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Netanyahu family to enter underground bunker in Jerusalem should Iran launch attack?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family plan to enter the underground bunker complex in Jerusalem, designed for top officials in case of an Iranian attack on Israel. This information comes fr...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 21:35hrs | 1492 | by Tal Shalev
Netanyahu orders UN to evacuate Lebanon peacekeepers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw UNIFIL peacekeepers from southern Lebanon, adding that by remaining there they are "providing...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 15:33hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
The US should show us some respect
PALESTINIANS who live in Gaza, which has now been literally turned into a hellscape by the Israeli military's firepower, are experiencing untold suffering.While the media in the West calls it ...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mark Zuckerberg builds US$100 million underground house as he prepares for Doomsday
In a move that has sparked intense speculation, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly in the process of constructing a sprawling $100 million compound in Hawaii, featuring an underground bunker a...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 07:26hrs | 1077 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZimAlloys set to fire up new furnaces after $40m injection
ONE of the country's largest ferrochrome producers, Zimbabwe Alloys (ZimAlloys) will next month return to production after a new shareholder injected close to US$40 million to revive the company....Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cowering to a dictator only makes him more brazen!
I was bullied when I was a little child - from my crèche days to early primary school.That was the period my life changed forever - becoming the person I am today. There were two thin...Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 19:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Could this be the next great African golfer? Meet Zuwa Luwo
In the world of golf, where seasoned professionals spend years honing their skills, one young prodigy has taken the sport by storm almost straight out the womb! Meet Zuwa Luwo, a 8-year-old golf sensa...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:06hrs | 10 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chiwenga's grand plan remains intact
AT Zanu PF's elective congress this October, delegates unanimously endorsed Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain the ruling party's leader for the next five years.This means the 80-year-old president ...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 10:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean music and gumboot dancing comes to Margate
Thanet residents are collaborating in a show that brings together Zimbabwean instruments, storytelling and gumboot dancing, in a world where music is forbidden.Thanet performance company Loopi...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Class IN itself versus Class FOR itself
US goose versus NED ganderTHERE is always more to write about than there is space to publish. Last week I had to drop two key matters, to allow myself to address in extenso what I sought to ra...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cults, national myths, hegemony
THE British are renowned for their liking of leaders, particularly those who took them through tough periods like the Second World War and the Cold War-era. Most notable are army commander Winston Chu...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabweans' fear of their oppressors makes them an attractive magnet for dictators!
I have often wondered whether Zimbabweans were the easiest people to oppress on this planet.I once even wrote any article, some years ago, postulating that Zimbabweans themselves were the main...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:45hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans caught up in Afghanistan turmoil
ZIMBABWEANS in Afghanistan are anxious over their safety, while others, including Clever Sithole, an engineer heading a gemstones centre, have fled, fearing for their lives after the Taliban took over...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Songs that liberated the country
The song Kubuhlungu Emoyeni (There is pain in my heart) by LMG choir evokes emotions of the liberation struggle and one of the singers, Happiness Sibanda, breaks into tears each time she explains the ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu
Tyrants are generally cowards who flee when their bullying power is under threat
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler hid in an underground bunker - where he eventually committed suicide - when Allied forces had surrounded Germany's capital Berlin in 1945.Iraq's iron-fisted tyrant, ...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 16:09hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's straitjacket has no wriggle room, especially now coups are 'legal' - off with his head with crown upon it
"Zanu-PF has a constitution and under that constitution, we sit as a congress to elect our president," said Zanu PF acting national spokes-person Patrick Chinamasa."In 1977, a lot of the leade...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Botswana: A base for future US military control of Southern Africa
The Zimbabwe Communist Party is seriously concerned about the continuing links between the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) and Africa Command (AFRICOM) of the United States Army.We were alerted b...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 49 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
Chamisa's martyr complex
It is said that in adversity you learn a lot about a leader's character. For while its easy to be calm and collected when things are going well, it is when things are tough that the true leaders disti...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 12:01hrs | | by Innocent Dube
Freedom Camp massacre: I saw 226 cadres gunned down
COMRADE Bulukani Masola (born 13-05-1959) , whose Chimurenga name was Peter Scotch last week narrated how he joined the liberation struggle and the establishment of the ZIPRA communications department...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
'Mugabe not bitter'
ZIMBABWE's first Executive President, Robert Mugabe, resigned for "the good of the country", and will serve his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whenever called upon to do so.In an int...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko: Here today, gone tomorrow!
