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US warns Zimbabwe trade talks could collapse
The United States has cautioned that Zimbabwe's efforts to secure reduced tariffs on its exports face significant risks due to tight negotiation timelines, even as a temporary reprieve has been grante...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:01hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Deadly malaria outbreak hits Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is currently grappling with a deadly malaria outbreak, with a recent report from an international organisation warning that the country's ability to contain fatalities has been severely hampe...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:09hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Felix Tshisekedi single handedly sold the DRC to Trump
The news that Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi has proposed selling mineral rights to the United States in exchange for military support has left many in disbelief as the...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 09:29hrs | 4168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's New Start Centre suspends ART, PrEP refills
The Population Solutions for Health (PSH) New Start Centre in Harare's Central Business District (CBD) has temporarily suspended its services for patients on Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) and those s...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:44hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
US Embassy pauses regime change funding in Zimbabwe?
The United States Embassy in Zimbabwe has announced a comprehensive review of all funds released to the country through the State Department and USAID, in line with President Donald Trump's "America F...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 20:13hrs | 2596 | by Staff reporter
More trouble for Zimbabwe as Trump makes return
The incoming administration of Donald Trump in the United States has sparked significant interest across Africa, as analysts speculate on how his second presidency will affect the continent's security...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 12:34hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Why Kamala Harris Lost and How Donald Trump Won: A Deep Analysis of the 2024 US Election
Today I am mourning, but this too shall favour me - Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's loss carry lessons for us all. She joined the race just 107 days ago, facing a former president who began...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1744 | by Ifeanyi Abraham
Barak Obama is out of touch about Kamala!
Brother Obama, president (2008-2016) is himself the cause for the decline of support among blacks for the Democratic Party.The entry of former president Barak Obama into the fray on behalf of ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:03hrs | 182 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Why Donald Trump's support has been growing!
My friends in Europe and in Africa ask me the perennial question. What makes for Donald Trump's longevity in American politics? And why are the Democrats trying their best to lock him up in a ja...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 20 | by Kenneth Mufuka
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 | 1 | by Associated Press
Leaders should put Zimbabwe first
ZIMBABWE is reeling under the brunt of political polarisation and electoral hangover.Its ripple effects are hitting the person on the street and scuttling efforts to revive the economy....Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Mukunda waChitova
Trump launches website dedicated to 'putting America first'
Donald Trump has unveiled a new website that will serve as a platform to carry on his political legacy, fueling theories that the former US president is once again eyeing the White House.The o...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 15:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Inauguration exclusion for Mnangagwa! so what?
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not attend this week's inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the invitation list did not include the president of Zimbabwe. It must be clear to an...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Trump's Capitol Hill barbarism to usurp people's vote; not only failed, it backfired
President Donald Trump is a conman and like all conman he promised one thing and delivered something else. In the 2016 elections, the then Donald Trump promised the American votes two things:...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 10:58hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Over the moon Trump lost 2020, his 'America (cum Trump) first' divided free world - folly to tempt providence again
It was not until Friday evening 6th November 2020, three full day after the voting date, that it was finally clear Joe Biden had won the USA presidential election. I was over the moon with joy and, li...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
African leaders now smell like goats!
The Lord really works in mysterious ways.It has come full circle for Evo Morales.The former president of the South American country of Bolivia will be returning home on Wednesday this ...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa Day not yet uhuru
Africa emerged from the dark cruel days of colonialism. The inspiration to find itself and shake the shackles of bondage came from the soup of Africa day. Africa day has brought about different vibes....Published: 25 May 2019 at 14:51hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Africa lost in Africa day
Africa emerged from the dark cruel days of colonialism. The inspiration to find itself and shake the shackles of bondage came from the soup of Africa day. Africa day has brought about different vibes....Published: 23 May 2019 at 21:47hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Political Polarisation our enemy, dialogue is the answer
Zimbabwe is reeling under the brunt of political polarisation and electoral hangover. The ripple effects are hard hitting the ordinary man on the street and scuttling any efforts to revive the economy...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:05hrs | 1 | by Brightface Mutema
Chamisa hoped to tap into the hugely popular Operation Restore Legacy
One false argument which is peddled by the opposition and foreign interests mostly is that nothing has changed in Zimbabwe since November 2017 when the popular Operation Restore Legacy happened. ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by George Charamba
Zimbabwe chaos part of an African plot, claims Charamba
THE recent demonstrations in the country were not a local affair but a way by Western countries to camouflage their goals on Zimbabwe and the African continent in general, Presidential spokesperson Mr...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 22:55hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe should look beyond US'
FORMER State Enterprises and Parastatals Minister Dr Gorden Moyo says the Government should not read much into the sanctions imposed on it by the United States of America but seek various ways of revi...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
We were too hopeful about Zimbabwe . . .
