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Tragedy of the doctors' crippling strike
It is simple: The tragedy of the over two-months doctors' strike is that Zimbabwe has two finely distinct groups; those who feel (the majority) the impact of the strike and those who talk (the minorit...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1759 | by Learnmore Zuze
UK to snatch fired Zimbabwe doctors?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his government will fast track visa applications for foreign doctors and nurses - opening new opportunities for over 500 Zimbabwean doctors facing the sack fo...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:32hrs | 2956 | by Press Association
Mthuli Ncube cut his nose to spite his face
ZIMBABWE businesses, grappling with the realities of hyperinflation and exchange rate induced losses, have pressed the panic button over worsening macro-economic conditions in the country, with severa...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 2382 | by Phillimon Mhlanga
Mnangagwa must disembark high horse of arrogance
Fuel prices went up over the weekend, triggering price hikes of basic commodities and further worsening an economic calamity whose roots lie in a legitimacy crisis arising out of the stolen election o...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:26hrs | 1618 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Stakeholders must work together to avert a time bomb in Harare
The water situation in Harare has become a state of disaster and all stakeholders must work together to stem a calamity that could threaten the lives of the people.The council is doing all...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 12:21hrs | 443 | by Elias Mudzuri
President Mnangagwa's court case moved to Thursday
Harare judge Justice Owen Tagu has postponed to Thursday the matter in which water rights advocacy organisation the Community Water Alliance Trust (CWAT seeking an order to compel President Emmerson M...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 15:55hrs | 3174 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa dragged to court
A water rights advocacy organisation the Community Water Alliance Trust (CWAT) has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court seeking the court to grant an order to force him declare the ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 14:53hrs | 6778 | by Mandla Ndlovu
THROWBACK: Emmanuel TV Releases 'Confession' Of Man Who Arrested TB Joshua For Drug Trafficking!
Nigerian cleric TB Joshua has released a 20-year-old clip showing the 'confession' of a man who claimed to be one of the officers who arrested him in 1996 on the accusation of drug dealing. ...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 06:29hrs | 14195 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Kings and Mambos must be careful
In English they say "let lying dogs lie", in Ndebele there is a saying that goes "lala lulaza sikwengule."Have we been sleeping in the stupidity slumber that we haven't seen all this coming, some men ...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:50hrs | 2447 | by Presia Ngulube
Zimbabwe is not a banana republic
Blessed Sunday good people.How was Friday?Has the Government changed yet?Is Nelson Chamisa now president of our teapot-shaped republic? Kikikiki.Yes, exactly as Bishop ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | 274 | by Bishop Lazi
Military wants to see 'our' Zimbabweans united
On Tuesday, Zimbabweans will commemorate Zimbabwe Defence Forces' Day to celebrate the role played by the country's uniformed forces in protecting and guaranteeing the country's sovereignty. Last week...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Is Prisca Mupfumira paying for frustrating the repatriation of Nehanda
Prisca Mupfumira is a Zimbabwean politician and former Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry. She is also the former Minister Of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare. She is also the Senat...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 7034 | by Staff Reporter
ICC's draconian suspension of ZC raises questions
THE timing couldn't be worse. The suspension of Zimbabwe at last week's ICC annual meeting on grounds of government interference may be seen as long overdue by many, others will argue that the ICC has...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 193 | by Firstpost.com
Let's stamp out fear of witchcraft
Whenever some calamity befalls us; illness, catching an infectious disease, an accident and injury, a bankruptcy in business, a failed examination, a failed marriage - we want to know what caused it i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 261 | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
Answers still needed for Warriors horror show
THE horror show in Egypt as we succumbed to a 4-0 thumping to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at AFCON on Sunday night sums up the mediocrity in the ranks of Zimbabwean football. We wer...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 17:11hrs | 1102 | by Phillip Zulu
'Zimbabwe return to normalcy'
'Nation embraces Zim dollar . . . Country has returned to normalcy, President says'. This was a headline in the Chronicle. Sadly there is an element of truth in this. What we face is indeed 'normalcy'...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:17hrs | 2974 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Return to normalcy'
'Nation embraces Zim dollar . . . Country has returned to normalcy, President says'. This was a headline in the Chronicle. Sadly there is an element of truth in this. What we face is indeed 'normalcy'...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1003 | by ZimVigil
Has the President Begun?
