Dubula is illiterate

Zandile Dubula desperately tried to hide her ignorance when asked to define "Frontline States." In such moments, it is better to admit, "I don't know," than to force a glaringly wrong answer. Her response was painful. On camera, she stamme…

Published: 24 Oct 2025 at 09:15hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

George's political Sudoku failed to align

George's political Sudoku failed to align when he suddenly found himself with more boxes to fill and yet holding no numbers! He could neither denigrate the demonstration, the cause of his embedded putschist Cdes and yet for his formal job …

Published: 23 Oct 2025 at 19:10hrs | by Temba Mliswa

Jonathan Moyo's legal gymnastics cannot stretch Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028

Even singing for one's supper must have its limits.It takes a certain level of constitutional gymnastics to argue that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term can be legally extended without tampering with the two-term limit prescribed by Zimb…

Published: 23 Oct 2025 at 12:15hrs | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Thunderstorms predicted in Zimbabwe

Bulawayo and parts of the Matabeleland provinces have received their first rains of the 2025 summer season over the weekend, with the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) forecasting additional isolated showers during the week.The city…

Published: 23 Oct 2025 at 09:01hrs | by Staff reporter

Widow jailed 27 years for premeditated murder

Bridget Makaza, widow of Kurai Coaches director MaCloud Zvavovaviri Mapanga, has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for the premeditated murder of her husband at their Belvedere home in Harare in 2018.Makaza was convicted last week by th…

Published: 23 Oct 2025 at 09:00hrs | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe fires coach Michael Nees

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has officially sacked German coach Michael Nees following a marathon meeting of the executive and technical committee, ending the German's troubled tenure with immediate effect.Nees, appointed in Ju…

Published: 23 Oct 2025 at 08:59hrs | by Staff reporter

Term limits for municipal executives a masterstroke?

The 22nd Zanu-PF National People's Conference in Mutare has made a landmark decision to impose term limits for town and local authority executives, a move seen as a decisive effort to tackle entrenched corruption and administrative decay i…

Published: 23 Oct 2025 at 08:58hrs | by Staff reporter

George Charamba's political dilemma

If there is one man who perfectly embodies the tightrope of Zimbabwean politics, it is George Charamba, the long-serving presidential spokesperson who has now found himself once again at the centre of a bitter and growing succession tug-of…

Published: 22 Oct 2025 at 13:04hrs | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga has lost a battle not the war

The recently concluded Zanu-PF annual conference in Mutare has exposed the inner workings of power in Zimbabwe, and the outcome leaves little doubt: President Emmerson Mnangagwa has firmly outmaneuvered Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga.…

Published: 21 Oct 2025 at 11:32hrs | by Staff reporter

Correcting the Narrative: The Civic Foundations of Zimbabwe's 2nd Republic

I wish to set the record straight regarding the narrative surrounding the transition to Zimbabwe's 2nd Republic. There is a tendency to attribute the departure of Robert Mugabe solely to events and actors of November 2017, overlooking the …

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 16:46hrs | by Dr. Abigale Mupambi

Charamba has a history for betraying his principals

Why are some of you acting surprised by allegations that George Charamba should be investigated for letting down the President. The guy has a history for betraying his principals! Mai Mugabe realised it and called him out in public be…

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 15:41hrs | by Temba P. Mliswa

Moles, putschist fence sitters and Mnangagwa's need to go bold

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere   The ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worst   Are full of passionate intensity. (W Yea…

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 09:33hrs | by Temba Mliswa

Zanu-PF emerges stronger, united from conference?

