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'Mugabe was better than Mnangagwa'
Zimbabwe's ongoing economic and political crises will remain unresolved as long as the country continues to hold disputed elections, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) acting president Welshman Ncube...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1486 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe was a better devil'
Four years have passed since the passing of former President Robert Mugabe, and nearly six years since his ousting in a 2017 military coup that ushered Emmerson Mnangagwa into power. During this time,...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe speaks from the grave'
FORMER deputy prime minister, Prof Arthur Mutambara, will this Monday launch the third and final book in his autobiographical trilogy in the United Kingdom at the Law School of the University of Westm...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe groomed Kasukuwere for Presidency'
Ex-Zanu-PF member William ‘Acie Lumumba' Mutumanje has claimed late former President Robert Mugabe was priming his close ally Saviour Kasukuwere to take over as the country's leader.Lumumba,...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe did not actively push for his family's primitive accumulation of wealth'
THE late president Robert Mugabe stopped his son-in-law Simba Chikore and daughter Bona from joining the scramble to take over the country's third-largest mobile network operator, Telecel Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The goal should never be simply removing ZANU PF but electing a better government!
Recently, I came across Twitter posts made by the 'new kid on the block', Robert Chapman - who leads a political party named the Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ).However, what grabbed my att...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 18:22hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mugabe, Nkomo Unity Day has lost relevance in Zimbabwe'
Unity Day celebrations have been described as a farce by analysts, who feel the holiday is no longer relevant.Zimbabwe declared December 22 a national holiday to commemorate the Unity Accord w...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Reluctance in registering to vote shows distrust in current political players
I said it before - and, I will say it again and again. I can totally understand the immense frustration amongst some sections of our Zimbabwean society - as they wonder why there appears to be...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 08:58hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mugabe clemency order cannot cover genocide'
THE National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has said the statement by Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi that perpetrators of Gukurahundi could not be prosecuted because they were covered by...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe was better than Mnangagwa' Zanu-PF activist off the hook
A Zanu-PF member from Manicaland, who ranted on social media that late former president Robert Mugabe was a better leader as compared to his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa, has been removed from remand....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' own political myopia and desperation underpin their continued suffering
This morning I was planning to write an article imploring our veterans of the liberation struggle to revert to their 1960s and 1970s unrelenting resolve - anchored by unquestionable patriotism and uns...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 16:04hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mugabe's bitter, vengeful spirit decimating foes'
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's family claims his spirit is causing the death of his tribesmen who are at the forefront of the exhumation of his remains.Mugabe's body was buried at h...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe forced Nkomo to sacrifice his party'
THE opposition Zapu party has claimed that the late former President Robert Mugabe forced the late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo to sacrifice his party Zapu resulting in it being swallowed by Zan...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe tactics replicated by Trump'
JOURNALISTS in the United States yesterday accused their President Donald Trump of emulating Zimbabwe's late former leader Robert Mugabe in refusing to concede electoral defeat.The US went to ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe poisoned Tsvangirai at Cabinet meetings,' hints Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has suggested his predecessor Morgan Tsvangirai was poisoned to his death by then President Robert Mugabe at cabinet meetings the two late top politicians sat in dur...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe doctor's death a great loss'
The late senior medical consultant, Dr Kumbirai Mumbwandarikwa who died on the 11th of this month at his Borrowdale home after battling cancer has been described as one of the best medical practitione...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's labour minister blew US$400k NSSA funds on campaign'
Former public service, labour and social welfare minister Petronella Kagonye forced the National Social Security (NSSA) board to shell out US$400,000 to her political campaign, the former chairman of ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 17:21hrs | | by ZimLive
'Mugabe coup announcer was more humiliated than harmed'
United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean Joyce Mutengezanwa, who was part of protesters that tormented Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo and his delegation, claims the minister was more humiliated than ha...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Grand plan, gukurahundi, the Unity Accord 1987 - A program of invasion
This is a follow up of my Press Release released on 3rd July 2019. The focus today is Gukurahundi; its origins, meaning, and its role in the unprecedented influx of the Shona community in every part o...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:14hrs | 14 | by King Mzilikazi II
'Mugabe coup announcer' sets record straight on Zimdollar
Government insists that the ban on the use of multiple currencies will remain in place as it seeks to lower the cost of doing business and get the economy functioning again after decades of uncompetit...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe to blame for Zimbabwe crisis'
Zanu-PF's new commissar Victor Matemadanda has dismissed claims that his recent appointment was meant to address growing concerns about the re-emergence of factionalism in the party.President ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe likes Leonard Zhakata's music'
Zora music star Leonard Zhakata, 51 says former President Robert Mugabe is a genius and everyone knows that. At the peak of his musical career Zhakata used to grace the annual 21st February Movement m...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 17:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe wanted to hand over power to Chamisa'
Former President Robert Mugabe wanted to hand over power to Politburo member Sydney Sekeramayi who in turn was supposed to hand over to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa., former Cabinet Minister Professor Jo...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 09:57hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mugabe wanted Mandela to die in prison'
Former President Robert Mugabe did not want South African struggle icon Nelson Mandela to be released from prison because he was going to steal his limelight.In a video that has gone viral on ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:07hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mugabe be tried for Gukurahundi massacres'
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said former President Robert Mugabe must be tried for the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.In a video uploaded on SMTV on Saturday, Matemadanda also s...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe, Mnangagwa fight started in 1984' USA files reveal
