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Disillusioned American girl says 'Zimbabweans aware Chinese investments don't really benefit them'
A nominee for the United States (US) Ambassador to Zimbabwe post, Pamela Tremont, claims Zimbabweans are acutely aware that Chinese investment in the country does not really benefit them as she spoke ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:19hrs | 2191 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe never accounted billions to build Blue Roof, talents he received and wasted; instead blamed British for everything
Let me say from the on-set that white colonial exploitation of Africa has a lot to answer for why the continent is in the economic and political mess it is today. But this is not say the whites are so...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 14:11hrs | 739 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's CCC holds 'go home to vote' rally in SA
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) South Africa (SA) branch on Monday conducted a "go home to vote" campaign march and rally in the neighbouring country as part of its voter mobilisati...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:49hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Resource curse in Africa
The African continent is bestowed with so much natural wealth such as diamonds, coal, petroleum, natural gas, copper, and uranium to mention a few. Still, it has been the poorest continent in the worl...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 09:09hrs | 261 | by Jeremie Kalombo
University of Zimbabwe pledges its support to striking Wits University students
The University of Zimbabwe has become the latest institute of higher learning to pledge its support to striking Wits University students, who have vowed to continue their protest in spite of the recen...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 19:07hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Are today's 'Pan Africanists' the most colonially-brainwashed?
I am one of those who, at times, receives the fury of those who claim to be 'Pan Africanists' - on accusations of pandering to western interests, and being a victim of a colonial mindset.My cr...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 10:54hrs | 338 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bleak future for Zimbabwe's returning citizens
ZIMBABWEANS expected to return from South Africa in four months' time after the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) face a bleak future as the government has failed to put in place socia...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:52hrs | 23043 | by Staff reporter
White skin, black masks!
Two developments caught my attention this week. One is a Brenthurst Foundation scholarship invitation to young Africans intent on pursuing postgraduate studies.Brenthurst Foundation is owned a...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:08hrs | 749 | by Jamwanda
Mnangagwa flies out again
President Mnangagwa has left the country for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will join other African leaders for the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union summit that will tackle political, econom...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:51hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Botswana threatens to sever ties with diamond giant De Beers
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi has warned that his country may sever ties with diamond giant De Beers if talks to renegotiate a sales deal prove unfavorable to his government.Masisi al...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cronyism web exposed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's habit of allowing his son Emmerson Jr and business partners like Kudakwashe Tagwirei to join his official trips and events – including state visits – smacks of braze...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:18hrs | 2612 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth has appalling human rights record
This written article by Professor Jonathan Moyo, then an academic at the University of Zimbabwe, was published by the Financial Gazette on 10 October 1991, a few days...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | 156 | by Jonathan Moyo
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa complicit in brutalisation of Zimbabweans
Of late, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been making a lot of noise over supposed "sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe".He has used every opportunity to speak to both his local audience ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 1569 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
New sanctions on Zimbabwe spoiled US-Africa Summit
When President Joe Biden announced the hosting of United States-Africa Summit last year, he sounded like he was doing a favour to Africans. That was mistake number one.That is old archaic poli...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 11:16hrs | 1435 | by Staff Reporter
Ramaphosa complicit in brutalization of innocent Zimbabweans by regime!
Of late, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been making a lot of noise over supposed 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe'.He has used every opportunity to speak to both his local audience ...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 17:33hrs | 761 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ramaphosa hell bent on granting vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy - sacrificing povo to gratify Zanu PF
"The ANC supports the calls for the lifting of punitive sanctions against Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Syria, Zimbabwe and elsewhere where such sanctions have been imposed unilaterally and unjustifiably, ca...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 10:32hrs | 1338 | by Nomusa Garikai
Open letter to ANC; ZANU PF: Leave Biden alone!
I write this letter to the ANC and ZANU PF because they are one and the same thing. I wish to express my disappointment with the ANC, a party which should be the torch bearer for all people aspiring f...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 15:56hrs | 925 | by Mischeck Faro Nyamayaro
Biden's US$55 billion fails to entice African countries to ditch Russia
FRESH from the US-Africa Summit in Washington DC, with a US$55 billion financial package over the next three years, African leaders from the region find themselves confronted with a reality check of a...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
African Union Chair tackles US president on Zimbabwe sanctions at Washington summit
The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit this week touched on several themes, including collective security and human rights, which Emperor Haile Selassie I espoused in his speeches before the United Nations wh...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:15hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions similar to genocide
Political analysts have described the illegal sanctions as akin to a soft genocide and have refuted claims by the United States of America that the embargoes were targeted on few individuals.P...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 07:21hrs | 713 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biden angry with Mnangagwa snub, slaps son with sanctions on eve of African leaders summit
The United States on Monday slapped corruption sanctions on one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons as the U.S. prepares to host a major summit of African leaders in Washington which was snubbed by...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:48hrs | 4310 | by Staff reporter
US removes 17 Zimbabweans from sanctions list, but country remains under sanctions
THE United States government has today removed 17 Zimbabweans from the illegal sanctions list while adding four people and two companies, as the clarion call for total and unconditional removal of the...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:31hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steps up re-engagement with US, investors
ZIMBABWE will use the United States-Africa summit which opened here yesterday to court investors, and initiate further dialogue with the US both on the political and economic fronts, the Minister of F...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:29hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs maximum support, says UN
ZIMBABWE is a key economic and political pillar for Southern Africa, hence the need for necessary support towards the country's development aspirations, United Nations' resident coordinator in Zimbabw...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:28hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Untrustworthy Biden aims to narrow trust gap with US-Africa leaders summit
United States President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa - one that has grown wider ...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:40hrs | 753 | by Associated Press
Zimbabwe, US in re-engagement
Zimbabwe and the United States will this week hold their first high-level direct engagement after nearly two decades of diplomatic estrangement, precipitated by Washington's position against Harare's ...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:54hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invited to the US as the West lose hope on Zimbabwe's hopeless opposition
ZIMBABWE has been invited to the upcoming United States-Africa leaders' summit in Washington despite concern over a "dire" authoritarian pivot by the Harare government which has seen a crackdown again...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 3569 | by Staff reporter
Tafadzwa Musarara nominated for Africa-Dubai Summit
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe Chairman Tafadzwa Musarara has been honoured to be a nominee and Panelist at this year's Africa-Dubai Investment Business Summit and international Honours to ...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 15:44hrs | 398 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa says Africa should focus on homegrown solutions
EVEN though Africa has its challenges, most of which are not of its making, seeking solutions from outside the continent could be its undoing and instead the continent should focus on homegrown soluti...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Why did African leaders cease speaking for ordinary citizens but standing with oppressive leaders?
