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Maridadi seeks new markets for Zimbabwe products
As the manufacturing sector continues to increase production driven by favourable policies introduced by the Second Republic, Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Senegal James Maridadi has decided to help the fi...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:26hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
The creation of absolute poverty and suffering in post-colonial Zimbabwe
THERE is little doubt that the advent of Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 has paradoxically generated a new debate on the notion of freedom and justice, particularly from philosophical perspectives....Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:51hrs | 150 | by Dr Admore Tshuma
Mnangagwa hails 'excellent' China relations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hailed "excellent" relations with China as he delivered for the first time a State of the Nation address at a new multimillion-dollar parliament building gifted by the Asi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
China backs Zimbabwe in fighting external interference
WESTERN sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe violate the country's sovereignty and undermine people's right to development, a Chinese official has said.Speaking at a press conference in Beijing Tuesd...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Should Africa mourn Elizabeth II? Of course, we must not allow ranting of tyrants define who we are!
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has triggered an outpouring of public sympathy from all corners of the world. The public sympathy from Africa has not gone down well with some people....Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 11:04hrs | 1491 | by Wilbert Mukori
For a country that was a British colony why has Zimbabwe not learnt that no leader is remotely indispensable?
As I was listening to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing his expected resignation, this afternoon, I could not help being engulfed with a sense of admiration for the beauty of democra...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 15:35hrs | 3047 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's Khumbula reaches for aerospace dreams in the US
Born in a maize field in Zimbabwe, Samuel Khumbula never dreamed he would come to the United States. The son of the seventh wife of a polygamous patriarch, he grew up poor, sleeping on the ground in a...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:07hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to launch Divorce Club
Zambia and Zimbabwe were once a single country known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation or CAF. This was a colonial federation that consisted of ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:13hrs | 3166 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa wants Cecil John Rhodes remains taken to Europe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has suggested that the remains of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes can be removed from the Matopos National Park in Matabeleland South and returned to the Unite...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2768 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's piecemeal approach to Cabinet reshuffling lands former unionist as new Finance Minister
Unionists across the African continent and in particular the Acting President of NMWUZ - Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka have hailed President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent Cabi...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 19:33hrs | 16 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimbabwe back on UK radar
THE House of Lords in the United Kingdom (UK) has raised a red flag over the deteriorating human rights situation in Zimbabwe and called for action on Harare after the arrest and detention of oppositi...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cry my Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe attained 41 years of socio political independence which was awarded with deception by the British colony to the majority native citizens....Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 15:06hrs | 13 | by Shelton Muchena
Conversations must go beyond the forex auction and focus on production
Driving through Zimbabwe's once vibrant industrial hubs in Belmont (Bulawayo), Paulington (Mutare), Southerton, Graniteside, Working, Msasa (all in Harare), and elsewhere, one gets the sense that the ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:06hrs | 20 | by Andrew Lampard
Conversations must go beyond the forex auction and focus on production
Driving through Zimbabwe's once vibrant industrial hubs in Belmont (Bulawayo), Paulington (Mutare), Southerton, Graniteside, Working, Msasa (all in Harare), and elsewhere, one gets the sense that the ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 16:57hrs | 17 | by Andrew Lampard
Remembering those who made it possible, our fallen heroes
As the blood of the heroes flows beneath our freedom, reminding us that every expression of joy and every fruit of freedom was watered by the blood of our heroes. It will become history if we do not r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:31hrs | 29 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's MPs fume over UK meddling
ZANU-PF MPs have expressed concern over the United Kingdom (UK) criticism of Zimbabwe, saying the country's former colonial master was not an oasis of democratic practice, the Daily News reports....Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt slams Britain's colonial hangover
