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Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?
This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps wi...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2519 | by Tawanda Majoni
Kazembe, Matanga taken to court
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe have been sued over their arbitrary ban on a demonstration against the looting of diamonds in Marange and failure b...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa assures Junta their looting rights are safe - expect zero changes from 'Change Champion in Chief'
Ignorance is a curse worse than death! The dead are not tormented by anything whereas the ignorant are forever blundering from pillar to post; excited, it does not take much to get this lot excited, o...Published: 20 May 2022 at 10:20hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zanu PF - ZNA bond in unbreakable' said Chinamasa - rubbish, 2017 broke it and since feared another
Zimbabwe is not the first and only country to gain her independence and sovereignty after a bitter armed struggle; many other nations have in Africa, Asia, North and South America, etc. have had a sim...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:32hrs | 4 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chiadzwa spiritualist kidnapped
CHIADZWA spiritualist and exhumer Matthew Mundondo was allegedly kidnapped by his three relatives and a friend, who burnt his belongings worth US$8 000 claiming that he was mentally ill.Mundon...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabes' diamond, ivory deals exposed
FRESH startling details have emerged indicating how the late former President Robert Mugabe and his family worked with extop parastatal and security bosses to ship high-grade diamonds and ivory out of...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe relations: A marriage not worthy?
A MARRIAGE built on rocks does not last. The Lome Agreement of 1975 between European Economic Community and African Caribbean and Pacific countries is a typical example to China-Zimbabwe relations tha...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Christine Rumbidzai Matinanga
Zimbabwe in a crisis
A crisis where the government deployed the army, rolled tanks into the streets and killed innocent unarmed civilians at 45°angle and a commission of enquiry instituted but no one is held accountable....Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 10:04hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
'Anjin corruption and meddling in Zimbabwe's affairs are not China's foreign policy' - nonsense, they are the core pillars
China and Russia are the two countries that have played a major role in many African countries' fight for independence. It is a historic fact that most of these African countries have since found that...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 20:28hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF getting ready for 2023 elections
ZANU-PF is like a sleeping giant which is often teased by smaller political parties which have no political ideology, but those parties remain teaser bulls, nothing more. The party works in ve...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
ZANU PF getting ready for 2023 elections
ZANU PF is like a sleeping giant which is often teased by smaller political parties which have no political ideology. The Party works in very mysterious ways to such an extent that when people think i...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
Zanu-PF: The thief screaming robber
Zanu-PF youths have decided to name and shame corrupt individuals within the party made news in past days .Not to be left out was Simon K Moyo promising the nation that the President has decided to ha...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:21hrs | 1 | by AT Kadada
The curse of Murowa diamonds
Dear Editor, We recently learnt through your informative publication the likelihood of Zimbabwe Diamonds being discussed and categorized as " conflict diamonds " during the forthcoming UN plen...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 05:58hrs | 5 | by Deprived Murowa Ward Community
Of old folktales ...
A story has been told of how an old man came back to Zimbabwe rich from 'Mzansi' after years of sojourn in the streets of Johannesburg .He started a business in Zim but the business could not be susta...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 08:55hrs | | by AT Kadada
Mnangagwa mortgages diamonds to Botswana
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government could be mortgaging the country's diamond deposits to Botswana, which has offered the struggling economy a US$500 million bailout backed by diamonds and a fur...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 20:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Alrosa strike joint diamonds deal
GOVERNMENT will be partnering leading Russian diamond producer Alrosa Diamond Company (Alrosa) in the extraction and processing of gemstones from numerous deposits which have been confirmed across the...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government lacks competent P.R and proper research
From my own assessment and analysis it is important as an academic to make such recommendations and submissions basing on factual writings and credible information to improve the performance of govern...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:06hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Accountability is a key tool of Governance
In the donor community, one of the major requirement is accountability and proper management of resources. In the development world, there is what we call, Monitoring process and evaluation and projec...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:38hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zim government lacks competent P.R and proper research
From my own assessment and analysis it is important as an academic to make such recommendations and submissions basing on factual writings and credible information to improve the performance of govern...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:31hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'Need transparency' to end diamond looting, urge Global Witness - ED's answer, Voto fraudulento continua!
"The discovery of huge deposits of diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, in the mid-2000s came at a time when Zimbabwe was facing crises on multiple fronts," said Global Witness in its recent report....Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 21:25hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mliswa set to finish off Obert Mpofu
Hwange-based Zambezi Gas, a coal mining company, has appealed to the Temba Mliswa-led parliamentary panel to intervene so that it can get its land, which was allegedly grabbed by Zanu-PF administratio...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
National budget tracking critical for legislators
THE best time to sensitise incoming legislators about important issues is when they have just been sworn-in, still beaming with excitement and newly-found confidence. Some key issues they need to be a...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Distressed firms splash costly Mnangagwa adverts
Distressed companies, some of which are on the verge of collapse, have dug deep into their nearly empty pockets to join the bandwagon and congratulate President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was sworn in as ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Losing MDC MP up for illicit $370,000 diamond deals
MDC Alliance losing candidate for Chimanimani West Canaan Matiashe has been dragged before a magistrate here facing a $370 000 money laundering charge involving illicit diamond dealings.Matias...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt2
Continuing from here...Truth be said, this is a great opportunity for Mnangagwa. And truth be repeated, the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:03hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Mnangagwa plots to rig on an industrial scale, says Jonathan Moyo
Former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has said that Mnangagwa's candidacy on July 30 is illegitimate not only because he's a product of a military coup but also because he was the brutal chie...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 14:13hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 103 | by WikiLeaks
Why Mnangagwa will not persecute Kasukuwere
Popular social media analyst Antony Taruvinga believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa will never persecute Saviour Kasukuwere because of his involvement in unorthodox deals.In his hard-hitting F...Published: 30 May 2018 at 16:32hrs | | by A Mhlongo
Zanu-PF splashes millions on regalia, vehicles
Zanu-PF has refused to disclose the source of millions of dollars oiling its campaign machinery ahead of crucial elections later this year after former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan ...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption talk lacks conviction - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
President Mnangagwa's efforts to present a smiling clean new face to the outside world has been undermined by the inadequacy of his attempt to tackle the corruption that has laid waste to the Zimbabwe...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 18:26hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Obert Mpofu's behaviour erodes trust in Mnangagwa's govt
People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening!I found the above, which I read from the weekly e-mail bulletin shared with thousands of people by Kubatana.net.The st...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 11:53hrs | 2 | by Guthrie Munyuki
Why this same Minister all the time?
