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Nyarota the Gukurahundi Cheerleader
Geoff Nyarota, that Gukurahundi cheerleader and genocide supporter is no more. He died in a country with hospitals without medicine. Yet he died better than the thousands who were bayoneted in the kil...Published: 25 Mar 2025 at 21:53hrs | 526 | by Victim of Nyarota Gukurahundi Editorials
Geoff Nyarota: A legacy of fearless journalism in the fight against corruption
Zimbabwe has lost a legend! The passing of veteran journalist Geoff Nyarota is not just a loss to the journalism fraternity - it is a deep wound to the soul of a nation still crying out for ac...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 21:12hrs | 362 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's Damascene moment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Thursday that he is in his final term and plans to retire when his tenure ends in 2028. Speaking at the commissioning of the Mutare Teachers' College fruit ju...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Has Chamisa led Zimbabwe's opposition astray?
On January 25, exactly two years and three days after Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was launched, its leader Nelson Chamisa quit, leaving the party in turmoi...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:20hrs | 17 | by Ish Mafundikwa
Zanu-PF's fingerprints in CCC chaos
THE ruling Zanu-PF party says former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa should be probed over how he handled finances during his tenure at the helm of the opposition politica...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Change is inevitable. Is Africa ready?
CHANGE is one of the few constant factors in our lives, perhaps since the beginning of time. Unless driven by the people, the fear of change is another constant. This is because humans, by nature, are...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 11 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwean women are reduced to cheerleaders in the upcoming election, activists say
In a large hall at the headquarters of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party, women responded with roaring cheers when President Emmerson Mnangagwa described them as the party's "backbone" whose votes are v...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Developing countries can choose to be cheerleaders or active players amid geopolitical changes
THE shifting geopolitical trends are having a profound impact on the political, economic and social scenes across the world.These changes are presenting options for developing countries to eit...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:10hrs | 13 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Kasukuwere snubs cheerleader Lumumba
PRESIDENTIAL independent candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has named his campaign technical committee headed by ex-cabinet minister Walter Mzembi.In a statement Monday, Mzembi announced a team of f...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Call to act on unpatriotic Zimbabwean elements
ZIMBABWEANS have called on authorities to expedite the passage of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill (2022) and put an end to the tendency by opposition elements to badmouth the...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rips into Mnangagwa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday laid bare the worsening human rights situation in the country before a Commonwealth team currently visiting to assess its suitabilit...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi tours Mash West to whip traditional leaders
Zanu-PF vice president and second secretary, Kembo Mohadi, is set on a marathon tour of Mashonaland West province where he is expected to whip traditional leaders into ensuring their subjects vote for...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools ordered to hold 'anti-sanctions' events on October 25
The government has ordered schools to plan "anti-sanctions" events for October 25, ZimLive reported.The date was declared by SADC as a Day of Solidarity Against Sanctions on Zimbabwe.F...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala a pawn to force CCC into Polad'
LAWYER Beatrice Mtetwa yesterday claimed that legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole were being persecuted to force the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party to join the Political ...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Original begs for Kasukuwere return
A NEWLY-LAUNCHED political outfit going by the monicker Zanu-PF Original has called on self-exiled former Cabinet minister Saviour "Tyson" Kasukuwere to come back home and lead the party's campaign ah...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Discussions without Chamisa futile,' says Chanakira
Attempts to resolve the country's multi-faceted crises without the involvement of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa would be futile, Zimbabwe Economic Society (ZES) ...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF closing opposition's political space, says ZPP
Zanu-PF party members topped human rights violations, with 165 cases in April and 193 in May in a development rights groups say indicates the ruling party's penchant for violence.The figures w...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pampers Mwonzora & co
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government splashed cash on leaders of opposition political parties, including MDC-T Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora, to facilitate their attendance of Independence Day...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When the West, opposition believe their own propaganda
Following the March 26, 2022, by-elections, the Western media and the opposition have been very childishly excited by the performance of the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC.In the process, the West and...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Trevor Ncube says was ‘wrong' to back Mnangagwa, renews Chamisa criticism
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) owner Trevor Ncube has admitted he was "wrong" to assume President Emmerson Mnangagwa would govern better than Robert Mugabe.Ncube, one of Mnangagwa's biggest cheerl...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 11:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisory council falls apart
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Advisory Council (Pac) has virtually collapsed after the acrimonious quitting of its high-profile deputy chairperson, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) proprietor ...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Invasion of Ukraine was inevitable
DEVELOPING the future of knowledge involves understanding the "relationship between what we know and what will happen, for the purpose of improving both, for everyone".This endeavour demands a...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:29hrs | 3 | by Arthur G.O. Mutambara
EU snubbed Mnangagwa at Brussels summit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was snubbed by top European Union diplomats at last week's EU-Africa Summit while regional counterparts secured critical meetings, pouring cold water on government claims ...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Invasion of Ukraine was Inevitable: Understanding Russian Concerns and the Folly of Western Diplomacy
Developing the future of knowledge involves understanding the ‘relationship between what we know and what will happen, for the purpose of improving both, for everyone'.This endeavour demands...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Arthur G.O Mutambara
Warriors super fan hospitalized in Cameroon
Warriors cheerleader Alvin ‘Aluvha' Zhakata has been hospitalized after he collapsed at a hotel in Yaounde following the Malawi, Morocco Africa Cup of Nations last 16 clash on Tuesday night....Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Scent of polls as new parties emerge