On 29 April 2019 I wrote an article titled 'The Gukurahundi Solution', which was published by the on line media, bulawayo24 on 30 April 2019. In that article I had highlighted the pain us victims of t...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 18:36hrs | 2542 | by Clemen Moyo
The civil servants problem
All along I have been thinking that cevil servants understand and know how to deal with their problem. No they don't. Cevil servants don't need a bond note salary increment because it becomes the caus...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 11:24hrs | 2603 | by Clemen Moyo
'Reforms are empty words, lipstick on Zanu PF crocodile' - and MDC meerkat
I once watched a documentary on a family of meerkats. In their daily foraging they group came across an ostrich egg. The whole group was certainly very excited with the find, there was a lot of good f...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 06:34hrs | 2494 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa cannot fix Zimbabwe's crisis. He needs Chamisa WRITES Tendai Biti
Zimbabwe is in crisis. But to expect the ruling ZANU-PF government to resolve this is improbable at best. It is, more likely, impossible.Today nearly four out of every five Zimbabweans just ab...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:15hrs | 4878 | by Tendai Biti
'Write to unite Zimbabweans'
Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Honourable Energy Mutodi; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Br...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:08hrs | 253 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
End of the road Emerson
That's it. Its the end of the road for Emerson Mnangagwa. He should just pack his begs and go back to Zvishavane, or, by the way, is it Zambia. Once a dictator starts changing the constitution to limi...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 20:07hrs | 11057 | by Clemen Moyo
Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - End of an era, resilience of a vision
Speaking notes for ZAPU statement at the funeral of party President Dr. Dumiso DabengwaNtabazinduna, Umguza District, Matebeleland North, ZimbabweDr. Strike Mkandla, Secretary GeneralSatur...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 21:09hrs | 1227 | by Dr. Strike Mkandl
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 | | by Bishop Lazi
Lack of Political will has brought unnecessary calamity
We are in this mess because we have a political question which remain unanswered. The question lies on legitimacy. We have a deep deep crisis centered on legitimacy, failure by our country's electoral...Published: 22 May 2019 at 17:35hrs | 1231 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
CPU warns of Cyclone Kenneth, landfall
The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has issued a warning of a tropical storm that is developing into a cyclone named Cyclone Kenneth, which is projected to make a landfall in Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi ...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 1860 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's version of disaster capitalism, couched as resilience
A LOCAL Zimbabwean artist, Dereck Mpofu, recently released a song titled Mweya wechiZimba. Even though the title of the song may suggest it is religious, it is upon listening to it, that you discover ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 15:31hrs | 339 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:17hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity
RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thou...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 2080 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Of Wilfred Mugeyi, Boateng and MDC
Up until May 6 2015, arguably the most embarrassing episode in world football history was that last-gasp miss by Wilfred Mugeyi on January 25 2004 at Zimbabwe's first appearance at the African Cup of ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2023 | by Bishop Lazi
Mnangagwa comes under criticism for mocking the RTGS$s
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under criticism for seemingly mocking the country's currency, real time gross settlement dollars (RTGS$) at an event where he said the Cyclone Idai-induced floods...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:33hrs | 11163 | by Staff reporter
Understanding the ZAMCO business model
There has been a lot of talk about the Zimbabwe Asset Management Company (Zamco) lately, particularly after the appearance of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Mangudya, before the Parliamen...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | 555 | by Vince Musewe
A disaster in the midst of polarisation and Lessons learnt from Cyclone Idai
The days 15 and 16 March 2019 will ever be etched in the memory of many of us Zimbabweans Sadly, so as we will relive the horror caused by an unusual stranger called Cyclone Idai. Cyclones are...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 357 | by Johanne and Kowanai Mhlanga
In times like these, political posturing must give way
There can be no denying the compelling power of politics the world over.Whether one decides to dump local news for world news, they would surely meet with the contentious subject of politics i...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:24hrs | 216 | by Learnmore Zuze
Mnangagwa has a difficult balancing act to perform
OPINION is sharply divided over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's costly foreign trips at a time the country is mourning the death of more than 300 Cyclone Idai victims, the Daily News reported.F...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 20:35hrs | 1641 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Joanina will not hit Zimbabwe
The government has dismissed social media reports that another cyclone known as Joanina, is set to hit the country after the devastating Cyclone Idai.Speaking at a media briefing, Information,...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 19:48hrs | 3788 | by Staff reporter
Jet-setting Mnangagwa divides nation
OPINION is sharply divided over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's costly foreign trips at a time the country is mourning the death of more than 300 Cyclone Idai victims, the Daily News reported.F...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:17hrs | 4982 | by Staff reporter
When seers failed to see the Ides of March
Bishop Lazi always tells his followers that as a people, we have been involved in a brutal rat race for the past two decades as we struggled for survival in choppy economic conditions.But the ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:24hrs | 326 | by Bishop Lazi
Even politicians will not divide us
ZIMBABWE is currently battling to come to terms with Cyclone Idai-induced devastation and politicians have conveniently taken advantage of the obtaining human suffering to score cheap political goals....Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:33hrs | 203 | by Editorial - Daily News
Sanctions and jecha affect Zimbabwe's response to natural disasters
I rise to give a statement on the condition of Cyclone Idai which has affected people in Manicaland and many other provinces and to state what Government is undertaking in order to relieve the pressur...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:30hrs | 646 | by July Moyo
Bodies of Cyclone Idai victims found floating in Mozambique
GOVERNMENT has said some bodies of people who have been reported missing following the ravaging Cyclone Idai are reportedly floating in Mozambique and the army is on its way to retrieve them. ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:25hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Tour Chimanimani with a clean intention
In times of bereavement, people of different political and social persuasions, even those who do not see eye to eye bury their hatchets and converge to comfort the bereaved.The devastating Cyc...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:29hrs | 3145 | by John Sigauke
Loose lips can really sink ships
As Jesus liked his teachings in parables, the Bishop will continue to use intelligible riddles and anecdotes to help you understand the workings of the world, at least as how I understand them....Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:31hrs | 136 | by Bishop Lazi
Cyclone Idai kills 24 people in Chimanimani East
Government has announced that the number of deaths due to Cyclone Idai is confirmed at 24 mainly from Chimanimani East.The Government through the Civil Protection Unit has informed citizens th...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 10:50hrs | 6979 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe be calm
In the 1960's a time when the world was ever divided with prospects of a third world war running supreme due to the nuclear arms race and technological advancements. The Catholic Church led then by bl...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:31hrs | 497 | by Terence Simbi
Zimbabwe fuel crisis: Can someone please say the truth?
Here is a folklore allegory: imagine a man with a huge rural family of 10 children and a wife to take care of.The family knows that the man, as the breadwinner, goes on several hunting expedit...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | 794 | by Learnmore Zuze
4 investments that don't give any returns
People are locked in a constant struggle to invest their wealth in the most promising stocks or startup ventures, so the first and last thing on their minds is to make the biggest returns possible. Ho...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 21:59hrs | 4960 | by Staff Reporter
The role of peace in the economy
We are still struggling, in Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole, when it comes to understanding and executing economic programmes that give sustainable growth. Most analysts tend to paint this poor underst...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:17hrs | 155 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
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