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo has told the British that the New Dispensation's openness and re-engagement stance is not an open invitation for interference or intru...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobia - Zanu-PF call on South Africa to act
Zanu-PF has called on the South African leadership to act on the Xenophobic attacks that have rocked the country as their continued silence could be misconstrued as an endorsement of the "heinous" act...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 17:34hrs | 13109 | by Staff Reporter
Pope Francis begin Southern Africa visit this week, not coming to Zimbabwe though
Pope Francis arrived late for his weekly address in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, explaining that he had been stuck in an elevator in the Vatican for 25 minutes and had to be freed by firefighters....Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1020 | by Reuters
Zimbabweans bracing for fresh unrest as Chamisa plan protests
Zimbabweans are bracing for fresh unrest after the main opposition party unveiled plans for a series of major rallies starting this week and unions called for strike action.Any demonstrations ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 17:06hrs | 2857 | by The Guardian
Zimdollar return: Beware the cobra effect
Last month, the government took all and sundry by surprise when it banned the use of multi-currencies in all local transactions and reintroduced the Zimdollar; abandoned due hyperinflation in 2009....Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | | by Cliff Chiduku
New dispensation a far fetched idea
The much talked about the new republic has dismally failed to live to the billing. The current political and economic challenges in the country has reached another level and with a lot of peop...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 09:17hrs | 1759 | by Leonard Koni
4 000 Shonas to be granted Kenyan citzenship by 2020
There was joy among the 4000 people of Shona origin living in Kenya after the Government of Kenya pledged to recognise them as citizens and register them by 2020.The Shona Community of Kenya&n...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:15hrs | 7804 | by Mandla Ndlovu
An abiding tortoise of White House goons
Politics, as an existential science, can be characteristically hot, heavy and heady.In its very extreme form, politics can be similar to religious fundamentalism, where it becomes a matter of ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:18hrs | 144 | by Bishop Lazi
Danai Gurira speaks on Zimbabwean identity
HOTSHOT Hollywood actress Danai Gurira has said she struggled to nail down her true identity in the earliest stages of her life, as she grappled with life in what was then a recently liberated Zimbabw...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa-Ramaphosa talks rubbished
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi has rubbished claims by Nelson Chamisa that he met with President Cyril Ramaphosa last week to seek help from SA to break...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:44hrs | 3829 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai family to hold memorial service
The family of the late former trade unionist and maverick MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai have announced that they will be holding a memorial service on the 14th of February 2019....Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 13:31hrs | 2968 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joy for Shonas stranded in Kenya
There was jubilation this week among the Shona community that has been trapped in Kenya since the 1960s after President Uhuru Kenyatta promised to look into their plight.The community members ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 19:22hrs | 12150 | by Mandla Ndlovu
4000 Shonas seek citizenship in Kenya
At least 4000 people of Shona origin living in Kenya have launched a bid to attain citizenship after their families have been residing in Kenya for close to 60 years and yet they have remained undocum...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 20:53hrs | 8806 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF warns that Zimbabwe's economic crisis will deepen without aid
Zimbabwe will plunge further into economic crisis unless international lenders provide aid to the heavily indebted former British colony, senior officials from the Zanu-PF ruling party have said....Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:26hrs | 7740 | by The Guardian
Zimbabwe could draw valuable lessons from Singapore in the former's quest for economic growth
SINGAPORE and Rwanda are exciting countries that may easily serve as case studies for other countries seeking a rapid reduction in their poverty levels. For the purposes of this article I will allow t...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 19:17hrs | 1711 | by Prosper Munyedza
Zimbabwe economic collapse looms again
Zimbabwe faces a deepening economic crisis as hopes fade of a new wave of international investment and aid, following historic elections in July.Locals say conditions have deteriorated since J...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:33hrs | 1884 | by The Guardian
Chamisa rejects 'fake'presidential results
MDC Alliance's presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has rejected election results announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) last night with his party chair Morgen Komichi claiming they wer...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vs Mnangagwa: 'It is a David - Goliath affair'
