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IsiNdebele language under threat
The iSiNdebele language is under threat of being eliminated, suppressed, and corrupted, despite ongoing efforts by speakers and writers to preserve and promote it, experts revealed during the inaugura...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:02hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Nyarota's latest book takes aim at opposition
Journalist Geoffrey Nyarota has released his latest book, 'The Journalist as an Outcast: Perils of Investigative Reporting in Zimbabwe.'Alpha Media Holdings chairman, Trevor Ncube was the gues...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is under siege
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my heart subscribes to the notion that Zimbabwe is completely under siege. As I see it, the country is overwhelmed with all manner of naked aggr...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
'Give us a chance to fix economic mess' cried Chamisa. Failed to fix political mess - THE critical first task
Nelson Chamisa is like Unoka, in Chinua Achebe's book Things Fall Apart. Unoka wanted a good harvest but would not put in the hard work to earn it. Chamisa wants to be president of Zimbabwe but will n...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:26hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
The mountain is high
Back in 1926, America witnessed the clash of two African-African American giants — then they were called Negroes — over the notion of Negro Art.Was Negro Art a separate creative tradition ...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Slain sheriff's spirit 'haunts' killers
IN a bizarre case of the dead fighting from the grave, four of the six suspects linked to the murder of Harare High Court sheriff during an armed robbery are no longer able to stand trial after two of...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
We've to battle without reforms! Said Ncube - because wouldn't 'implement reforms like a man!'
"We've to battle without reforms!" screamed the Daily News headline with a picture of Professor Welshman Ncube. "We have to be ready, prepared to win elections under the most adverse of conditions...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
World War III might already be underway
IN life, it is absolutely critical to learn to pick your battles.While celebrated English playwright William Shakespeare once noted that "cowards die many times before their deaths", Nigerian ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:15hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Zanu-PF cults, national myths, hegemony
THE British are renowned for their liking of leaders, particularly those who took them through tough periods like the Second World War and the Cold War-era. Most notable are army commander Winston Chu...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
From Gwabalanda to Silicon Valley
RAISED by a single mother who worked as a maid, a young man from Gwabalanda suburb in Bulawayo found himself landing at one of the world's top tech companies, Twitter.Eric Khumalo (26) did his...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Unoka' Biti 'appeals' to tyrant Mnangagwa to uphold rule of law - 'Go implement reforms like a man!'
"This is to advise friends and family that I am ok and in a good space. Thank you for your love and care. To Mr Mnangagwa, I appeal to you to stop your shenanigans, uphold the rule of law and protect ...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 07:58hrs | 4 | by Wilbert Mukori
Jacob Zuma's jail case was a golden opportunity: a catalyst to real issues
Criminals have taken a golden opportunity to hide behind another criminal who disdained the nation's constitution he once presided. Chinua Achebe writes about corruption in Nigeria's early independenc...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 18:40hrs | 17 | by Nomazulu Thata
'SB Moyo meticulous planning saved nation from chaos' - yet 3 years on, chaos still rules the roost
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce Foreign Minister Dr S B Moyo has died," announce Emmerson Mnangagwa."Zimbabwe has lost a devoted public servant and a true hero, and I have lost a fri...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:25hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu PF demand MDC apology for asking for sanctions - privilege, is one adversary of imagination
"We have an opposition that asked for sanctions, an opposition which has been cohabiting with countries that seek to undermine our development trajectory," said Patrick Chinamasa, Zanu PF acting spoke...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 09:30hrs | 6 | by Nomusa Garikai
Whoever poisoned the late Bulawayo Town Clerk Middleton Nyoni, poisoned the whole of Bulawayo
I cannot prove that the former Town Cleck Middleton Nyoni was poisoned. I rely mostly on news in the social media. His death was suspicious though: I could not comprehend how he would have succumbed t...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 22:55hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa and the cult of mediocrity in Zimbabwe politics
ZIMBABWE has finally arrived at its Idi Amin moment in history.This is a moment where the vulgar, obscene and grotesque performances of leaders get tragically normalised. It is a true "gods mu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
A disaster in the midst of polarisation and Lessons learnt from Cyclone Idai
The days 15 and 16 March 2019 will ever be etched in the memory of many of us Zimbabweans Sadly, so as we will relive the horror caused by an unusual stranger called Cyclone Idai. Cyclones are...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Johanne and Kowanai Mhlanga
Farewell Dr. Charles Muzuva Mungoshi
As I did farewell our champion, hero, mind liberator and academic warrior, I must admit that we have been left with a seat too high to occupy and a bar not that easy to reach. We shall write but the s...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 11:00hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Kapurura
Reviving the 'New Zimbabwe' dream in 2019
As Zimbabweans enter 2019 from a forgettable festive season, probably the worst in the past decade, uncertainty abounds about Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.Zimbabweans are deeply concerned a...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:07hrs | | by Vivid Gwede
'In politics, treachery is inevitable'
The book 'Junctions' in one way is a celebration of the coup that toppled long-ruling Robert Mugabe, ushering in President Emmerson Mnangagwa - for a long time the former president's right hand man. ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:08hrs | | by Staf reporter
Gukurahundi, which way now?
