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The ZANU-PF–Britain alliance is a self-serving bond that never served the people
The political theatre designed to deceive Zimbabweans seems never-ending.A few days ago, senior Zimbabwean officials and British nationals gathered in Harare to celebrate King Charles III's bi...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:24hrs | 677 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr. Mnangagwa, before talking about colonial reparations, why not pay Gukurahundi reparations first?
In a recent address at State House, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa renewed his call for former colonial powers to pay reparations to their ex-colonies, suggesting that such reparations could ...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 21:25hrs | 462 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Britain tried to exile Zulu King to Zimbabwe
In a remarkable revelation, King Misuzulu KaZwelithini recently shared that the British-governed Natal Province of South Africa sought to exile Zulu King Dinuzulu to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - an area also ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:26hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
It's time African leaders were barred from foreign medical care!
So, the people of Cameroon have no idea where their president is. Paul Biya, who is now the oldest head of state in the world, at 91 years old, has not been seen in public for the past three m...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 10:51hrs | 1115 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why Jacob Zuma is now winning court cases
On Tuesday, 9 April 2024, the electoral court set aside the IEC's decision to bar former president Jacob Zuma from running for a parliamentary seat. The IEC had disqualified Zuma due to his criminal r...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 15:26hrs | 10 | by Siyabonga Hadebe
Dark underbelly of pickpocketing in Harare CBD
AWARD-WINNING Zimdancehall chanter Killer T aptly captured Harare central business district in his chartbusting song Masuspect whose lyrics partly go: "Vapfanha vacho vanobhosha masuspect. Havan...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:28hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: It's time for clarity not ambiguity
THE phrase "strategic ambiguity" has been flung into the Zimbabwean vocabulary recently and has been received with mixed feelings.But let us try to put the phrase into context by unraveling it...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 13 | by Nevanji Madanhire
The inspiring journey of Joshua Nkomo, African hero
IN the annals of African history, there are few figures as iconic and revered as the late Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, affectionately known as Father Zimbabwe. A towering presence with an air of com...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 14 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
'Zimbabweans are serial plan B people!' Where is plan B if millions are in the dark and starving
"Zimbabwe did not become a failed state overnight. The collapse of the country happened over a period of decades, starting as early as the 1980s," wrote Malaika Mahlatsi in an article circulating in m...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 10:01hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Does Zimbabwe need the Commonwealth?
ZIMBABWE joined the Commonwealth in 1980 after gaining independence from Britain - in what appeared to be a major victory for the Commonwealth. Twenty-three years down the road, Zimbabwe quit the Comm...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Vusi Nyamazana
UK can't find Nehanda's skull
London's Natural History Museum and Cambridge University have said that they are ready to co-operate with Zimbabwe to return human remains that were taken in the colonial era.The fresh stateme...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff rporter
Colonial hangover will never end as long as racially brainwashed Mnangagwa regime in power
So, the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime is over the moon over the two or so second handshake with former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair!In fact, the president did not waste any time pos...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 21:33hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kenyan elections: A lesson to Zimbabwe opposition parties
On August 9, Kenyans came out in their numbers to elect a man who will lead their country for the next five years.Dr William Ruto was on August 15 declared as the President-elect by the countr...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Mukachana Hanyani
God removes wicked rulers
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it has become common place for discredited and unloved failed national leaders in Zimbabwe to grasp at every straw to hold on to power, inclu...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If Zimbabwe ruling elite believes God appoints leaders then also know same God removes wicked rulers!
It has become common place for discredited and unloved failed national leaders in Zimbabwe to grasp at every straw to hold on to power, including the use ...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Colonialism belongs to old time Britain
ASSERTIONS by one Tendai Ruben Mbofana (Zim leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism! NewsDay May 25, 2022) that China has colonised Zimbabwe cannot go unchallenged.The contents of the so...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Christopher Mahove
Zimbabwe leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism!
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,I love comparing life in Rhodesia vis-a-vis independent Zimbabwe as those are the only two epochs we have known ever since the establishment of the modern-day...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
So tragic that Zimbabwe regime respects animals more than its own citizens!
This morning I watched, in profound amazement, a news report on the Zimbabwe government's impassioned pleading with the EU (European Union) to support the country's cause at this year's CITES Conferen...Published: 17 May 2022 at 11:01hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There will never be any national development without strictly holding the Zimbabwe government to account
From time immemorial, there has always been a debate on why countries in the West are as economically developed as they are.Of course, it is nearly impossible to arrive at a consensus - but, t...Published: 14 May 2022 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Former colony resists direct British rule
The British Virgin Islands' acting premier says "draconian measures" would undermine the "historical constitutional progress"The acting premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has expresse...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime has no capacity to 'improve the lives' of citizens!
I do not know the people of Epworth - a periurban settlement on the outskirts of the capital Harare - but, scenes of them celebrating the official commiss...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Street mural exposes Zimbabwe's divided society
THE Shona and the Ndebele are Zimbabwe's two most dominant ethnic groups. Explaining the ever-present tension between them, historian Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni points to the abuse of the post-colonial st...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti
What does it profit Zimbabwe's ruling elite to gain the country but lose their souls?