The just-ended Zanu-PF 22nd National People's Conference lived up to its billing, with the ruling party adopting major economic resolutions aimed at improving the lives of ordinary citizens and strengthening national development.President …

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 08:15hrs | by Staff reporter

The politics behind the US visa ban on Zimbabwean officials

When the United States announced new visa restrictions on several Zimbabwean officials in March 2025, the move was presented as a principled stand for democracy, human rights, and electoral integrity. Yet beneath the diplomatic language li…

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 08:14hrs | by Staff reporter

Zanu PF Defying the People's 2013 Constitution

Once again, Zimbabwe finds itself stuck between a rock and hard place where political power seems to overshadow the will of the people. The ruling Zanu PF party appears to be defying the National 2013 Constitution, the very document that Z…

Published: 19 Oct 2025 at 19:26hrs | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Chiwenga: A feeble persona and zero leadership qualities

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga failed to vote for himself during the passage of Resolution Number 1 and Section 6 of ZANU PF's constitution on Friday, 17 October 2025. His inability to stand for what he believed in crushed the last ve…

Published: 19 Oct 2025 at 19:18hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

Nees' Afcon dream is on its knees

The future of Michael Nees as head coach of the Zimbabwe Warriors has dominated football discussions following the team's surprising 1-0 defeat to Lesotho. The loss has intensified debate among fans and analysts over whether Nees should co…

Published: 19 Oct 2025 at 08:09hrs | by Staff reporter

SA can no longer afford to ignore Zimbabwe's accelerated descent

The South African government and its people face a host of pressing domestic challenges – from unemployment to corruption to crime.Yet, as the country demonstrated through its courageous decision to take Israel to the International Court o…

Published: 19 Oct 2025 at 08:09hrs | by Staff reporter

The Unity Accord and Gukurahundi

The Unity Accord signed between Zanu-PF and Zapu on December 22, 1987, is widely celebrated as a historic milestone in Zimbabwe's post-independence history. For the first time since the deployment of the 5th Brigade in Matabeleland in 1983…

Published: 19 Oct 2025 at 08:08hrs | by Staff reporter

An 80-Year-Old Geza's October 17 Uprising Flopped Dismally

A day before the October 17 demonstrations, I wrote an article on Bulawayo24 appealing to youth across tribal divides to sit down-to save lives that could be carelessly lost. I made it clear: an uprising must have a visible leader. Geza, h…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 22:50hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

It is no longer a Zanu-PF factional fight

It is no longer a ZANU-PF factional fight, as many still believe. This is now a national crisis that demands sober reasoning and a shift away from the “internal fights” narrative.ZANU-PF, through its Secretary for Legal Affairs Cde Ziyambi…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 19:26hrs | by Tatenda Changambika

Ibbo Mandaza permitted a panelist to peddle fabricated rhetoric

Two days ago, on Thursday, 16 October 2025, the SAPES Trust, led by Ibbo Mandaza, hosted a SAPES Policy Dialogue titled "Another Imploding Succession Battle in ZANU-PF in the Midst of Unprecedented Corruption Scandals in and Around the Sta…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 18:49hrs | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Locating Chiwenga's conference speech in Zanu-PF's moment of reflection

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's address at the Zanu-PF conference in Mutare was no ordinary speech. It was a carefully crafted rebuke cloaked in the language of revolutionary reflection - a challenge to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 16:37hrs | by Jealousy Mawarire

Mnangagwa's 2 moves that surprised delegates

First was his turning to Vice President's wife for the pronunciation of a Ndebele word, promising the Vice President's wife would ensure his Ndebele came right. He could have turned to Vice President Mohadi and new Secretary General Jacob …

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 11:41hrs | by Jamwanda

SARS is in the business of celebrating hollow victories

SARS is clearly in the business of celebrating hollow victories. This judgment relates to a condonation application I made some time back and does not speak to the issues I raised in my media briefing this past Monday, 13 October 2025. The…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 10:13hrs | by Lucky Montana

Unpacking Mnangagwa's legal coup against Chiwenga

When Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi stood before the ZANU PF Politburo on Tuesday to present a formal rebuttal to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's allegations, he did not merely read a document. He delivered a declaration of po…

Published: 18 Oct 2025 at 07:06hrs | by Gabriel Manyati

Mnangagwa's strategy against Chiwenga borrowed from Ramaphosa

Mnangagwa's strategy against his vanquished deputy, VP Chiwenga, appears to follow a well-rehearsed script, one borrowed from the Cyril Ramaphosa vs Jacob Zuma political playbook. In the end, money talks.Despite Jacob Zuma's immense popula…