Nelson Chamisa steps down from the podium. The crowd is still cheering.Promises have been made, slogans shouted, jokes cracked and prayers said.The campaign is drawing to an end. The r...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:28hrs | 295 | by The Guardian
The tale of a jewel and a giant: Facts about revival of Zimbabwe's economy
The Country, Nation and Our WorldMany have talked, written and caricatured Zimbabwe as a country of educated but inept leaders. A country once a jewel of Africa brought down by corruption, greed a...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | 777 | by Vincent Gwarazimba
Why Zimbabwe should be split into two states
This is the prologue from the book Matabele Rising by David Hilton Barber, Footprint Press, R240Zimbabwe is not one country; to pretend otherwise is a dangerous hallucination. The country has ...Published: 29 May 2018 at 13:56hrs | 9347 | by Geoge Mkhwanazi
Mujuru, Chamisa to attend Uhuru Day celebrations
Opposition political parties have said they will be attending a rally marking Zimbabwe's 38th independence anniversary celebrations in Harare tomorrow, saying it was a national event.Zimbabwea...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 12:22hrs | 2372 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangira family cut ties with Elizabeth Macheka
Morgan Tsvangirai's widow Elizabeth faces the spectre of being deprived of her inheritance following the death of her husband on Wednesday last week.The Daily News reported that the Tsvangirai...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 15:33hrs | 13038 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai must work with Mnangagwa
Veterans of the country's liberation struggle are making overtures to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa through a yetto-be-tabled arrangement that might result...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 10:20hrs | 1434 | by Staff reporter
MDC doomed for good - Mutodi
Zanu PF member Energy Mutodi has said the opposition MDC Alliance led by former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is in a worse situation after the demise of President Mugabe and will struggle to get v...Published: 18 Dec 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Pendulum of history swings against Mugabe
Thirty-seven years ago, Robert Mugabe was feted as a titan who had won Africa's last great war against colonialism.Today, in the twilight of his life, Mugabe finds himself loathed by millions ...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 16:38hrs | 1017 | by AP
Mugabe resisting army pressure to quit
President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe's only legitimate ruler, an intelligence source said on Thursday, and is resisting mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old form...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 09:27hrs | 12480 | by Staff reporter
China says not privy to Chiwenga's coup plan
The People's Republic of China yesterday said there were no discussions about a military takeover of government when Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander, Constantino Chiwenga visited the Asian country l...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on knife's edge after military 'take over'
HARARE - Zimbabwe was on a knife's edge on Thursday after the military seized power in what it dubbed a targeted operation against "criminals" in the entourage of President Robert Mugabe, who has rule...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 04:42hrs | 2515 | by Reuters
Why Zimbabwe should be split into two states
'Matabeleland is bigger than Sierra Leone, Liberia, Malawi, Lesotho, Swaziland, Togo, Guinea Bissau, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea and Djibouti, all found in Africa' - ...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 15:03hrs | 39054 | by George Mkhwanazi
Why are African legal minds holding on to colonial relics?
The British gave up their last colonies in Africa half a century ago. But they left their wigs behind. Not just any wigs. They are the long, white, horsehair locks worn by high court judges (and King ...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:17hrs | | by Kevin Sieff
'Zim election won't be rigged for Zanu-PF'
The head of Zimbabwe's election body has said she has no intentions to rig polls in favour of President Robert Mugabe, 93, who has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980.Zi...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 14:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's opponents reunites
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday reunited with his former allies to agree a pre-election pact to challenge President Robert Mugabe's near four-decade hold on power at th...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 18:03hrs | | by Thomson Reuters.
Zanu-PF structures back Grace Mugabe' call
Zanu-PF Harare province has said it is going to mobilise other provinces to support calls by First Lady Grace Mugabe that her ailing husband President Robert Mugabe "anoint" a successor....Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe gets endless birthday gifts
During his mega birthday celebrations in the resort town of Matobo, President Robert Mugabe was feted with giant cakes, his supporters ate game meat and drank choice-ales, but almost three months ...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 17:03hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
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