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It's a puppet show at townhouse
Zimbabwe is now well and truly a banana republic,nay, it has moved a notch up to become a certified armpit of the world , thanks largely to ZANU PF's authoritarian rule It is abundantly clear ...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:15hrs | 877 | by Wonder Bvungura
South African elections 2024: Reflections from Zimbabwe
ON March 4, 1980, a palpable excitement and belief that prosperity, freedom and opportunity were upon the masses filled a soon-to-be-born Zimbabwe. The war was over. The nation was pregnant with hope....Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 13:03hrs | | by Fadzayi Mahere
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 9 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Mnangagwa expected at ceremony for Renamo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to join other Heads of State and Government in attending a closing ceremony of the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration phase for Renamo, a former insurg...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We have learned GNU lessons' insist Chamisa - yet participating in flawed elections for umpteenth time!
It is bad enough that we should find ourselves ruled by corrupt, incompetent and murderous thugs whose only priority is to secure absolute power and retain it at all cost. Of course, they know that in...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 07:30hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Kazembe Kazembe summoned as tempers flare up
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has been summoned to Parliament to issue a ministerial statement on what the police is doing to clamp down on perpetrators of political violence targeting opposit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants reject perfomance bonus
CIVIL servants have rejected government's proposal to pay their annual bonuses on the basis of performance appraisals, saying the decision amounts to changing of goal posts by the employer.The...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers dismiss latest Govt salary hike, demand US$540
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) says the salary increment for teachers and other civil servants was an insult to hardworking government employees.The civil service offered a ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is July Moyo new face of corruption?
THE government has willfully violated the country's constitution by abusing devolution funds without the required legislation amid fears that the abuse of millions of dollars meant for other services ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
There's absolutely nothing Pan-African and Anti-Imperialist about oppressing one's citizens and looting nation's resources
In all my 48 years of existence on this planet Earth, there has always been one thing that has always thoroughly vexed my intellect - as I have greatly struggled to fathom how something that appears s...Published: 26 May 2022 at 21:13hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
A crime against humanity cannot be covered by twisted definitions of words Peace and Unity
In his speech on the Unity Day President E. D. Mnangagwa said a lot about the outcome of a unity accord that was signed by Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe. Mr Mnangagwa describes Zanu's quest for a one...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:53hrs | 7 | by Mkhululi Zulu
If empty chairs are an audience then re-engagement is at its lowest
With pomp and ceremony, the hired private jet left Harare (former Salisbury) to Glasgow Scotland in the United Kingdom. The jet was flying the largest contingent to the Cop26 conference, the Earth sum...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:27hrs | 8 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Treat each unvaccinated case on its merits, says PTUZ
THE Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ) yesterday vowed that its members who are yet to be vaccinated will continue reporting for duty in defiance of a government directive that unvaccinated civil serva...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slams Masvingo violence claims
AHEAD of President Mnangagwa's visit to the United Kingdom for the UN Climate Change conference of the parties (COP 26) in Glasgow and the expected arrival of the United Nations Special Rapporteur Dr ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only credible, free and fair elections no banditry will lead to lifting of sanctions
Basotho bare "nama kapeletjwa ithuba lepetja", this sums all in northern sotho, Sepedi about the behaviour of the army installed government of Zimbabwe. Many supporters, appendages, bootlicker...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:26hrs | | by Phosiwe Ncube
Chamisa's 2 mayors tussle for official vehicle
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has been accused of fueling the administrative and policy crisis in Harare where MDC Alliance officials Jacob Mafume and Stewart Mutizwa are both claiming the mayor...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents need to raise up community-building driven children, as purposeless and idle kids likely to fall into crime and drugs
It is not everyday that a Zimbabwean wakes up to some uplifting and inspiring news - what with the continual eerie presence of a very dark cloud hanging over the nation, brought about by a government ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Journalist 'steals' security document
A journalist has appeared at the Chiredzi Magistrates Courts facing a charge of stealing a classified document from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Law and Order office at Chiredzi Police ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gushungo dairy bomber freed
HIGH Court judge, Tawanda Chitapi Tuesday granted $5 000 bail to Owen Kuchata, leader of Zimbabwe People's Front Party (ZPFP) who was jailed for attempt to bomb former President Robert Mugabe and fami...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting land barons terrorise vapositori
Unrepentant gun-wielding lands barons have beyond reasonable doubt become a menace in Harare's Budiriro high-density suburb where they invade land earmarked for Johane Masowe Nyenyedzinomwe low income...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 15:01hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zimbabwe now a Vampire State
A Vampire State is a country where anyone who gets to be the president ends up with much more wealth than before s/he became president. On the other hand the poor and working class are always left beh...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
President Mnangagwa's 'Unity Day' speech, a sign of desperation and failure
Listening to President Mnangagwa's nation address yesterday, 22 December 2020, one could see nothing other than desperation and failure. In every platform...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 20:56hrs | | by MLF
Unity can never be built on mass graves
For thirty three years now, Zimbabwe has been celebrating, disguised as unity, loss of tens of thousands of lives for ZANU PF political expediency.What ZANU PF failed to achieve by way o...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 13:22hrs | 7 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Zimbabwe celebrates 33rd Unity Day
TODAY Zimbabwe celebrates the 33rd Unity Day with focus on nation building and rebranding. Last Saturday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told delegates at the launch of the national dress that the appar...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc plots Mozambique rescue mission
