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Zimbabwe Communist Party elections observer report for 2023 elections
OBSERVATIONS ON THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONGeneralFirstly, as Communists, we do not confuse democracy with voting.The word ‘democracy' is derived from Greek and means ‘rule by the pe...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | 3 | by Central Committee of the Zimbabwe Communist Party
'Zanu-PF was also called a puppet of the West'
Local journalist Zenzele Ndebele says Zanu-PF should stop describing those who disagree with it as puppets of the West as that is ahistorical with regards to itself and even irony writ large....Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide domination
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide dominationAn African PerspectivePart 1South Africa will host the 15th BRICS Summit from 22nd-24th August 2023, with the theme;...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 18:50hrs | 6 | by Ian Beddowes
How Zanu-PF came into existence
The born-free generation, born after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, has grown up knowing a political system run by the Zanu PF party.Unbeknown to many people, the ruling party, is a...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Irvine Sibhona
SA billionaire sues Botswana paper for R6.7m
The newspaper that published an article accusing Bridgette Radebe of interfering in Botswana politics and claimed that her brother Patrice Motsepe smuggled R22 million to influence succession politics...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 19:53hrs | 11 | by Citizen
In memory of Zimbabwe's Independence
On 18th April 1980, Zimbabweans celebrated their Independence both from Britain and from the Ian settler state. The celebration was rather muted because it was the little headmaster, Robert Mugabe, wh...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 11:46hrs | | by Ngqabutho Mabhena
'Exposed' Patrice Motsepe's sister rubbishes Botswana political interference allegations
It has been confirmed that she flew to Zimbabwe but the purpose of the trip was to attend a reunion lunch.Following allegations that South African businesswoman and president of the South Afri...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:49hrs | 12 | by Citizen
Patrice Motsepe's sister detained in Zimbabwe
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi's chief financier Bridget Motsepe, Tati East Member of Parliament Samson Guma Moyo and Prevailing Securities MD Shaduff Baitse were Saturday detained briefly and interrogated by...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Motsepe fingered in plot against Botswana president, Zimbabwe foils it
Zimbabwean intelligence officers reportedly foiled a meeting by a Botswana politician, Dr Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi and her colleagues - including former President Seretse Khama Ian Khama - which sought ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-USA envoy calls for Zimbabwe sanctions removal
Former United States of America Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Andrew Young, who was recently in the country on a familiarisation visit, says there is no justification for the continued imposit...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 22:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meet Strive Masiyiwa and Chanakira's funder
Andrew Young, Jr has been noted as one of the major people who funded Telecoms Guru Strive Masiyiwa and Banker Nigel Chanakira, it has emerged. Shadowy Twitter character Mmatigari revealed thi...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 14:28hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Communist Party respond to attacks by ZANU PF mouthpiece
"The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo-communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking to do, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal att...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Response to The Patriot: Unmasking Pseudo Communists
The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking do to, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal atta...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Zimbabwe's economic recovery plan (Zim Plan)
Stagflation is caused by the simultaneous occurrence of economic stagnation and inflation. This state of economic affairs within a country is characterised by the twin evils of economics, that is to s...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 18:35hrs | 4 | by Colls Ndlovu, economist
Britain's bet on Mnangagwa victory hangs in the balance
Efforts to nurse Zimbabwe back to international respectability depended on free and fair elections, but the plan appears to be unravelling.Ever since the then Africa minister Rory Stewart took...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Patrick Wintour
Masiyiwa to Keynote at Zim Achievers UK in May
African philanthropist and social entrepreneur, Tsitsi Masiyiwa has been announced as this year's keynote speaker at the UK edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA), taking place in May....Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Tidi Kwidini
Zimbabwe's first $ billionaire
Telecom tycoon Strive Masiyiwa has become Zimbabwe's first billionaire.According to a report by Forbes, Masiyiwa, 57 is now worth $1.7 billion. Masiyiwa controls Econet Group, a Zimbabwe-liste...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Forbes
Cold War aided Mugabe's rise
Kissinger needed a win. And he thought he could ring up a cheap one in Angola where three independence movements were vying for power in the wake of Portugal's decision to decolonize. Kissinger master...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:49hrs | 106 | by Professor Nancy Mitchell
Open Letter To President Robert Mugabe on the occasion of his 93rd birthday
Dear President Robert Mugabe! Your Excellence! Our African tradition requires that, I congratulate you on your 93rd birthday irrespective of our political differences. As a...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 18:10hrs | 3 | by Cde Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena
Open letter to 'selfish' Robert Gabrial Mugabe
15th February 2017Open Letter To President Robert Mugabe on the occasion of his 93rd birthday.Dear President Robert Mugabe!Your Excellence!Our African tradition require...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 15:30hrs | 4 | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena
