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Africa Day
As we celebrate the African renaissance, we must also be in a position to reflect on what the continent must do in order to improve the lives of African people.AFRICA must come up with one Afr...Published: 24 May 2025 at 22:55hrs | 156 | by Leonard Koni
Garwe must change colonial mentality
SOMETIME last year in August, the Zimbabwean government issued a strong condemnation and warning against Mike Moyo and Timothy Chiminya for claiming titles as ceremonial King Mambo and King Munhumutap...Published: 02 May 2025 at 09:00hrs | 990 | by Phakathwayo Gumede
Paris hosts Pan-African conference opposing neo-colonial policy
On November 23, 2024, Paris hosted a pan-African conference called "Brisons les chaînes! "focused on the fight against neocolonialism. Participants discussed the historical and contemporary forms of ...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 10:29hrs | 179 | by Staff Reporter
Dr. Arikana Chihombori: the unsung heroine of Africa
She will never get recognition in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean women have no vocabulary to appraise Dr. Chohombori breaking the glass-ceiling. The inner jealousy and the inherent envy among us women are so ev...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 410 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Africa still feeling effects of brutal colonial past'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has emphasized that Africa continues to feel the effects of its brutal colonial history, a legacy that still hinders its progress today. In a speech read on his behalf by ...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Julius Sello Malema: a politician full of contradictions
Comments about Malema in the in South African social media confirmed my fears about him. Malema does not take critiques kindly; for this reason, he has fallen out with his right-hand-man, Shivambu: th...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 19:26hrs | 1124 | by Nomazulu Thata
There's life beyond State House, Mr. President!
Is it not most embarrassing that Zimbabwe has never experienced a democratic smooth transfer of power since independence 43 years ago?In fact, it gets even more shameful that the only time pow...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Professor Shadrack Gutto dies
The family of Professor Shadrack Gutto on Sunday announced his passing."It is with heavy hearts that we announce that our dear father Professor Shadreck Billy Otwori Gutto passed away on the 1...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 12:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
A curse that will forever haunt Zimbabwe opposition
THOSE of us who grew up in the village know that nothing can be as foul-smelling as a skunk.It literally stinks to high heaven.By some freak of nature, these cat-sized black-and-white ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 15 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe govt splurges on COP27
ZIMBABWE sent a delegation of 264 people at a minimum cost of nearly US$1,6 million to the just-ended Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) hel...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa political playbook worked elsewhere, can he win in Zimbabwe?
PRECIOUS Dinha elbows her way into a packed soccer stadium. Despite thunder clouds looming above, thousands of yellow-clad Zimbabweans are singing, dancing and thrusting their index fingers skyward....Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 13 | by Evidence Chenjerai
Mnangagwa condemns superiority complexes
AS the continent celebrates Africa Day today, President Mnangagwa has condemned injustices, superiority complexes, and xenophobic elements dogging the world.In a pre-recorded speech to mark Af...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa to investigate foreigners with permits in February
The South Africa Department of Home Affairs will begin a Citizen Authentication System which is set to verify permits and Visas issued to foreigners since 2004. The operation is aimed at...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mbeki: The Zimbabwe regime change agenda
SEPTEMBER 2008 became a watershed date in Zimbabwe's post-independence political history. Zanu-PF signed a political agreement, Global Political Agreement (GPA) with the opposition MDCs to protect its...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:20hrs | 3 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe govt unsettled by non-renewal of SA permits
AS details of South Africa's recent bilateral talks with Zimbabwe emerge, the authorities in Harare are now in panic mode after Pretoria announced plans to suspend the temporary work permits of Zimbab...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
SA minister to deliver maize meal to Mnangagwa
South Africa's International Relations and Co-operation Minister Naledi Pandor will be in Zimbabwe on Africa Day to officially hand over the first consignment of food aid to assist the neighbouring co...Published: 24 May 2021 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 5 | by Samantha Power
Mnangagwa tells off western countries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday savaged western countries for allegedly derailing the development of the country and that of Africa at large.Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC appalled by Afrophobic attacks in South Africa
The MDC is gravely concerned by the attacks on fellow Africans including Zimbabweans who have adopted the Republic of South Africa as their second home. The MDC appeals to authorities in South Africa ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Gladys Kudzaishe Hlatywayo.