History is littered with cases of presidents who served unbelievably short terms.Some lasted less than an hour, and others a few hours, days or months.istory is littered with cases of presiden...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff write
Mugabe's last days in office
Zimbabwe's first Executive President, Robert Mugabe, resigned for "the good of the country", and will serve his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whenever called upon to do so.In an int...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
The fall of the Zimbabwe dictator is gathering speed
A soft political coup led by G40 has taken place in Zimbabwe. The dictatorship of Robert Mugabe and his patronage political machine linked to the liberation struggle is now crumbling at a fast pace dr...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
'Sheriff bungled Mugabe Con-Court case'
#Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi's attorney has slammed the Sheriff of the High Court for bungling the case in which the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) dismissed the activist's challenge that ...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka to appeal Mugabe 'protests' ruling
Political activist Promise Mkwananzi said he is appealing against a Wednesday Constitutional Court (Con-Court) ruling which dismissed his challenge that President Robert Mugabe was violating Zimba...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko one of biggest Parly bunkers
Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko and Foreign Affairs minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi are some of the biggest Parliament bunkers, the National Assembly heard on Wednesday. Kuwadzana East M...Published: 14 Oct 2016 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manheru justifies the unprovoked police brutality
The Mugabe 'official' view of the chaos in Harare on Friday is that it was the work of paid demonstrators for the imperialist West aiming at regime change. And, as everyone has learnt from the Herald,...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 19:17hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil
Mugabe feels the heat
As public anger against President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu-PF continues to mount, radical pressure group Tajamuka/Sesijikile has filed a court suit seeking to have the increasingly frail nona...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 21:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
#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
Ex-Ivorian first lady claims she suffered rape attempt
Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire's former first lady Simone Gbagbo on Wednesday denied charges of crimes against humanity during political violence in 2010 and said she had suffered attempted rape while in det...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Agencies
From Siamese twins to one bundle of bliss
Zimbabwe celebrated a landmark surgical achievement in April 2014 when a team of health professionals led by Mr Bothwell Mbuvayesango successfully conducted an operation to separate Siamese twins Tapi...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 16:53hrs | | by Shamiso Yikoniko
Rhodesia: The Great Betrayal
For just over three months I stayed at the Hilton Hotel while I worked in Pietermaritzburg recently. Staying there also was an ex-Rhodesian of roughly my age. This is his story in his words of his exp...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 12:07hrs | 4 | by Dean McCleland
'Why I want Mugabe to go,' by Jabulani Sibanda
FORMER war veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda (JS) was instrumental in President Robert Mugabe's re-election in 2013 but now says the 92-year-old has become a burden for Zimbabweans.Last week he...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 11:05hrs | | by Richard Chidza
World War 2 tunnels and bunkers discovered in Mbare
Underground tunnels and bunkers believed to have been built during the Second World War have been discovered in Mbare at a place known as Beatrice cottages.Beatrice cottages were resident to a...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 19:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zuma to pull South Africa troops out of Sudan
South Africa President Jacob Zuma will pull SA National Defence Force soldiers out of Darfur, Sudan, from April 1, the Presidency said on Wednesday."President Jacob Zuma has terminated the emp...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 13:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
The only difference between Zimbabwe and Botswana is leadership
I HAVE just completed reading two books on the Second World War. The first was by an American soldier who spent 4 years in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp and the second was an overview of the War fro...Published: 02 Sep 2015 at 16:26hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Echoes from the past - with economy dying Chinamasa tells Dubai of 'unlocked' potential
Zimbabwe's national economy is on its death bed with 18 000 workers laid off in three weeks and thousands more to follow and Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa tells would be investors in Dubai he ha...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 23:46hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
South African troops 'held hostage' in Sudan over al-Bashir
The Sudanese government of president Omar al-Bashir literally held a gun to South Africa's head to secure his safe return to Khartoum....Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Watch out...as you get older
Anyone who believes that the older they get, the wiser they become has to be warned seriously: you could be kidding yourself into an early grave - you are not Methuselah.I might not be referri...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 15:36hrs | | by Bill Saidi
Grace Mugabe now running the show
FIRST lady Grace Mugabe this week gave strong signals that she is now running the show in Zanu PF and government behind the scenes when she virtually gave her husband, President Robert Mugabe, a pub...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim successful separates conjoined twins
The state media reports that Zimbabwe has broken new ground in its medical history after a successful operation on siamese twins born in April, with a team of 50 having worked on the delicate eight-ho...Published: 08 Jul 2014 at 23:40hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza/Susan Mabunze
Apostolic sect's bizarre rituals
Dogs, chickens, goats and cattle have better chances of survival than humans, a hard-pressed Johanne Marange Apostolic Church member vending locksets and glue at Sakubva Bus Terminus conceded....Published: 12 Jan 2014 at 14:43hrs | | by Bernard Chiketo
'What is wrong with Zimbabweans,' asks Tendai Biti
Wananchi, pessimism is a chronic disease which corrodes internal confidence and self belief.Our people sadly are caught up with this terrible predatory ailment that is consuming the internal...Published: 12 Jan 2014 at 09:16hrs | | by Tendai Biti
Remains of 129 liberation war heroes reburied
THE Fallen Heroes of Zimbabwe Trust (FHZT) last week completed the reburials of 129 skeletal remains of people who were executed and dumped in shallow graves at the Castle Kopje in Rusape by the Rhode...Published: 14 Nov 2013 at 12:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tiger Woods, EA end 15-years-old relationship
Tiger Woods has been the name used to sell EA Sports' golf simulation video game for 15 years - but the current series of games will be the last to bear his moniker as the world number one has lost on...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Slippery justice for victims of oil spills
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Bruce Grobbelaar will never forgive himself for killing black people
Former Highlanders and Warriors goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar says he will never forgive himself for killing black peopleThe details are extracted from a Red Machine, a book about untold...Published: 10 Oct 2013 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man Held in Powerful Internet Attack
Dutch authorities say they have arrested a man they believe was connected to an online attack on a spam-fighting site that snarled the Internet last month. While the authorities did not ...Published: 26 Apr 2013 at 20:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect remains hospitalised in serious condition
Boston - The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing remains hospitalised in serious condition under heavy guard - apparently in no shape to be interrogated - as investigators try to establis...Published: 21 Apr 2013 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Work resumes at Malema's mansion
Builders have apparently returned to work on the site where former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema's R16m Sandown home was being built. This is despite despite financial woes.Malem...Published: 19 Jan 2013 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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