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Chiwenga 'hits' back at Mutsvangwa
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga appeared to respond to Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa during the Defence Forces Day commemorations at Rufaro Stadium on Tuesday by refusing to sha...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:44hrs | 7497 | by Staff reporter
Mike Moyo anoints own chiefs to rule in Bulawayo
Lozwi King Mambo, also known as Mike Moyo, who was crowned in Mawabeni, Matabeleland South, in 2019, has recently appointed eight chiefs and eleven assistants to oversee the Bulawayo Metropolitan prov...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:40hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa succession talks take new twist
Tinomuda Machakaire, the national secretary of the ruling Zanu PF Youth League, has reversed his earlier stance and urged his members to avoid involvement in succession discussions. This shift comes a...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 12:57hrs | 7903 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league slams Mutsvangwa
Zanu-PF youth league political commissar Taurai Kandishaya has slammed Christopher Mutsvangwa over the party spokesperson's recent claims Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was not ordained successor...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:26hrs | 3039 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp prophet makes waves
WE have seen a boom of prophets who use spiritual hangers, padlock, spectacles, anointing oil and handkerchiefs that are believed to have powers to heal different ailments and restore broken marriages...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet uses social media to diagnose
JUST a name and surname as well as a picture on WhatsApp is enough for Musawenkosi Vundla, a Victoria Falls-based prophet to "diagnose" and tell one's problem or misfortune. Vundla, who calls ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love debacle exposes rot
A popular dancehall artiste, Soul Musaka, known to many as Soul Jah Love, passed on just under two weeks ago.What happened subsequently sparked the now fickle and feeble debate on the conferme...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mwonzora & MDC Guptas' untimely political menopause
I suffered a psychological stroke upon receiving news of the defeat of Hon Mwonzora in his Sakubva home ground. The defeat of Hon Mwonzora in Manicaland should not be taken for granted. Politica...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Hopewell Chin'ono's Save Our Hospitals initiative good idea but he is offside
I like Hopewell Chin'ono, he is an ambitious young man full of political energy. He is the mastermind of the idea behind the Save Our Hospitals initiative launched in the month of March 2019. He alrea...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 21:03hrs | 6 | by Don Chigumba
'Mmusi Maimane is a complete puppet,' says Obert Gutu
MDC-T Deputy President Obert Gutu has waded into the debate regarding South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane's impending visit to Zimbabwe, saying the Democratic Alliance leader is a "full-fled...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 06:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'good times will soon roll'
President Mnangagwa yesterday exhorted Zimbabweans to unite and remain strong in the face of prevailing economic difficulties saying the challenges confronting the country will soon be overcome, pavin...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Odds against Chamisa
Voltaire had seen right when he said 'God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh', hence, every Zimbabwean must loosen up and pay particular attention to Zimbabwe's God given...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
'Seek ye first the political kingdom' advised Dr Nkrumah - after 38 years of blundering, the penny has finally dropped
There is a growing hunger by an ever increasing pool Zimbabweans to engage in serious debate and search for the country's way out of this hell-on-earth mess the nation finds itself in. This is just wh...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 20:20hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's 'new' political project
The irony of Zimbabwean politics, today, is the variable that must change for matters to move forward is the one which new President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not prepared to change.What needs to ...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:07hrs | | by Vivid Gwede
Chamisa's top 10 lies
"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!" - Walter Scott 1808.This beautiful line from a famous old poem simply means that if you tell lies, they will catch up with y...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Nkululeko Nyoni
Zimbabwe trapped in Machiavellian Moment
LAST week as Zimbabwe turned 38 amid the Junta's self-indulgent claims of a "transition" and a "new dispensation" on the back of the illegal military ouster of President Robert Mugabe last November, t...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 20:42hrs | | by Prof Jonathan N Moyo
Chamisa the person enriching Chamisa the moment
It all began two years ago when MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai appointed a then 38-year-old Nelson Chamisa as one of his two additional vice presidents following his diagnosis with cancer of the co...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa humble yourself before the people!
