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An open letter to Chimhama: are you in South Africa?
Dear Madam Chimhama, I hope I find you well, daughter of the African soil!I am writing this letter because I am deeply concerned about your utterances of violence in your video yo...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 16:04hrs | 460 | by Nomazulu Thata
HAYTA offers free Independent Day fleet, cautions transporters
The Harare Youths Transporters Association (HAYTA) chairman, Mr Edmore Gwengwe has offered a sizeable fleet (buses) to ferry prospective attendees (free of charge) to and from Nembudziya, Gokwe for th...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:03hrs | 45 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
The truth about symbiotic survival of Mnangagwa and Chiwenga!
Citizens, forget about these fake social media channels news, one called Chatufa voices and his admirers. We are subjected in a web of fake news and meanings that spin themselves constantly, finding i...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:54hrs | 896 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mukwasha Chiwenga in Math-South improvements. Is development holistic?
Whatever development VP Chiwenga is bringing in Matabeleland South, that should never be interpreted as "Mukwasha inzunza". School children especially benefit from good and safe schools, health care f...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:27hrs | 2080 | by Nomazulu Thata
Wildlife cave paintings - Namibia's strongest argument for International Hunting
In Namibia's centuries-old wildlife cave paintings messages lies the Southern African country's strongest argument for international hunting."We co-existed with wildlife and hunted it for meat...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:29hrs | 42 | by Emmanuel Koro
How Bulawayo's suburbs pay homage to Ndebele Kingdom's legacy
A SCHOOL, in essence, is an institution that provides dedicated spaces and environments for the purpose of educating students. It is a place where knowledge is imparted and learning is facilitated. Th...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF weary of clandestine Mnangagwa affiliate groups
ZANU-PF National Political Commissar Dr Mike Bimha has warned the mushrooming ‘For ED' outfits to desist from blindly creating affiliate groups without a clear party purpose.The ‘for ED' g...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:19hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
If Zimbabwe youth were to emulate yesteryear generation there would be a liberation struggle against our new oppressors
When we were studying George Orwell's masterpiece, 'Animal Farm', during our Ordinary Level English Literature - there were always some gnawing questions standing out in my mind.Were these pig...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Open letter to President Mnangagwa
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,We appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to officially either serve you summons or issue a warrant of arrest or proceed to apprehend, interrogate a...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Zvaringeni Samuel Chasi, Patriotic Party Zimbabwe president
Open letter to Mr Mnangagwa
I AM a politician, but I am not writing this letter to you in that capacity.I am writing to you as a young woman, as a citizen and as part of a generation to whom a debt is due. When we were y...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Fadzayi Mahere
'Zimbabwe coup a harvest of empty promises'
WHEN Solomon Muzanenhamo (39) trudged from Highfield high-density suburb to central Harare with a Zimbabwean flag draped around his neck in November 2017, 15 kilometres became like a stroll down his s...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
It's time ratepayers collectively withheld municipal payments until service provision improved
To say that I am thoroughly angered with the manner in which we, as ratepayers in the small town of Redcliff, are being mistreated and abused by our local...Published: 20 Nov 2021 at 08:00hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Independence Day' a continual reminder of how Zimbabweans are still in painful bondage
I have never had any hesitation asserting that the holidays that I regarded most appealing to my heart on the Zimbabwean calender, were "Independence Day", and "Heroes Day" - not for the skewed and ba...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 10:47hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Trump, Chamisa birds of the same feather
Outgoing United States (US) president, Donald Trump and Zimbabwe's opposition MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa both refused to concede defeat, in their separate elections. The world is surprised by...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 14:38hrs | 2 | by Prosperity Mzila
Trump, Chamisa use the same script on elections
"Stop counting the votes" screamed the outgoing United States (US) president, Donald Trump on realising that he was fast losing to the now US president-elect Joe Biden. He quickly jumped...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 12:45hrs | 1 | by Prosperity Mzila
Does a white chicken taste better than a black one?