Mugabe's travels inspire Africa
Addressing how a sovereign nation should conduct its external and internal affairs, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah explained: "The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an inde...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:31hrs | 6 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
CIOs threatened to abduct Mawarire's children and rape his wife
WASHINGTON DC - Pastor Evan Mawarire of the #ThisFlag movement says he has gone into "temporary exile" in the United States due to security concerns after suspected pro-Zanu-PF government operatives t...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire: Devil's advocate comes to Washington
On Thursday August 18, 2016 the US-based think tank the Atlantic Council whose headquarters is in Washington DC hosted Zimbabwean Pastor Evan Mawarire who is the face and spokesperson for #ThisFlag mo...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:14hrs | | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Masiyiwa's wife to be honoured at Zim Achievers
African philanthropist and social entrepreneur Tsitsi Masiyiwa will this year receive the Chairman's honorary award at the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA), for her contribution to charitable causes an...Published: 06 May 2016 at 12:15hrs | 1 | by Tidi Kwidini
Scientific socialism in 21st century Africa
The concept of scientific socialism exploded on to the world scene with the publication of the Manifesto of the Communist Party by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels in Europe in 1848. So people might ask...Published: 14 Dec 2015 at 19:58hrs | 8 | by Ian Beddowes
'I am worried,' says Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe yesterday said he was a worried and overworked old man, adding that he was having many sleepless nights as a result.Speaking at Kutama Mission's Centenary celebrations ...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Let Zimbabweans define their destiny
The arrival of the two doyens of the American civil rights movement in the first quarter of 2013 on Zimbabwe's shores signaled the acceptance by the United States that the regime change agen...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 17:02hrs | | by Stewart Murewa
Strive Masiyiwa's wife supports 40 000 children
JOHANNESBURG - It's 3pm on a crisp August afternoon in Johannesburg.Tsitsi Masiyiwa is seated on a comfy couch in a makeshift living room at her elegant office in the leafy suburbs of Dainfern...Published: 04 Oct 2013 at 07:48hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
US 'deeply concerned' by preparations for Zimbabwe polls
The United States said on Tuesday it was "deeply concerned" by lack of transparency in preparations for Zimbabwe's July 31 general election and called on the government to ensure the vote was peaceful...Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 05:19hrs | | by Reuters
Former US UN ambassador on Zimbabwe land reform - video
Former US UN ambassador and civil rights activist Andrew Young on landreform in Zimbabwe, how the US and UK reneged on their obligations to finance land purchase.His assessment that 'there is...Published: 15 Jul 2013 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
US, EU moves to re-engage Mugabe
WITH several low-key, but unmistakable gestures, the United States, the European Union block and other western countries have signaled that it is moving toward normalising relations with Zimbabwe afte...Published: 22 May 2013 at 03:14hrs | 1 | by blackvoicenews.com
Baba Jukwa - Legion of malicious engagement
When Southern Africa took up arms against the white colonial settlers, the late renowned veteran nationalist and founder of the Tanzanian nation, Mwalimu Kambarage Julius Nyerere, wrote a book titled,...Published: 15 May 2013 at 10:35hrs | | by Tonderai Tatura
The rehabilitation of Robert Mugabe
HE has been a schoolteacher, freedom fighter and political prisoner. He has gone from admired independence leader to despised autocrat. Now a life that spans nine decades could be about to add its l...Published: 11 May 2013 at 21:45hrs | | by The Guardian
Beatrice Mtetwa faces her date with Zimbabwean justice
On May 27, Zimbabwean lawyer and human-rights activist Beatrice Mtetwa will enter magistrate's court in Harare to be tried on charges of obstructing justice. In March, she was arrested and held for e...Published: 09 May 2013 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by MICHAEL POSNER I The Globe and Mail
Margaret Dongo to join MDC-T?
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has approached Zimbabwe Union of Democrats founder Mrs Margaret Dongo to join his "grand coalition" project, a development analysts attributed to increasing panic in ...Published: 29 Apr 2013 at 02:51hrs | | by Takunda Maodza
US to announce Zimbabwe policy changes
THE United States will announce major policy changes on its relations with Zimbabwe in a few weeks' time, Ambassador Bruce Wharton has said.Wharton told a local radio station on Monday: "It is...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 04:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe @ 33:- Nationalism that will not die
I am writing from a Southern African country. For the first time in a very long time since 1980, I have had to observe Independence Day from outside the country. Thankfully technology has collapsed ti...Published: 20 Apr 2013 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
'MDC-T backers have jumped ship,' claims the Herald
The Herald of Wednesday April 17 claims MDC-T backers have jumped ship following President Mugabe's meeting with an envoy from the US State Department who said his country was keen to normalise relat...Published: 17 Apr 2013 at 11:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
USA keen to normalise relations with Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday met an envoy from the US State Department who said his country was keen to normalise relations with Zimbabwe ahead of harmonised elections scheduled to be held by midnight ...Published: 17 Apr 2013 at 00:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
All lasting constitutions secure the majority
When imperialism becomes desperate, its stooges go hysterical and irrational.Just in case the desperation of the imperialists is in doubt, it helps to look at the obvious signs:British Pri...Published: 24 Jul 2011 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Tafataona Mahoso
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