Dear My fellow countrymen it is with deep sorrow that I once again write to this reckless young and overambitious man Nelson Chamisa. For the record young man you were not voted into the MDC P...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 17:25hrs | | by Munya
Chamisa, Khupe Succession War: Chamisa bends the law for politics, a common ZANU PF trait
The leader of Zimbabwes oldest opposition political party MDC Morgan Tsvangirai passed away on the 14th of February 2018. His death revealed the deviltry by the men who fought beside him as power prov...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 14:25hrs | | by Fanuel Kaseke
Jonathan Moyo taunts 'hopeless charlatan'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has waded into the Movement for Democratic Change succession battle.MDC-T vice-president, Nelson Chamisa started fighting with his co-depu...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
The real coup in MDC-T
My People First things first, my deepest condolences to the Tsvangirai family for the loss of the family head, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.By extension, I would also like to proffer my condolenc...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa/Khupe split imminent - Mliswa
The 'anointment' of Nelson Chamisa as the head of the MDC-T party may widen the rift between the former and the party's elected Vice president Thokhozani Khupe, says Norton house of assembly member, T...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 11:05hrs | | by Takudzwa Chiwara
Ndebele King's Christmas Message, 2017
It is that time of the year when the world celebrates in different celebrations; it is time of Christmas, a celebration unknown to us as a people before the advent of the white man. This time ...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 14:20hrs | | by Stanley Raphael Khumalo
WATCH: Whither Zimbabwe's Nationalist Project
Good Evening everyone, I'm very pleased to have this opportunity to share my ideas and views with you on the state of the Nationalist project in Zimbabwe. As I prepare to make my remarks I note that i...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 14:39hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Mphoko, where is he?
Conflicting reports have emerged as to Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's whereabouts with some claiming he is under house arrest in Chinhoyi and others saying he has tried to flee the country....Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Daily Divinity Questions and Answers with Witness Dingani
QUESTION "Prediction of the future was not the main task of the old testament prophets" Examine this view.To what extent do Zimbabwean prophetspredict the future ? (25)COMMENT OVERVIEW...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 12:35hrs | | by Witness Dingani
'Mugabe must clean his mess,' says Mphoko
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe must sort out the mess he has created in the country before handing over power to a successor, Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko said in a subtle message to Zanu-PF supporters ...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Only Mugabe can fire Kasukuwere,' Grace warns Mnangagwa
The First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe has slammed Zanu PF members trying to usurp President Robert Mugabe's powers by trying to fire presidential appointees such as vice presidents and Politburo members fro...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 20:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe was ordained by God
Outspoken Zanu-PF-linked cleric Obadiah Musindo has said all those positioning themselves to succeed President Robert Mugabe are daydreamers and wasting their time, as Mugabe's successor will be anoin...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 16:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya's anointing inspire Yadah Stars
Yadah Stars' club owner Prophet Walter Magaya on Thursday 'anointed' his players soon after their emphatic victory.Recently, Yadah Stars have been struggling, leaving Magaya in a fit of rage a...Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:25hrs | | by Zhou Thobekile
Zimbabwe's transformation now depends on povo realising Tsvangirai and Mugabe are two sides of the same coin
As Tsvangirai and friends strangle to agree on who will lead the much talked about opposition coalition, many Zimbabweans are coming around to the realization that the coalition is not the silver bull...Published: 17 May 2017 at 05:14hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Coalition anchored on shaky ground
The opposition political parties have failed in their attempt to form a 'formidable' force against ZANU PF. They have shown that they are clueless when it comes to issues of national interests a...Published: 16 May 2017 at 16:17hrs | | by Zivanai Dhewa
Anti-Mugabe coalition hits troubled waters
The Dr Joice Mujuru led National People's Party (NPP) is negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) as cracks widen between the former vice president and MDC-T ...Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's coalition hits troubled waters
The Dr Joice Mujuru-led National People's Party (NPP) is negotiating a memorandum of understanding with the People's Democratic Party (PDP) as cracks widen between the former Vice President and MDC-T ...Published: 14 May 2017 at 14:51hrs | | by staff reporter