SADC yesterday undertook to work on a robust regional response to the growing threat of terrorism and insurgency in parts of Mozambique, which it will put in action once finalised. This came o...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's faction speaks about 'MDC guns'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has denied reports that it is smuggling guns into the country in preparation to violently overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime. State Security Mi...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warned by State security
STATE Security minister Owen Ncube yesterday sensationally accused the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance of engaging in acts of sabotage and banditry by smuggling guns into the country and setting up mi...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti rubbishes Zanu-PF's banditry claims
THE latest outburst by Zanu-PF acting national spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa alleging MDC Alliance youths were undergoing banditry training to destabilise the country, is an indication the ruling par...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds public on Chivhu shooting
GOVERNMENT will not tolerate anyone who attacks, harms or kills any member of the security forces and anyone who dares cross the line will be severely punished, President and Commander-In-Chief of the...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Don't provoke Zimbabwe's security services'
THE deafening silence from church organisations following the killing of a soldier in cold blood in Chivhu and attempts by the opposition to protect the bandits portray their duplicity as puppets of W...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Repatriation of Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi imminent
A UK museum has examined 13 human remains of heroes and heroines of the First Chimurenga as part of preparations to repatriate them back home.The remains include those of iconic 19th century l...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance protests are acts of banditry,' says Mangwana
THE government has come under pressure following allegations of abductions, torture and clampdown on pro-democracy activists in Zimbabwe, Blessed Mhlanga (ND) met government spokesperson and Informati...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 20:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under siege once again
IT'S like deja vu - we have been here before! Zimbabwe is once again in the spotlight with the West, its local quislings in the opposition Movement for Democratic Change fronted by Mr Nelson Cha...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:08hrs | | by Editorial - chronicle
Civic society plots to smear Zimbabwe at Sadc
A plan by opposition-linked and foreign-sponsored civil society organisations from Zimbabwe to smear the country at the Sadc Summit in Tanzania tomorrow has been unearthed after the activists travelle...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 23:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths slam Zimbabwe spring protests
THE Zanu-PF Youth League in Matabeleland South yesterday slammed the planned MDC Alliance demonstration set for tomorrow, saying it is an unwanted political gimmick bent on causing anarchy in the coun...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces a potential rebellion over Sikhala
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa faces a potential rebellion from his increasingly restive supporters riled by the party's decision to throw its deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala under the bus f...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa throws Sikhala under the bus
THE opposition MDC yesterday disowned statements by its deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala that the party would overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the 2023 general elections, insisting...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
West Africa bloc currency ECO to launch in 2020
Leaders of a 15-nation West African bloc have called for greater structural reforms as they step up efforts for the introduction of a shared currency, aimed to be launched in 2020.In a stateme...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must apologise for genocide, says chiefs
Chiefs have asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise for the 1980s army killings in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces during the period known as Gukurahundi.Mnangagwa met chiefs from ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe reaches a point of no return'
The Zimbabwe National Students Union says it has taken a decision to confront the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa on how he is running the country. The organisation which has vowed ...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 17:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa angers Zanu-PF with war drums
Tension has been rising countrywide ever since the country's opposition party, the MDC, threatened to roll out a wave of protests over the rising cost of living. MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns Chamisa
ZANU-PF yesterday warned MDC Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa that the ruling party will not stand aside as the opposition leader and his merchants of violence unleash terror that has led to the d...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Herald falsehoods exposed, claims Newsday
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) has castigated The Herald for abusing and forsaking the tenets of journalism in a desperate attempt to soil the image of NewsDay.This followed a malicious and false ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Desperate Zanu-PF creating conspiracy theories
The MDC places it on record that President Chamisa has not received any reports about any civil disobedience trainings.The President only receives reports from party organs and his staff. We a...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:50hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
The fallacy of Zanu-PF and civil society engagements.
Songs of praises from many quarters are now being sung for Mnangagwa after his minister pledged that following a meeting with a collection of Civic Society organizations the regime was going to allow ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 19:36hrs | 2 | by Lovejean Ndlovu
EU to renew sanctions on illegitimate Zanu PF - imperative, step down before 2023
All those who love peace and justice and understand the need to end the long suffering of the people of Zimbabwe after 38 years and counting of this Zanu PF dictatorship will hearty welcomes EU Parlia...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:08hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa demands 'V11' of army killings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has shot down reports that the military carried out extra-judicial killings on at least 17 civilians after being roped in by the police to quell last month's violent prote...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF office repairs to cost $100 000
The Zanu-PF leadership here needs at least US$100 000 to repair the Rimuka administrative office that was burnt during last month's MDC-Alliance sponsored violent protests. Speaking afte...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 22:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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