The days we were growing up, back then in Masvaure area kwaMarange, watching domestic animals fight was a popular hobby. Dominant bulls would fight for territory. Dog fighting was however most enterta...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:34hrs | | by Bornface waNgaikere Masikati
Armed robbers kill sheriff of the High Cpurt
SHERIFF of the High Court, Kelvin Karasa and a United Theological College employee Isheanesu Brian Kadenge were murdered in separate incidences recently by suspected armed robbers after offering them ...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of Robert Mugabe
Book Review Life and Times of Robert Mugabe (1980-2017): Dream Betrayed Kenneth Mufuka and Cyril Zenda, 2018, Afro-media Publishers, South Carolina, ISBN 9-781513-625959 Reviewed by Brian Maregedze Th...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
The tale of a jewel and a giant: Facts about revival of Zimbabwe's economy
The Country, Nation and Our WorldMany have talked, written and caricatured Zimbabwe as a country of educated but inept leaders. A country once a jewel of Africa brought down by corruption, greed a...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | | by Vincent Gwarazimba
Vigilante groups must be disbanded
Elections are the hallmark of representative democracy, allowing the people's regular input in choices about leaders and policy. Yet, they are also competitive processes, unleashing conflict and tensi...Published: 29 May 2018 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inside Biti's self-hate and snobbery
This week, Tendai Biti, one of the principals of the opposition MDC-Alliance, touched off a storm when he described the people of Marange in eastern Zimbabwe as uncivilised and backward.The la...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mnangagwa to trim Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) has warned he might soon be forced to trim his Cabinet, revamp various government departments and appoint powerful executives to run parastatals to improve serv...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa strategy for Zimbabwe's recovery
The multiple initiatives that President Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's administration has launched may be confusing to a citizenry already buffeted by years of debility and decline.It is thus im...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by George Charamba
Who exactly was former President Mugabe?
The late VP Nkomo warned us in his 1984 book that there is a Robert Mugabe we don't know, but we were too consumed by the dummy we had been sold by the dominant liberation war discourses. These warnin...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean shortlisted for the first Henrike Grohs Art Award
Em'kal Eyongakpa (Cameroon), Georgina Maxim (Zimbabwe) and Makouvia Kokou Ferdinand (Togo) have been shortlisted for the first Henrike Grohs Art Award, conceived by the Goethe-Institut and the Grohs f...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fierce game of thrones hits Zimbabwe opposition
AS the casket of MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is lowered into his grave at his Buhera rural home today, he leaves his party in turmoil as it never ceased squabbling, even after his demise, to giv...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T plunges into a turmoil
As power struggle haunts MDC-T house, with a lot of speculation surrounding on who should take over from its ailing leader Dr Morgan Tsvangirayi the party is faced with serious leadership crisis as th...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 12:43hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Rule of love in Mthwakazi and beyond - Mthwakazi Forum with Mzelikahle
The world today understands good governance as the rule of law. That is to say, the law must equally be applied to James as it is applied to John, without selection, discrimination, fear or favour. If...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
'Kill the vices of procrastination'
We publish the opening remarks by Speaker of The National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda last week at the Pre-Budget Seminar in Victoria Falls. The seminar ends today.Let me start by extendin...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:36hrs | | by Advocate Jacob Mudenda
Patrick Lumumba: How to become a Colonial Constable
Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba does not only speak on African solutions for African problems, he raises hell and does not let any sleeping dogs lie. The Kenyan Pan-Africanist lawyer and judge does not ta...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 09:54hrs | 2 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
'BVR will stop Zanu PF rigging elections,' promise Tsvangirai - dog's fart putting out the fire.
