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Chamisa's MDC woos Sadc on dialogue
AS THE push for Zimbabwe's much-needed national dialogue continues to gather steam, the opposition said yesterday that it was important for Sadc and the African Union to help midwife the mooted talks....Published: 2 hrs ago | 743 | by Staff reporter
Talks between Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable
DIALOGUE between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable, and also remains the best way to ending Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad challenges, professor of World Politics at th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:12hrs | 3561 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora appoints team to work on national dialogue strategy
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu-PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's national dialogue 'window of opportunity' opens
WITH the momentum towards national dialogue continuing to gather speed, as Zimbabweans cry for an end to the country's decades-long political and economic challenges, analysts have urged the Church to...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:50hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
A bad-bye to a bad year
Arsenal's emphatic win over Chelsea at the Emirates stadium on Boxing day lifted my spirits in a tenuous and gloomy year in which the despondent people of this country were boxed down mainly by the tw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 206 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa pushed to engage Chamisa
CHURCHES have encouraged Zimbabweans to remain hopeful about the country's future, as they continue to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to help resolve th...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:34hrs | 13292 | by Staff reporter
There is still hope for Zimbabwe
With the current situation in Zimbabwe, where almost every aspect of pillars of the state which include the economy, social and political structures are bedridden it is of paramount importance that as...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 16:34hrs | 1593 | by Knowledge Hakata
US Ambassador to Harare lays re-engagement cards on the table
WORLD superpower, the United States of America, stands accused of interfering in Zimbabwe's internal political affairs by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and the ruling Zanu-PF party....Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3713 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 20766 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Catholic Church sets up recording studio
THE Catholic Church has set up a state-of-the-art studio, Anesu Recording Studio, in the capital to both gospel and circular musicians.In an interview with NewsDay Life & Style, Zimbabwe C...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:12hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Magaya wants clerics to 'Be frank with Mnangagwa on talks'
OUTSPOKEN Zimbabwe Divine Destiny Church leader Ancelimo Magaya says clerics must be frank with President Emmerson Mnangagwa as they push for an all-inclusive dialogue to end the country's decades-lon...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 19:21hrs | 6796 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF headquarters shaken as Africa calls spade a spade
Once you see the bigmouth trio of George Charamba aka Jamwanda, Presidential Spokesman, Victor Matemadanda aka Taximan, Deputy Minister of Defence and Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Information, spewi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:13hrs | 12571 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa, Chamisa meet clerics
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sep...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 5759 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions hold key to ending Zimbabwe problems
FORTHRIGHT former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says the push by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress (ANC) to end Zimbabwe's decades-long political and ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | 3926 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa thunders, Zanu-PF's attitude hardens
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday that he would not seek outside intervention to hold dialogue with the opposition and other interest groups in the country. At the same time, a ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:26hrs | 4793 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells critics that they won't get help from region
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday claimed that regional leaders were laughing off claims that there was a crisis in the country.Addressing a Zanu-PF central committee meeting in Harare ye...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 4626 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF loses out on goodwill over its stark denialist attitude
UTTERANCES by Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) that neighbouring South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has no mandate to intervene in Zimbabwe's mul...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in fresh talks plea
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday renewed his calls for national dialogue after meeting Catholic bishops and other clerics in Harare, as he bids to end the country's decades-old myriad challenges...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:04hrs | 11224 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams door on Ramaphosa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out allowing a delegation from South Africa to meet his critics, including opposition parties and civic organisations, slamming the door on efforts by the neighb...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 7505 | by Staff reporter
Church abrogating its duty, says Msindo
ZANU-PF-linked cleric Obadiah Msindo has blamed the church for failing to inculcate values of peace and harmony among citizens, hence the current polarisation in the country.Msindo was comment...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
The tipping point
When we reach that tipping point, we feel we are loosing it. We feel hopeless, we feel life has reached its end. We feel like it is now a matter of days. We feel we are being chocked, we can't breathe...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:49hrs | 680 | by Dr Takesure Tazvishaya
For there is no authority except from God
After taking a lengthy Covid 19 induced sabbatical from church, yours truly had an opportunity to attend one this week which was characterised by a blast sermon which was topical, intellectually and s...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 18:55hrs | 603 | by Tafara Shumba
Zanu-PF comedians
In March this year the governing party appointed a young man into the position of Director of Information. Tafadzwa Mugwadi, a holder of a BSc in Political Science and a MSc in Finance in Internationa...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 14:32hrs | 1810 | by Patrick Gabavu
Bishops in Zimbabwe say they will not be silenced
OCAL Anglican bishops have thrown their weight behind their Catholic counterparts who were recently publicly chastised by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for highlighting human rights abuses in the count...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3776 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa shocked why residents continue voting 'corrupt' MDC Councillors
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson, Patrick Chinamasa is at pains to understand why urban voters continue to vote for corrupt councillors in the opposition who neglect in providing adequate service delivery ...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 2569 | by newzimbabwe
'Catholic priests statement crafted by MDC'
ZANU-PF yesterday claimed that a recent hard-hitting letter written by Catholic Bishops was full of MDC Alliance vitriol, raising suspicion it could have been written by opposition party leaders Nelso...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2379 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe problems won't lead to civil war'
AS pressure mounts for the regional grouping Sadc to end Zimbabwe's long running crises, University of Zimbabwe's politics expert, Eldred Masunungure, says South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and h...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 19:40hrs | 2099 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's regime has gone rogue, says ED adviser
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's outspoken adviser, Shingi Munyeza, has struck again, describing the Zanu-PF government as a rogue and cancerous regime failing to "protect and prosper its citizens"....Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:29hrs | 9265 | by Staff reporter
Groups protest Ndebele 'insults' by govt
SOME civic groups in Matabeleland have written a lengthy letter pleading with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to stop insulting Ndebeles as well as to the international community to exercise...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1609 | by newzimbabwe
Proud to be catholic
I am the proudest catholic today than any other days of my faith. This may sound untrue and exaggerated, I have been saying openly that my Christian faith does not serve me and my immediately needs an...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 17:58hrs | 1492 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo groups blast 'provocative' Mnangagwa meeting
SOME Bulawayo based civic society groups and political parties have described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Saturday's meeting with fellow organisations as provocative to the people of Matabeleland w...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:51hrs | 4301 | by newzimbabwe
Obadiah Musindo calls for unity
DESTINY for Africa Network (DNA) founder Obadiah Musindo has called on the church to promote political tolerance and unity in the country as part of efforts to create conducive conditions for ec...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:26hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reaches into Mugabe's tool box
FROM a university student who was thrown into remand prison on suspicion that she passed a snide remark about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's poor performance, to police officers venting their anger on...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:20hrs | 3458 | by Moses Matenga
Zimbabwe ripe for change!