Published: 17 Oct 2025 at 16:35hrs | by Bla B

Zanu-PF's political power rifts escalate

In Mutare, the annual Zanu-PF conference is presently in progress. As usual, the only item of national interest is the competition for power and the gratification of individual egos.Other than the standard rhetoric, empowerment slogans, ph…

Published: 17 Oct 2025 at 11:09hrs | by Leonard Koni

Overcoming political and social divisions

It is no secret that the world today stands divided - politically, socially, and even spiritually. From families to nations, divisions have torn communities apart and weakened our collective potential. Yet, every division we see at the pol…

Published: 16 Oct 2025 at 20:46hrs | by Tatenda Hwari

Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins value shoots from $53 to $105 in just 2 years

IN July 2022, Zimbabwe launched an investment instrument that quickly drew the attention of both local and international investors: the Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coin. Named after Victoria Falls "The Smoke That Thunders" the coin represented far …

Published: 16 Oct 2025 at 15:42hrs | by Tedious Ncube

Neville's arrest deepened the rift between Mutsvangwa and Chiwenga

The dramatic arrest of Neville Mutsvangwa in 2024 on allegations of money laundering and illegal currency dealings did more than just shake Harare's political elite - it marked the beginning of a deep and bitter rupture between Zanu-PF spo…

Published: 16 Oct 2025 at 15:12hrs | by Icho Chigananda

Unless Zimbabwe army takes to the streets, there will be no protest

Zimbabweans have been urged to take to the streets on Friday in protest against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies by war veteran Blessed Geza, who is reportedly aligned with Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga.My view is …

Published: 15 Oct 2025 at 22:45hrs | by Hopewell Chin'ono

Time for President Mnangagwa to uphold his constitutional oath

Time and time again, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared that he is a constitutionalist, a man who upholds the rule of law and respects the will of the people as enshrined in the Constitution of Zimbabwe. He has constantly emphasised…

Published: 15 Oct 2025 at 22:04hrs | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Geza's October 17 revolution is a paper tiger: Come back home and lead!

To speak against the October 17th demonstrations is not counter-revolutionary - it's a call for sanity. Politics in Zimbabwe has deteriorated. Today is Wednesday, and the ZANU-PF Congress is on its second day. What emerges from it is never…

Published: 15 Oct 2025 at 19:45hrs | by Nomazulu Thata

Opinion

MPs Demand Relief for Elderly on Local Authority Charges Amid Lack of National Policy

Wrong decision to suspend ZETDC boss, a symptom of shallow thinking

MPs Push for Service Charge Relief for Elderly Amid Lack of National Policy

ZETDC MD fired after SONA power outage

Mliswa likens Tagwirei to Chamisa

Harare adopts a 'Pay first, drink later' strategy

Police foil launch of movement against Mnangagwa term extension

Parliament apologises to Mnangagwa

Mnangagwa the merchant of darkness

ZimRights condemns arson attack on SAPES Trust

Mnangagwa praise singers lie for a living

MPs slam peak-hour roadblocks, demand reform on spot fines

Public hospitals under fire for medication gaps

Minister Mhona: No tollgate money? Leave your car at home

MP Kuka raises alarm over unrepaired bridges Swept Away by Rains

Zifa accused of running illegal election process

Trainee nurse disappears over fake O' Level certificate

Local content law set to slash oil, seed imports

Buyanga dealt a court blow

Zimbabwe records historic wheat harvest

ZiG inflation plunges by 5000 basis points to 32,7%

Petra College faces backlash over teacher retrenchments

Title deeds for beneficiaries of Operation Garikai

Some companies tender for road rehabilitation without capacity to deliver: Minister Mhona

Ziyambi accused of shielding Judge Katiyo

Zimbabwean drivers arrested in KZN