Zimbabwe is back on the international radar following elections that were held on July 30. Feels like we have been here before.Yes, we have been. Anyone who had hoped otherwise is either a hop...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Tackle causes of Tribalism and not dwell on symptoms
Dear Mr. Kernan Zwelikahle, If there are issues that the government of Zimbabwe has not done so far, one of them is to effectively tackle tribalism in our societies. Tribalism has been with us...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 17:23hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
NPF: Possessed by a retrogressive agenda?
Mark Duncan, writing from Moscow, felt compelled to advise The Economist [Letters - A party of the people, April 14, 2018], that its belief that Russian youth post Gorbachev generation offered optimis...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
'Elect a statesman, not a politician'
HISTORICALLY, the electorate the world over is left divided each time countries go for national elections. In Zimbabwe, where the electoral commission announced this week that the country is a thrivin...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
US seeking a 'soft-landing' in Zimbabwe?
Many independent observers were shocked when the United States recently renewed economic sanctions on Zimbabwe at a time when it appeared Harare and Washington were warming up to each other following ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | 5 | by Ranga Mataire
Poor leadership MDC's Achilles heel
ANYONE who has read the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro, last year's Nobel Prize winner for literature, will know that characters in his books cope with the bleakness of their situation through denial and se...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Itayi Garande
Trump is right to put America first
We don't agree with Trump very much. But where we do agree with him is on his aim to put America first. Extreme poverty is the normal condition throughout Africa only because African nations, and inde...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by David Barber & Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDCs rapped for trip of shame
MDC-T has once again exposed its puppet nature and lack of direction in sending its leadership to the United States of America to lobby for electoral reforms in Zimbabwe when other political parties l...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
The world awaits Mugabe's UNGA speech
The American President, Donald Trump delivered his maiden United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech yesterday and most people would remember it more for its threat to deal with North Korea despite...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 15:43hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Russia expels 775 US diplomats over sanctions
President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said the United States would have to cut 755 diplomatic staff in Russia and warned of a prolonged gridlock in its ties after the US Congress backed new sanctions aga...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans import cars worth $3 billion
LOCALS shelled out an estimated US$3 billion on motor vehicle imports – predominantly from Japan – in the eight-year period from 2009, underlying the potential for fruitful economic relations with...Published: 15 May 2017 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
There won't be any reforms until 2018 election- MDC official
An MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said there won't be any further reforms until 2018 elections.He said the Laodicean spirit in our rank and file as the opposition in its various forms...Published: 03 May 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'I am in politics for money (not reforms)' confess MDC-T VP Khupe and blissful ignorant applauded
"The MDC-T VP Thokozani Khupe has come clean and said she is in politics because of money," reported Ray Nkosa in Zimeye. "Addressing MDC supporters in Slough in the UK she declared that every...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe supports Donald Trump's nationalistic views
THE United States government seems unwilling to engage in discussions over President Robert Mugabe's comments on Donald Trump's nationalistic views that the Zimbabwean leader has welcomed....Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe admires Trump's 'America First' policy
US President Donald Trump's "America First" policy has an admirer in Zimbabwe's longtime president, who says the policy resonates with his own thinking.President Robert Mugabe, who turned ...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 21:16hrs | | by Agencies
'Trump snubs Mugabe'
US President Donald Trump's phone call to South Africa President Jacob Zuma highlights neighbouring Zimbabwe's high political risk and that Washington does not consider President Robert Mugabe a s...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 10:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Trump beheading Statue of Liberty', Has German magazine gone too far?
German weekly magazine Der Spiegel sparked controversy at home and abroad on Saturday with a front cover illustration of U.S. President Donald Trump beheading the Statue of Liberty.It depicts ...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 23:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Trump's secret Rhodesian connection
A CASUAL reader of history may find it very remote to connect the historical dots between US President Donald Trump's "America First" mantra with a similar slogan popularised in the then Rhodesia....Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Trump's 'America first' pledge has echoes of Rhodesia's racist white nationalists
Donald Trump's bleak inauguration speech has attracted a...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 10:40hrs | 1 | by Brooks Marmon, PhD Student
New US President announces plans to develop missile defence system
Donald Trump has announced plans to develop a missile defence system to protect the US against attacks from Iran and North Korea.Within minutes of his inauguration as US President, Mr Trump's ...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 20:09hrs | | by SkyNews
U.S.A may pump billions in reconstruction package for Zimbabwe - Report
Cologne/Stockholm/Harare - The U.S government is reportedly mooting to unveil a multi-billion dollar economic reconstruction package of up to US$2 billion for Zimbabwe, to resuscitate her economy whic...Published: 22 Apr 2016 at 07:20hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
Zanu-PF consumed by own tide
Given that last year's Zanu-PF annual conference was held a stone throw from the mighty Zambezi river, the verity of Shakespeare about a tide in the affairs of men, ought have inspired some of the del...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
The little boy who wrote MDC-T Manifesto
As I write this piece, my heart bleeds for the Maisiri family which lost a 12-year-old son in a horrific inferno last Saturday. I have seen images of the little boy's charred remains sticking out to ...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 10:54hrs | 2 | by Nathaniel Manheru The Other Side
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