When I read the statement by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa in her reaction to the Catholic bishops' pastoral letter, I was shocked at the ignorance and arrogance displayed in it. I said to my...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:17hrs | 614 | by Ken Mufuka
Church group warns Zimbabweans
A local church group has exhorted Zimbabweans to guard against faith-based organisations that are pushing for regime change disguised as sermons.In response to a recent controversial pastoral ...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:11hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa out of touch with reality
ARE our leaders living in a different country? If they were living in Zimbabwe and are aware of the reality on the ground then they would agree with everything raised in that Catholic pastoral letter....Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | 4493 | by Concerned
Mnangagwa has turned a deaf ear to the voice of God
IT would appear that President Emmerson Mnangagwa learnt nothing from his predecessor, the late Robert Mugabe's missteps, despite serving as his confidante for over 50 years, hence his glaring blunder...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Biti says military role in Zimbabwe politics cannot be wished away
AS EFFORTS continue to end Zimbabwe's decades-long political crisis, MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, pictured, says any meaningful national dialogue that is to take place in the country shoul...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 19:34hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe flares up in flames.... as SB Moyo becomes face of yet another coup
As Zimbabwe flares up in flames in the latest repressive rendition of the country's multi-layered political crisis, the regime in Harare has ostrich-style decided to firmly bury its head in the ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 14:20hrs | 32616 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe govt intransigence self-destructive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa administration's intransigence towards overtures by the African Union (AU) and various civic organisations to urgently address Zimbabwe's drawn out political and economic ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:58hrs | 639 | by Golden Maunganidze
Media should guard against being purveyors of hate, ethnic animosity
THE tribally connotative remarks attributed to the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Senator Monica Mutsvangwa, following the pastoral letter issued by the Zimbabwe Catholic...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:57hrs | 256 | by Golden Maunganidze
What really happened to the listening President?
0N the unforgettable evening of November 22, 2017 President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who had fled the country to South Africa via Mozambique a fortnight earlier, made a triumphant return to Zimbabwe after ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:55hrs | 854 | by Owen Gagare
We are our own liberators, says Chamisa
Zimbabwe's socio-economic and political crisis has received the attention of regional political players and civil society, with many calling for SADC and the African Union (aU) to intervene. envoys se...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
NGOs warn Mnangagwa
FOREIGN FUNDED HUMAN rights lobby groups have rapped President Emmerson Mnangagwa for denying that the country was in a crisis, warning the deepening problems would not self-correct.In a state...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:38hrs | 4512 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland CSOs fret over Mutsvangwa 'tribal remarks'
MATABELELAND civic groups have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Sadc, African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) complaining about what they said was a tribal outburst by Information minister ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:37hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
'Priests belong to temples, not politics'
ZIMBABWEANS should guard against religious institutions disseminating anti-Government narratives disguised as sermons, church groups said yesterday. In response to a recent controversial pasto...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:31hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
War veterans warn 'sodomist' Catholic priests to stop playing with fire'
WAR VETERANS have stormed the raging tirade pitting government and Catholic priests with the militant pro-Zanu-PF group telling the clerics to stop "playing with fire".This comes after the men...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 870 | by newzimbabwe
Monica Mutsvangwa attacked
MONICA MUTSVANGWA ATTACKED Social media has gone crazy attacking Monica Mutsvangwa for her response she made to the unprovoked letter by the Catholic Bishops. The two letters went vir...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 05:52hrs | 15754 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa accuses some clerics of pursuing 'nefarious agendas'
POLITICAL tensions continue to escalate in the country, with a bristling President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing some local churches yesterday of advancing a dangerous agenda against the government, the...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 16:15hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF politburo tells off bishops
ZANU-PF's politburo yesterday dismissed as malicious claims by Catholic bishops in the country that the government was carrying out human rights abuses and instilling fear among the populace, the Dail...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
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