Why keep someone's grandfather's head or that of a grandmother and still claim to be a God fearing people? In Africa if a human head, or any other body part is found anywhere in your home thin...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:34hrs | 1 | by Tondo Chiweshe.
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
'Zanu PF thugs are the wolves amongst us, lambs' - true, but only because we let them
"Zanu PF is using MDC Alliance's refusal to acknowledge Mnangagwa as the winner (of the 30 July 2018 elections) to justify its "shoot to kill" against the nation. (Zanu PF is punishing the whole natio...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 16:54hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Kasong Kejecha causes consternation
Little-known Zanu-PF music hype man Admire Sanyanga Sibanda has released Mushana PaJecha in what looks like a bid to discredit dancehall singer Winky D's lyrical state of the nation address titled Kas...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:05hrs | 3 | by Staf reporter
Founded on cruelty, fuelled by money
Are we about to see the end of one of South Africa's most infamous practices - Captive Lion Breeding (CLB) for hunting and trading of their parts? If Parliament adopts the recommendations of a hard-hi...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 11:56hrs | 2 | by Andreas Wilson-Späth
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Pearl Matibe
Mnangagwa is just like Mugabe
IT has long been a public secret that Zimbabwe was open for socioeconomic policy change. Although President Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated in November last year, the voice of the people is unanimo...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:42hrs | 2 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
#Zimdecides: Fictitious addresses, missing names raise eyebrows
Eight people who are registered under one address will vote in five different constituencies in Harare in one of the eye-popping discoveries during an analysis of the voters roll recently released by ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Blessed Mhlanga
SA hunters to shoot 2000 Zambian hippos
South African hunters will take part in the slaughter of 2 000 hippos in the pristine Luangwa Valley in Zambia. This follows a shock move by the Zambian government, which overturned a 2016 decision to...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by Janine Avery
Born Free Crew dumps Mugabe
IF there is anything that the State broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), has always been disliked for by many, it is the way it is often used as a channel for Zanu-PF propaganda and h...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Avenues IVF programme results in eight test tube births
The in vitro fertilisation (IVF) programme reintroduced at The Avenues Clinic in Harare in 2016 is proving successful, with eight live births so far and 20 ongoing pregnancies.The IVF Zimbabwe...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 11:25hrs | 1 | by Agencies
8 test tube babies born in Zimbabwe
The in vitro fertilisation (IVF) programme reintroduced at The Avenues Clinic in Harare in 2016 is proving successful, with eight live births so far and 20 ongoing pregnancies.The IVF Zimbabwe...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 11:58hrs | | by Chengetai Chinembiri
Dear Mr Mugabe
I hope I find you well dear Former President of our Republic of Zimbabwe. I would like to make it glass clear dear Former President that you are misreading the moods of the people in Zimbabwe. I read ...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 20:56hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Headmaster in tribalism storm
THE headmaster of Magwegwe High School in Bulawayo is under fire after allegedly banning the singing of Shona songs at his school.Mr William Ncube is alleged to have banned pupils from singing...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe bootlicking musicians hit hard times
The majority of musicians who had carved their careers through bootlicking former president Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF regime are facing a bleak as their compositions are now considered "politicall...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Be an active citizen: know your rights
Today is International Human Rights Day. Zimbabwe is on record for being one of the countries that violate human rights to settle political scores. Very little is done to educate Zimbabwean citizens o...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 11:19hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Open letter to H.E President E.D. Mnangagwa
Dear Mr President,I write this letter with a lot of joy in my heart but on the other end I am bleeding. Allow me to start with the good side. I am one of those who the Zimbabwean population ca...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Destroyed Girl Child
Youthful Lumumba a sleeping giant!