The sheer political naivety of Morgan Tsvangirai never seize to amuse and amaze me. "If this time they rig the elections, I will go the [American president Donald] Trump way and I will not acc...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 19:31hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe was at his best in the 1980s and somehow lost his way
A COUPLE of weeks ago, war veterans' leader, Christopher Mutsvangwa said President Robert Mugabe was at his astute best in the 1980s and made the best decisions any country could ask for.Close...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 11:01hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Biti, dictators are made by opportunists calling them 'chancellor of dictators' but in power 'fountain of wisdom'
"We have a serious problem in Africa of being ruled by dictators. There is a dictator called Mabutu Sese Seko who ruled DRC for many years," said Tendai Biti."Right now, there is another dicta...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:00hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'I will not concede defeat,' said Tsvangirai - but why contest flawed elections in the first place!
There is a time and place for everything; there is a time to plough, time to sow and a time to tender crops. The richness of your harvest will be a measure of your diligence in keeping the rhythm of t...Published: 02 May 2017 at 17:59hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
NERA vows to stop Zanu PF rigging vote 'not now, not ever!' - boastful dog putting out fire with it's puny fart
Zimbabwe is in a serious economic and political mess brought on by nearly four decades of gross mismanagement and rampant corruption by this corrupt and tyrannical Mugabe led dictatorship. And, it mus...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 21:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Pseudo-Reformists: When Beasts of England Roar
A cryptic but interesting response to my piece last week came from one "yowe" who advised me to read George Orwell's classic, Animal Farm. I can only surmise that "yowe" is unaware that literature, En...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Hell hath no fury like 'political elders' scorned
…. as Mutasa, Gumbo forages like headless chickenBattle lines were drawn when Zimbabwe People First (Zim PF)'s interim president Joice Mujuru expelled...Published: 27 Feb 2017 at 14:36hrs | | by Patience Rashai
Manheru attacks Nomazulu Thata
One Nomazulu Thata - that angry Zimbabwean beauty whose headgear leaves me breathless - is not too pleased with my snide comments on the sitting arrangement of Joice Mujuru, the leader of Zimbabwe Peo...Published: 22 Oct 2016 at 10:35hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe's leadership crisis and the national plight
Good leadership is a rare commodity according to the popular writer Chinua Achebe. This assertion can not be overemphasized when we consider the leadership crisis bedevilling Zimbabwe. Robert ...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 13:47hrs | | by Paddy Chakabva
Leadership crisis and the national plight
Good leadership is a rare commodity according to the popular writer Chinua Achebe. This assertion can not be overemphasized when we consider the leadership crisis bedevilling Zimbabwe. Robert ...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 08:40hrs | | by Paddington Chakabva
Mujuru - Tsvangirai: When a widow decides to go out on a binge with a long-time lover
Ice cubes in the freezer can never change the weather in the kitchen, I keep telling people. In politics, anything goes, more so for people who delight in pelting opponents. It is downright foolish to...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe: Country without a Nation?
Phew what a humorous week I have had! I hope, dear reader, you have found the week just as mirthful. If not, here we go . . . First, the spectacle of tajamuka hoodlums convening under a false brav...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:14hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Could it be that something is so grossly wicked about politics in Zimbabwe or is it about the people and their mentality?
INTRODUCTION More than three and half decades ago Zimbabwe economy was almost in the first world category and the very same United States dollar Zimbabw...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Zimbabwean 'Diamond' shines in the UK
It is an eye-opening experience to be among some of the most creative minds in fashion, music and food in the world. You can dream of a land with celebrities and try to imitate what they do but art is...Published: 01 Aug 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
Many support Mugabe because 'the people not war veterans' elected him - wink, wink
The rogue war veterans' demand for President Mugabe to resign has definitely thrown the cat amongst the caged hawks. There is both surprised and anger on the part of the hawkers at this reckless intru...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 19:20hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
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