Whenever I watch clips, repeatedly replayed on state television, of a couple of African leaders calling for the 'lifting of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe', my heart sinks, as I am quite sure, it also ...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 11:50hrs | 926 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Commonwealth set to visit Zimbabwe
The Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa is doing a lot to be readmitted into the Commonwealth, and the Club's Secretariat is expected to travel to Zimbabwe sometime this month to assess the sit...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Britain to engage Ramaphosa over Zimbabwe's 2023 polls
BRITAIN will engage South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa to lead efforts to make African leaders put pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ensure that Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections are f...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:52hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Paul Kagame: Cruel Betrayal of Matebeleland
In the first week of September 2022, Emmerson Munangagwa visited the Rwanda Genocide Memorial while he was attending a continental African Green Revolution Forum Conference in that country. Many peopl...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 08:56hrs | 2140 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Ramaphosa-Malema handshake impossible in Zimbabwe as EFF no threat to ANC rule!
As much as this may shock many - the African continent is full of 'democratic leaders' - but, there is always one catch......their tolerance and good-heartedness towards the opposition is on t...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 18:57hrs | 2502 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Matemadanda labels Owen Ncube a 'Grade 7 dropout'
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar, Victor Matemadanda has advised fired State Security Minister Owen 'Mudha' Ncube to sit for Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC)'s Grade Seven examinations...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 08:27hrs | 7534 | by Staff reporter
SADC's foolish tous pour un, un pour tous over sanctions must NOT spill into 2023 Zanu PF rigged elections
Zanu PF is blatantly rigging the 2023 elections and the party knows that there is real danger of SADC and AU condemning the process and deny Zanu PF legitimacy as happened after the 2008 elections. Th...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 22:09hrs | 445 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history
Zimbabwe says it is on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history, thanks in large part to efforts to overcome food supply problems caused by the war in Ukraine. But bush fires and impending ra...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 19:19hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
If Mnangagwa is unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why?Simpl...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 582 | by Tendai Mbofana
Why is debt tough in poor countries than US?
The debate on African development has been trapped between mismanagement by its leadership and those who argue that Africa is rising but its progress is waylaid by conditions it found itself in upon j...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 169 | by Tapiwa Gomo
If Mnangagwa unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why? Simp...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 20:54hrs | 495 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sanctions increase cost of doing business in Zimbabwe
ILLEGAL sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West hamper the free movement of funds across international borders, and therefore can raise the cost of doing business, or at least make investors worry a...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions not root cause of crisis: SA?
SOUTH Africa does not believe that the root cause of Zimbabwe's socio-economic problems is sanctions imposed on Harare by the West as widely thought.Instead, Pretoria says it currently support...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:16hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Green card holer Mawarire denounces Mnangagwa's record
ZIMBABWEAN pastor and international human rights activist Evan Mawarire had a meeting with United States secretary of State Anthony J Blinken on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:15hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scapegoat for governance failure
AHEAD of the 2023 polls, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government - after largely failing to fulfill its 2018 election promises - has found a scapegoat to justify its dismal bad governance record by ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:04hrs | 155 | by Brenna Matendere
Zimbabwe's sanctions a smokescreen
LAST week, the United States updated targeted sanctions against Zimbabwean individuals and entities responsible for committing grave human rights abuses, undermining democracy, or contributing to corr...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 229 | by Michelle Gavin
Anti-sanctions crusade at UNGA excites Mnangagwa
THE just-ended United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) turned into an anti-sanctions crusade with several African leaders singing from the same hymn book condemning the embargo against Zimbabwe, much t...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 19:28hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Colonialism was not an event, but a long-term project of global control
Queen Elizabeth II was finally laid to rest last week after 96 years of life and 70 years of service as the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until she die...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 127 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Are African leaders incredibly daft or deliberately pretending unaware why Zimbabweans are truly suffering?
The past week has been eventful as far as calls for 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe should be removed', by various, mostly southern African leaders.Firstly, it was the South African President C...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1664 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
African leaders call for end to Zimbabwe sanction
African leaders are using the ongoing United Nations General Assembly to push for an end to a two-decade-long Western embargo against Zimbabwe, arguing that the sanctions are hurting ordinary people a...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:15hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
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