Yesterday (March 22, 2022) when I penned an article, "Did war veterans fight for a political party or the people of Zimba...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 07:22hrs | 28 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Britain must compensate Zimbabwe for colonial rule losses'
GUTU South MP Pupurai Togarepi (Zanu-PF) has suggested that Zimbabwe must demand compensation for losses incurred while the country was under British rule.Togarepi said this last Thursday whil...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kenneth Kaunda obituary the last man standing
Kenneth David Kaunda was born on the 28 April 1924. He was affectionately known as KK was a Zambian politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefr...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:33hrs | 4 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Unionisation of teachers a millstone in delivery of remarkable kids' performance
We all get it that teachers want to be compensated more.My brother was a teacher for more than 30 years; I have some experience in the daily life of a teacher. For a long time, for him, it has...Published: 28 May 2021 at 14:43hrs | 2 | by Brian Sedze
Malawi President comes to Zimbabwe
The Malawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement informing members of the general public that His Malawi President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera will be coming on a two-day Official Visit to ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 21:07hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Maj General Sedibe's speech at Dumiso Dabengwa memorial service
We are here to honour and celebrate the life of Cde. Dumiso Dabengwa. In South Africa, we regard him as a hero, and brother in arms. A highly treasured son to the people of Zimbabwe, and to all freedo...Published: 31 May 2019 at 18:46hrs | 30 | by Major Gen. Jackie Sedibe
Zimbabwe's succession quagmire and Chamisa Options
Being a fair student of history, I am going to apply a historical perspective to the current stage and events in our development towards a fully matured democratic and prosperous nation. I will use tw...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 17:40hrs | | by Terence Simbi
Why Africa finds it hard to support Chamisa's MDC
On the 11th of March 2007 the world woke up to shocking images of the bashed faces of Morgan Tsvangirai, Lovemore Madhuku and others after the police had forcibly dispersed an opposition organised gat...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Post-Election violence commission submission
I am an independent member of the Zimbabwean society, meaning that I make rational decision and conclusions on political matters. Officially I am trained in the accounting profession henceforth in my ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 13:17hrs | | by Terence Simbi
'Mnangagwa is sincere about change' - so why did he rig the elections
"What kind of leaders would the armed struggle throw up?" Was the rhetorical question Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, and the other leaders asked thems...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Reconciliation, healing elusive in Zimbabwe
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi's revelation that he is still suffering from the trauma of the grenade attack that killed two people at a June campaign rally in Bulawayo addressed by President Emmerson Mn...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: In pursuit of a never-coming democracy
IT is nearly four decades after Zimbabwe broke free from the shackles of colonial rule. The bulk of African countries that were under the yoke of colonialism either from the British or the Portuguese,...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
The British can't hide it anymore
Many people must be surprised by the British Government's refusal to give Zapu President Dumiso Dabengwa a visa to enter the United Kingdom in response to an invitation to give a lecture on Gukurahund...Published: 31 May 2018 at 10:56hrs | 2 | by Mkhululi Zulu (Zapu Presidential Spokesperson)
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 | 1 | by Geoge Mkhwanazi
Chamisa: Zimbabwe's rising young hope
As the day ended on February 18, MDC-T acting president Nelson Chamisa, who had arrived from the late Morgan Tsvangirai's home, jumped out of his car. He was eased, by a group of youths, through a sea...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
My simple wish for 2018: that Zimbabweans finally see the sheer futility of taking part in flawed elections, at long last
Power and authority in the hands of ruthless thugs is a curse because wrestling power from thugs and tyrants who claim to have the legal authority to exercise power is one of the toughest challenges o...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 21:56hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
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 | 3 | by Stanley Raphael Khumalo
'Zanu PF ichatonga! Igotonga' (rule and rule) Mnangagwa reciting the dictator's creed!
"Today we are witnessing the beginning of unfolding democracy in our country." Mnangagwa said.Here is a man who has no sense of shame. None! He has been at the very heart of this Zanu PF regim...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe refuses to step down in talks with military
President Robert Mugabe, the world's oldest head of state, refused to resign during a crunch meeting on Thursday with military generals who have seized control of the country.The talks in Hara...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 04:57hrs | | by AFP
Mnangagwa is in Pretoria
Sources say Mnangagwa is in South Africa. Police in Mutare have leaked a radio communication which confirms that they were on Tuesday ordered to stop him leaving the country for Mozambique.The...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe threatens Mnangagwa with death?
President Robert Mugabe has threatened his former vice president and long-time ally Emmerson Mnangagwa with death, says a report.Speaking to his supporters outside the ruling Zanu-PF headquart...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to defy Mugabe
Zimbabwe's sacked vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday he had fled the country as he issued a direct challenge to long-ruling President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace.The ruli...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 16:54hrs | | by AFP
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 | 17 | by George Mkhwanazi
As secessionist wave sweeps through the world - the case for Mthwakazi
As the secessionist wave sweeps through the world - especially in Spain's Catalonia, Iraq's Kurdistan, the United Kingdom's Scotland, Nigeria's Biafra, the English-speaking people of Cameroon, and man...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MLF hails King Stanley Raphael Tshuma as a towering figure
PUTTING RULE BY CONQUEST TO RESTThe revival of the kingship in Mthwakazi continues to make it big in some media circles these days. It also continues to enlarge the gulf of the divide of the n...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 17:51hrs | 1 | by Chrispen Nyoni and Andrea Sibanda
Mnangagwa and a plan to rebuild Zimbabwe after Mugabe
In January, a photograph appeared in Zimbabwe's media showing Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoying drinks with a friend. In his hand was a large novelty mug emblazoned with the words: "I'M THE B...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 15:12hrs | 1 | by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley
New 'Ndebele king' trashes Zimbabwe's 1987 Unity Accord
SELF-IMPOSED new Ndebele King - Stanley Tshuma - has trashed the 1987 Unity Accord signed between Zanu-PF and former-PF Zapu, and declared that Matabeleland region would now be referred to as Mthwakaz...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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