WITH the general elections on the horizon, Zimbabwe is once again witnessing the formation of fringe political parties attempting the plunge in the political landscape largely dominated by Zanu-PF and...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
House of Lords reprimand leaves Mnangagwa propaganda in tatters
LAST week's heated British House of Lords debate on Zimbabwe in which parliamentarians and a government minister said the southern African country should not be readmitted into the Commonwealth until ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's politburo elevation raises stink
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has elevated First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa to a top Zanu-PF party post, a development which observers yesterday said could widen fissures within the ruling party apart....Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:35hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Glasgow trip a missed opportunity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Glasgow, Scotland, was a missed opportunity for Zimbabwe to meaningfully engage world leaders on climate matters, but instead he reduced the all-important summi...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-sanctions charade finds few takers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-sanctions charade, including rallies and marches devoid of concrete political reforms, is senseless escapism from what the government ought to do to convince the We...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is a hostage to military interests'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's biographer Eddie Cross claims the Zanu-PF leader was a hostage to military interests for seven months after assuming power following a military coup in November 2017....Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 18:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and dodgy Zanu-PF characters
WHEN Zanu-PF activist Marx Mupungu filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application in June seeking to quash the High Court judgment by the three brave judges who had barred Chief Justice Malaba fr...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Polad takes publicity stunt to ZITF
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) has taken its publicity stunt to the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), which began yesterday in Bulawayo, with principal actors saying they could not miss...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Tin Tin back on airwaves
POPULAR actress-cum-radio-and-television-presenter Tinopona "Tin Tin" Katsande is back on the airwaves after a long absence.Her voice rocked the radio on Sunday as she co-presented with Tonder...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police reject demo application
THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association were yesterday denied police clearance to demonstrate against under-fire Warriors coach, Zdravko Logarusic, who now appears on his way out. ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora staying in Polad
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora, who leads a smaller faction of the opposition MDCs, yesterday said he planned to keep working with President Emmerson Mnangagwa under his Political Actors Dialogue (Pola...Published: 01 May 2021 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Not yet ready for democracy
THE road to democracy is not easy for countries that have emerged from decades of colonial systems and replaced by autocratic ones which derive their power from military as well as tribal politics....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa squanders international goodwill
THIS week's decision by the British government to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe's top security officials has thrown President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement agenda into disarray as the internationa...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Colonialist UK pushes to further isolate the Mnangagwa government
THE United Kingdom's unexpected move this week to impose sanctions on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights violations - following a series of critical pronouncements in recent months - sig...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'SB Moyo meticulous planning saved nation from chaos' - yet 3 years on, chaos still rules the roost
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce Foreign Minister Dr S B Moyo has died," announce Emmerson Mnangagwa."Zimbabwe has lost a devoted public servant and a true hero, and I have lost a fri...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:25hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Democracy dies in darkness
Democracy is facing tough time in Zimbabwe,it is wilting, suffocating and profusely bleeding.Infact it's wasting away- dying in full view of a public that couldn't care less.A public that is p...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Taruberekera Masara
Mugabe's loudest cheerleader dies
FORMER Cabinet minister and diplomat Florence Chitauro (79) has died.Chitauro died on Monday night after she collapsed at her Borrowdale home with relatives suspecting she suffered a severe st...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC is not only falling apart, it has actually fallen apart
THE Daily News has been a lone voice over the past few months in highlighting the folly of the country's opposition engaging in self-immolation, and taking counsel from dubious characters.For ...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Crisis' in Zimbabwe: A neighbour's perspective
From as far back as May, several individuals and organisations from Zimbabwe, the region and beyond have been pushing the baseless and politically-mischievous narrative that Zimbabwe is mired in a cri...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Pardon Muzavazi
'Zimbabwe political squabbling cripples business'
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has called for political dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, saying the standoff between the two main...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Deputy minister genocidal utterances condemned
Dear Editor, Your paper deserves the support of all Zimbabweans and indeed the world for being a truthful platform for the voiceless and defenceless. Siyabonga. As a former ZPRA ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 14:54hrs | | by Lungisani Ndlovu Gatsheni
Rwanda, the African version of the Asian Tigers
We may as well call it African version of the Asian Tigers, I mean the phenomenal economic growth and development in Rwanda after a very dark past. From the tears and ashes of the genocide Rwanda rose...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 19:20hrs | | by Tondorindo
Chamisa's MDC has no more political depth than a finger bowl
"Yes, as in the shallow dish of lukewarm water — and, if you're ritzy, a lemon wedge — meant to clean any evidence of lavish dining off one's fingers during or after an upscale meal." That...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Umbro makes changes to Warriors 'ugly' kit
ENGLISH sportswear company Umbro have responded to pleas from fans to come up with a simple and plain design by delivering an official kit for the Warriors different from the one they initially design...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition and lost opportunities
Election 2018 was largely considered a landmark event for the different meanings and opportunities that were attached to it, particularly for the new faces in the presidential race, Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
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