All set for 2019 book fair
VETERAN author Stanley Nyamfukudza and renowned South African social scientist Simphiwe Sesanti will be the keynote speakers at this year's edition of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair set to run f...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why should we remember Joshua Nkomo
IN this two-part series, the Zimbabwe Independent reproduces the 2019 Annual Joshua Nkomo Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni, organised by Joshua Nkomo Legacy Foundation ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Africa's greatest resource is its young people
Africa's greatest resource is its young people, with their energy, creativity, and resilience. The 21st century could produce an African renaissance if governments and their development partners prior...Published: 29 May 2019 at 13:22hrs | | by Enos Denhere
Board members are to blame for company failure
The Zimbabwean government is battling to contain the never ending problem of company shutdowns which is now prevalent in Zimbabwe. Some of the companies have either folded or are in intensive care the...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 11:40hrs | 3 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Wisdom about investments in Africa
Africa is the market frontier for many investors. Competition in Africa is still bearable to many investors unlike China and India as the market has matured. Unlike Europe or South America, investing ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 12:58hrs | 4 | by Enos Denhere
'United Sates of Africa' & 'third parties'
More than seven years ago the late Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi vied for the amalganation of all African countries into a domain he coined the "United States of Africa" an ideology which was first...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Daniel Itai
Gunning down people, legitimacy and hope, The position of peasants under the 'new dispensation'
Dear Mango News, I wish to complement the publication of this factual news on the political realities that faced ordinary Zimbabweans after independence and thirty nine years after by Mango. I...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 07:40hrs | | by Andrew Mamyevere
MultiChoice announces a major Pan-African initiative
MultiChoice Africa has launched a new and far-reaching Pan-African social investment initiative called the MultiChoice Talent Factory, created to significantly enhance the pool of talent and skills in...Published: 31 May 2018 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe and his disGraceful weakness
President Robert Mugabe's downfall was caused by the ambitions of his combative wife Grace, whose emergence as his likely successor proved a step too far for Zimbabwe's military, analysts say....Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by AFP
Speech by Joice Mujuru on the NPP inaugural convention in Harare
Master of Ceremoniesthe Vice President Ambassador Dr J. S.Mvundura.the Vice President Dr Samuel Sipepa Nkomo.the National Chairman Dzikamai C.Mavhaire.the Secretary General Gift Nyando...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Thabo Mbeki not an honest broker
Former South African leader, Thabo Mbeki was in the news recently, saying only Zimbabweans should speak about when President Robert Mugabe should go and he would oppose any South African who wanted a ...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 08:09hrs | 2 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Thabo Mbeki a true Pan Africanist, great statesman
FORMER South African President Thabo Mbeki is a Pan Africanist of note, a respected statesman and academic whose ideas and thought leadership ranks among the best on the African continent.He c...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Zimpapers editor
Princess Zila to honour King Lobengula
The story of King Lobengula's 'unfortunate' dispensation of his Monarchy is an issue that is still discussed by Historians and by whole of Society who have vested interest into the Matebeleland Cultur...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 08:03hrs | 4 | by Sizwe Mda
The story of King Lobengula: The descendants of the Ndebele Monarch
The story of King Lobengula's 'unfortunate' dispensation of his Monarchy is an issue that is still discussed by Historians and by whole of Society who have vested interest into the Matebeleland Cultur...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 17:46hrs | 16 | by Sizwe Mda
Thabo Mbeki appointed as Unisa's new chancellor
Unisa has named former president Thabo Mbeki as its new chancellor, in a bid to reposition itself as an African university, it said on Thursday."As we welcome [former] president Mbeki as o...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 08:41hrs | | by News24.com
Cyril Ramaphosa: A Presidency long overdue
I have noted with some trepidation at the general deterioration of what was once the first and foundational political party in Africa, the African National Congress (ANC).The ANC was found...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 20:40hrs | 1 | by Ken Tecumseh Sibanda
Africa day is time to tabulate the success stories of Africa,
On the 25th of May African countries celebrated Africa day reminiscing the glorious past of Africa, saluting the founding fathers of the African Union formerly the Organisation of African Unity. A...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 16:26hrs | 2 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Is Africa rising?