The fallout between former President Robert Mugabe and President Emmerson Mnangagwa started during the height of Gukurahundi atrocities, an American declassified cable has revealed.The cable s...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:43hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mugabe going senile off Gukurahundi murders'
FORMER President Robert Mugabe is losing his mind because of the genocide he presided over in the early years of Zimbabwe's independence, war veterans leader Victor Matemadanda has said.In a s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
'Mugabe should compensate Gukurahundi victims before he dies,' says Matemadanda
Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe should compensate Gukurahundi genocide victims before he dies, Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans' Affairs Victor Matemadanda has said. Speakin...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe has crossed the line' says ZANU PF Youth league
ZANU PF Youth League has described former President Robert Mugabe as an unrepentant and bitter old man who does not deserve any respect. "Mugabe doesn't deserve any respect, he must be put in ...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu Pf divisions have contributed immensely to the collapse of our economy
Zanu-PF will never accept blame, this is one area they have mastered.It will always be the sanctions are hurting the economy , the truth being said those sanctions are targeted sanctions on Zanu-PF in...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 21:11hrs | 1 | by AT Kadada
Air Zimbabwe to take over 'Mugabe airline' planes
THE Government on Tuesday effectively killed a shadowy airline established by former Transport Minister Jorum Gumbo with reported links to former First Lady Grace Mugabe.New Transport Minister...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:14hrs | | by newzimbabwe
'Jah Prayzah must cut army ties'
At one time the wearing of military clothes caught up with Zimbabweans but it quickly fizzled out after government outlawed it.But there was one person who continued to don the army uniform wi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | 3 | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Mugabe hollowed out Zanu PF leaving punkah-wallahs' said Godwin - true, with idiots' help they will rule for many more moons
"Mnangagwa's rule may not last very long," wrote Peter Godwin in the Spectator and Bulawayo24. Well if it was left to you, my brother, and me, I would agree with you 100%. Sadly, there many others out...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 09:11hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
We have been patient for 38 years - sorry ED, Zimbabweans don't have anymore patience to give!
I am always seized with amazement everytime anyone in the ruling ZANU PF party, especially its leader Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, pleads with Zimbabweans to be patient, as the government fixes the ec...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 12:45hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mugabe seized my book on Tongogara's death'
FORMER President Robert Mugabe confiscated a book written by now Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri, detailing the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Zimbabwe National Liberation Army (Zan...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 08:36hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe is not critically ill'
Former Presidnet Robert Mugabe is not seriously sick as alleged by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealous Mawarire has revealed. Mawarire's statement comes at ...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 09:41hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mugabe can no longer walk' says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's ex-leader Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for medical care and now unable to walk because of ill health and old age, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday.Mnangagwa told his Z...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 14:22hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mugabe ignored coup warnings,' says Jonathan Moyo
FORMER President Robert Mugabe was forewarned about the coup that would topple him from power, but distrusted those who warned him and believed his then deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa and former Defence Fo...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ED sold himself as 'steady and firm hand' - unmasked, 'Mugabe mark 2'
"There have been other worrying signs. At the weekend, in a column for the Sunday Mail, Mnangagwa declared that illegal foreign currency trade had become a "security issue". Mangudya was also quoted i...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mugabe's former white minister pens biography 'Mugabe's White Hand Man'
FORMER Agriculture minister, Dennis Norman, flew into the country from his retirement base in England to launch his autobiography - The Odd Man In: Mugabe's White Hand Man - which traces his life in t...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe death' pastor to resume church services
CONTROVERSIAL cleric Pastor Patrick Mugadza is set to resume his church services, a year since abandoning the pulpit while claiming then President Robert Mugabe was using state agents to terrorise his...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 11:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe University not a priority'
THE Government yesterday said construction of the $1 billion Robert Gabriel Mugabe University was not on its priority list as it does not want to create new problems before solving existing ones. ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'enemy of the people' returns home
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist Wilf Mbanga reflects on his return home after 15 years in exile - and 10 months after long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from office....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by BBC News
'Mugabe's message to Mnangagwa not enough'
War veterans said former president Robert Mugabe's congratulatory message to President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not enough for them to forgive him.This comes after Mugabe on Sunday moved to end m...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe is a kiss of death'
The maxim that there are no permanent friends in politics has never been truer than in Zimbabwe, where historic elections took place last week.The polls were the first without Robert Mugabe - ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 11:34hrs | | by Brian Hungwe
Jonathan Moyo dumps Mugabe?
G40 cabalist Professor Jonathan Moyo yesterday finally admitted that former president, Mr Robert Mugabe, was removed from office by the masses, departing from his stance that it was the military that ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fight breaks over 'Mugabe prophet'
An ugly fight has broken out among family and church members of the late mystic preacher, Aaron Mhukuta - who was also commonly known as Mudzidzi Wimbo - and who was famous for having allegedly prophe...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe stalled border upgrade'
TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development minister Joram Gumbo has disclosed that former President Robert Mugabe stalled the multi-million-dollar Beitbridge Border Post upgrade after the project was l...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe was told of missing diamonds'
PEOPLE'S Rainbow Coalition leader Dr Joice Mujuru has said ex-President Robert Mugabe's revelation that the country was prejudiced of $15 billion through underhand diamond sales should not been dismis...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's planes' torment Joram Gumbo
The long-drawn Zimbabwe Airways saga refuses to go away, with under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo now standing accused of shielding ousted former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chik...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
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