Shall the President demonstrate to all and sundry that the war against corruption has no sacred cows, in earnest. Why should a single individual be allowed to denigrate and disrespect the whole ...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 18:11hrs | | by Munyaradzi Mhaka
Obert Mpofu stirs hornet's nest
Lawyers and pro-democracy groups yesterday called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire his Home Affairs minister - Obert Mpofu for his unprecedented attack on Parliament - which they said was despi...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Officials looted Chiadzwa diamonds'
Zimbabwe is yet to extract diamonds worth US$15 billion from Chiadzwa, putting paid to claims that gems worth that much were looted from there, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has said....Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commended for fighting corruption
AUSTRALIA and the European Union (EU) have commended President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration for fighting corruption, but say the blitz against graft should not be targeted at political opponent...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
There is no sincerity on corruption
Since the President started preaching about corruption, so far I've not yet received any light that the President is genuine on his corruption crusade. Whilst he has a good start, the way he is handli...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
President Mnangagwa decentralisation is key to national development
Decentralization is the process of distributing power or disposing functions, powers, people or things away from a central location or authority. While centralization, especially in the Government sph...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 14:48hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mudenda calls for openness in mining
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda has demanded transparency in the mining sector to enable economic turnaround. He said lack of sound administration in the mining sector was hamp...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Former mines minister looted Chiadzwa diamonds'
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has opened fresh investigations into former Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa over diamonds that allegedly disappeared from Government vaul...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
We don't need another Mugabe in making
Zimbabweans have endured long suffering and we expect political maturity when dealing with national matters.There have been so many cases of corruption since 1980 which has never been dealt wi...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 16:38hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
In this hour of truth, let us be reminded the enemy is not just Mugabe
All of them - all of the above - have are responsible for building this people-eating monster called Zanu-PF, together with Mugabe. And all of them, are not just directly implicated in Gukurahundi gen...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 12:31hrs | 1 | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Mnangagwa under probe on 39 counts of fraud; Mugabe to stand trial on 20 000 murder charges
The ideology ZANU PF is a proponent of a conservative socialist ideology, Pan Africanist and anti- imperialist western values, doctrines and democracies. Pu...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | 6 | by Themba Mthethwa
Mugabe now under the protection of the elite people from Matebeleland
Editor,While people from Matebeleland rightfully so accuse Shona people of voting for Robert Mugabe all these years; in these last years of his reign, Mugabe is now under the protection of the...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Brighton Musonza
Fears of fresh diamond rush loom in Manicaland
Another potential Chiadzwa diamonds disaster is looming in Tsvingwe, near Penhalonga, in Manicaland province amid reports that the ZCDC engineers have been deployed for exploration of diamonds, a reso...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF vote rigging juggernaut ready for blitzkrieg, 'elections are done!'
At least one month before the July 2013 elections SADC leaders KNEW with certainty that Zanu PF had already won the elections and warned Tsvangirai and his MDC friends accordingly."If you go i...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 17:41hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'I'm bitter, paraded $1.5 m dishonour cheque,' says Mugabe - perish thought, what about $15b
In 2012, the late Edward Chindori-Chininga said in parliamentary report that no one, no one in the companies doing mining, the local partner (whoever it happened to be) or anyone in position of author...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 09:48hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
40 000 attend Mugabe rally?
MANICALAND yesterday witnessed one of the biggest crowds ever in Mutare when Zanu-PF supporters, in swelling numbers, thronged Sakubva Stadium for President Mugabe's interactive rally with the youths....Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, contesting yet another flawed election is not new or 'strategic' - it is the crass of stupidity
"You can lead a horse to the river but you cannot make it drive." So, goes the common proverb. People are like an animal, you can present them with a golden opportunity, but you cannot force the indiv...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 08:28hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chinese and Indians have destroyed our economy
From a developmental perspective point of view regarding divergence of views pertaining to our economy foreign nationals and the so called purported investors have cause harm on our beloved economy. I...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 22:04hrs | 5 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Diamond mogul speaks on how US sanctions hurt Zimbabwe diamonds
THIS week the Zimbabwe Independent - which in December last year began publishing fresh stories based on new and original material into the Chiadzwa alluvial diamonds discovery and subsequent plunderi...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 13:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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