Mugabe's succession take another twist
RECENT remarks by President Robert Mugabe suggesting that none of his two deputies - Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko - are considered "by the people" as suitable candidates to succeed hi...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
UMthwakazi Monarch – A Public rejoinder to AmaNtungwa's Statement
Someone or some people calling themselves 'AmaNtungwa' has released a Statement in isNdebele or iSintu on the Ndebele King on this publication today (...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 22:27hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Anointed condoms and anointed sewage: Zim a tragic religious joke
And another headline heats the papers, "Congregants made to drink Anointed sewage." Clearly it is safe to say, Dear white people, do claim your religion back. Yours truly, a nation of failures. ...Published: 07 Dec 2016 at 22:22hrs | | by Rayanne Prince Chidzvondo
Giving Mugabe powers to appoint his deputies was a mistake
Zanu-PF secretary for science and technology, Professor Jonathan Moyo, yesterday described vesting power to appoint vice-presidents in the Zanu-PF First Secretary and President as "a mistake" as h...Published: 25 Nov 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by chronicle
Prophet says Mugabe is the God chosen leader for Zimbabwe
MASVINGO-based Miracle Healing and Deliverance (MHD) founder Prophet Isaac Makomichi has advised opposition parties not to expend their energies on fighting President Mugabe as he will win the 2018 el...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Accusations of big brother mentality rocks opposition parties
Opposition parties continue to struggle to form a coalition despite claims that they would be a unified force in time for the 2018 harmonised elections. Zanu-PF has, on the other hand, continued to de...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 08:07hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Chamisa a dictator in waiting, says ex-MDC MP
Newly appointed MDC-T vice president Nelson Chamisa has vast potential of being a dictator claims a former MDC legislator.Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri where catapulted to the party presidium ...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 09:54hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
The fringe that fears Mnangagwa
As I write this piece, I am looking at a piece in the New York Times done by one Alexander Noyes. It is on Zimbabwean politics. The writer introduces himself as a doctoral candidate at Oxford Universi...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 07:48hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe and ZANU PF Gripped by Succession Heatwave
Zimbabwe's party-state conflation and its attendant dangers have never been as evident as it is now. Over the years, ZANU PF have done a good job making sure that their party ZANU PF is synonymous wit...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Promise Mkwananzi
Payment of taxes is everyone's responsibility
It is critical that every citizen should have a correct insight into the need for the Central Government to collect taxes from all Zimbabwean citizens for funding public projects and services. Citizen...Published: 02 Oct 2015 at 13:56hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Can Mujuru cause an upset in Zimbabwe politics?
IN the harmonised 2008 general elections, a powerful faction within President Robert Mugabe's party urged Zanu-PF supporters to vote for the party's candidates in parliamentary elections and the oppos...Published: 19 Sep 2015 at 13:03hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu Political Analyst
Mudede in burial row
Registrar-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede has been sucked into a chieftainship and cultural wrangle after he allegedly revoked the burial order of a 61-year-old man from the same clan for allegedly marrying...Published: 16 Sep 2015 at 06:30hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Prof Jonathan Moyo acquitted himself very well against Stephen Sackur
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo's interview on BBC's HARDtalk programme has excited some simple minds and generated a lot of copy for the media. Although ...Published: 20 May 2015 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff writer
Mugabe reopens the presidency succession race not out of choice
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has said the race to succeed him is wide open despite his recent appointment of two Vice - Presidents, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko, who were seen as clear fav...Published: 02 Mar 2015 at 06:55hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Juju court case takes a new twist
THE shocking case of a Bulawayo businessman who sued his ex-lover demanding over $5 000 as compensation for the pain and suffering he endured as a result of the spells and love potions which he claime...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 15:35hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
VP Mnangagwa under siege
HARARE - A mere three weeks into his tenure as President Robert Mugabe's senior lieutenant, the knives are now being sharpened against Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa as Zanu PF's ugly infighting re...Published: 29 Dec 2014 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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