Africa Day, 25 May, has come and gone and we remain with the burdens of being Africans, the burden of the indignities and humiliation of colonialism, the burden of slavery which no other continent suf...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by MDC President Professor Welshman Ncube
Africa has been stabbed in the back by its rogue leaders
Africa is arguably the most blessed place on this entire globe, and naturally this should have translated into the people of this continent being the most prosperous - however, a rogue leadership has ...Published: 25 May 2016 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe's happy Christmas - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 26th December 2015
As we spent another Christmas in exile we were surprised to hear from the United Nations that 'Zimbabwe had done tremendously well' on the human rights front. We would never have known this if the Her...Published: 31 Dec 2015 at 15:38hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil
Mugabe, Malema: The lions of Africa
DOES Africa have artificial human lions? If so, would you agree that President Mugabe and Hon. Malema are the true lions or warriors of Africa? If not, what would your reaction be when you hear them b...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 11:21hrs | 2 | by Mutumwa Mawere
Dare's Africa Day Message
My fellow Zimbabweans, today we join the rest of the African family both on the African continent and in the diaspora in a celebration of the ideal of African unity which our visionary Pan- African le...Published: 25 May 2015 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Benny Mukusha
Durban under lock down
DURBAN'S city centre is under lockdown as Metro Police battle to contain a mob trying to attack foreign-owned shops. The group of about 200 people in West Street has regrouped further up the road af...Published: 14 Apr 2015 at 16:23hrs | 2 | by Levie Tsongo
King Goodwill Zwelithini is out of order
It is with such a heavy heart that I read the King's sentiments. Not only are his sentiments misplaced, but they are treasonous. These sentiments on mass media forums are a coup de tat to the spirit o...Published: 28 Mar 2015 at 16:40hrs | 4 | by Ntate Moruti Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Mugabe, Carter and the African renaissance
Paying tribute to the Pan African giant Dr W.E.B. DuBois, Dr King eloquently stated: "He could have amassed riches and honour, lived in material splendour and applause from the most powerful and impor...Published: 27 Feb 2015 at 06:11hrs | 3 | by Obi Egbuna Jr Simunye
DARE congratulatory message to Robert Gabriel Mugabe
The Democratic Assembly for Restoration and Empowerment (DARE) extends Zimbabwe's gratitude to our African brothers and sisters for bestowing Zimbabwe with the huge honour and task to chair and lead t...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 22:40hrs | | by Benny Mukusha
DARE: Congratulatory message to Mugabe
The Democratic Assembly for Restoration and Empowerment (DARE) extends Zimbabwe's gratitude to our African brothers and sisters for bestowing Zimbabwe with the huge honour and task to chair and lead t...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 20:10hrs | | by Benny Mukusha, Interim Head of International Affairs (DARE)
Forward to the Stone Age - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 31st January 2015
Mugabe is an appropriate choice as chairman of the African Union (AU). People at the Vigil thought that the ancient dictator, boots licked by cringing cronies, lording it over a cowed and impoverished...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 13:49hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil
Open letter to Thabo Mbeki on Zimbabwe
My name is Vincent Musewe, I am an African.At one stage I thoroughly esteemed you as a propitious leader of Africa. Your eloquence and apparent grasp of matters affecting Africa as a whole ma...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 06:40hrs | | by Vincent Musewe
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