As a teacher I watched Acie Lumumba's video on YouTube with great interest. That video was kind of multi-dimensional in its narrative. It is his youthfulness in relaying several messages that impresse...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 14:02hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Being patriotic is not Zanu-PF
The National Pledge that was introduced by Government early this year, from infancy to high school, was long overdue, contrary to misguided sentiments that it was a ZANU PF indoctrination strategy. Th...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 10:29hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Zimbabwe's own Kenneth Kaunda
Founding fathers of Africa attach a unique characteristic on the continent and beyond.They were bound within a common intellectual movement to fight oppression and encourage bonds of solidarit...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 23:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Caveat emptor on 'post-Mugabe' permutations
Let's all admit it: the "Zimbabwean question" has for the past two decades been subject of such plotting and planning; academicising and theorising; mapping and pontificating that have not been seen p...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 09:40hrs | | by Ibbo Mandaza
Reflecting Zimbabwe's 21st socio economic demands in policy formulation
There is an understanding that as population footages escalate in a nation-state, socio economic contemplations need to be aggressively mindful to the ever-evolving anxieties that mutilate the occupat...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 13:46hrs | 3 | by Tedious Ncube
Zimbabwe looks for Mugabe's successor after a surreal month
Before she landed herself in hot diplomatic water by allegedly attacking a South African model with a power cord, Zimbabwe’s notoriously ill-tempered first lady, Grace Mugabe, joined the clamour for...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 10:36hrs | 1 | by Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
'Zimbabwe army to decide Mugabe successor'
Daily News chief writer Fungi Kwaramba sat down with respected University of Zimbabwe Political Science lecturer, Eldred Masunungure, to unpack the thorny succession issue in Zanu-PF, which has caused...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's rich factionalism history
Reports that President Robert Mugabe all but threw his weight behind Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi in the succession race are quite telling as they do not only confirm the obvious fact that the l...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:12hrs | 2 | by Mark Chavunduka
Controversial hero status for Cde Chinx Chingaira
To loved ones he's left behind, I say, 'Nematambudziko for the passing of Dickson Chingaira Makoni aka Chinx.''Afa anaka' a Zimbabwean saying translated 'better he that's passed' but not anymo...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 07:32hrs | 3 | by Silvanos Mudzvova
The time for compromise and accommodation in South Africa is over
Many years ago we were discussing our future National Anthem in the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC. On invitation from President Mandela, Professor Mzilikazi Khumalo's proposed renderin...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Carl Niehaus
What is independence to a born free Zimbabwean?
Namatai Chipunza is a born free - she was born 14 years after independence. What does independence mean to someone born free?Dear Mother ZimbabweI woke up today and, while I was prepar...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 09:39hrs | 4 | by Namatai Marygrace Chipunza
Mugabe arrives as 1,000s troop in for 21st bash
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrives in Bulawayo this morning for the 21st February Movement celebrations which roar to life at the Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (REPS) in Matobo District.Thousands...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Each generation must fight its own demons
When we were growing up, politics was a pastime activity for the mature and the old. A dangerous pastime so to speak. In those days, people with divergent views from the party and government did not d...Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 17:14hrs | 2 | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Our generation needs its own liberation struggle
When we were growing up, politics was a pastime activity for the mature and the old. A dangerous pastime so to speak. In those days, people with divergent views from the party and government did not d...Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji (Khuluma Afrika)
Mujuru give opposition the liberation pillar to lean on, says Biti
PDP President Tendai Biti said Mujuru's entry into opposition politics was a blessing because it now gives the opposing forces the liberation war flavour that they lacked in previous elections....Published: 04 Sep 2016 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Has Mathebeleland steeped this low as a region? Are we desperate?
I can never say I read an article titled 'A bumper season of ‘Unholy Alliances' - An Mthwakazi-Zanu-PF is one too?' o...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 14:19hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
The born free and other dangerous myths
It comes easy in Africa to call the young men and women born after political independence as the "born free" generation. What the nature of their freedom is, what they are free from, and what priv...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:17hrs | 13 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
#Tajamuka / #Sesijikile - Full Copy of Constitutional Application against Mugabe
IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE CASE NO CCZ /2016HELD AT HARAREIn the matter between:-PROMISE MKWANANZI APPLIC...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 13:39hrs | | by #Tajamuka / #Sesijikile
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