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Kangaroo courts for a gangster regime - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zanu PF has never quite got the hang of the rule of law. It believes the law is what the party says it is: after all, the party is the ruler. This is not surprising. It is a widely-held view in many c...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2240 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Chamisa's MDC-A should give Zimbabwe a break
ON October 25, Zimbabwe will be walking tall, arm in arm with its regional partners in calling for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on the country by Western nations that seek to...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1453 | by Staff reporter
Separation of Matabeleland from Zimbabwe will end in bloodshed and tears
"Zimbabwe is a liberated country. It did not come through democracy, there was no vote to say Zimbabwe now wants to become independent. It was fought for." This is word of mouth by Patrick Chinamasa, ...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 09:05hrs | 5638 | by Israel Dube
Unpacking Professor Stephen Chan's interview with Bernard
There are no imaginative skills on how to move the country forward internally and externally, be it economic and political in both the ruling party and the opposition of Nelson Chamisa. In 2018,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 11:58hrs | 1672 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu PF tell whites 'to shut up' on reforms - madness, hurting blacks not whites
One of the most offensive and exasperating things the white colonial oppressors did was to deny the blacks their voice and human dignity. In the workplace blacks were called "boyi" and were expected t...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1283 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF calls for slavery reparations
Zanu-PF has joined the rest of the continent in calling for reparations from Western countries that enslaved and looted resources from Africa years ago.The clarion call comes as the Namibian G...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:30hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not accept rights lecture from slave trade America'
ZANU-PF says it will not accept human rights lectures from countries that were involved in the slave trade and have not shown any remorse towards the brutalities to this day.Speaking Thursday ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:27hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
IMF lowers Zimbabwe GDP growth further
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe's economy will contract by 10,4% this year, much higher than its earlier prediction of 7,4%, but expects a rebound next year.It also expects...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tells West to 'Shut up'
ZANU-PF has told Western countries, especially Britain and United States, "to shut up" and stop pontificating about democracy and human rights, adding that Britain and the US's hands were historically...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
China stands by Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday saluted China for standing by Zimbabwe, as the world second biggest economy reiterated its call for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions that were imposed on Zi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:54hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's selection of by-election candidates raises temperatures
FRESH trouble is brewing in the MDC Alliance, with its leaders now standing accused of overlooking an agreement which allows the group that came with one of the coalition's deputies, Welshman Ncube, t...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:37hrs | 4431 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet resumes Bulawayo/Johannesburg flights
LOW-COST airline, Fastjet, has resumed its regionally scheduled flights between Johannesburg and Bulawayo, which were suspended for more than six months due to travel restrictions induced by Covid-19 ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:31hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa under growing pressure for failing to tackle Mnangagwa & Zanu-PF
LARGER-THAN-LIFE MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has advised his principal Nelson Chamisa not to think that popularity will guarantee him to become Zimbabwe's next leader...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 18:40hrs | 3269 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala tells Chamisa that popularity alone won't be enough
LARGER-THAN-LIFE MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has advised his principal Nelson Chamisa not to think that popularity will guarantee him to become Zimbabwe's next leader...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 07:07hrs | 6606 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turned down Mnangagwa offer?
Embattled opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that after rigging the 2018 presidential poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government dangled lucrative perks to hi...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 16917 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attempts to end enduring Zanu-PF ructions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, is once again extending an olive branch to many of his disaffected erstwhile Zanu-PF comrades - including former vice president Joice Mujuru, as he seeks to unite t...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:54hrs | 1776 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3402 | 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 | 19464 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Mthuli Ncube; just like Gideon Gono will be unemployable when he absconds
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr Gono told Trevor Ncube that he has a gym in his home hence he has lost so much weight. But it appears he is melting away before our eyes, we still have to stick to h...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:16hrs | 6580 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa initiates Kasukuwere extradition
South Africa has been asked to extradite former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere to Zimbabwe to answer to four counts of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer. The first three counts a...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:05hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
'Opposition will never rule Zimbabwe'
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa, yesterday declared that the opposition will never rule Zimbabwe as they are allegedly working to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle.Spe...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:03hrs | 5120 | by Staff reporter
Parliament under a Zanu-PF government manufactured majority
Our parliament under a zanu-PF government manufactured majority just doesn't exist, making every election in Zimbabwe a joke. There is no judiciary to complement the arms of government and therefore t...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:21hrs | 677 | by Clemen Moyo
The inscrutable Mr Trump!
*This letter uses American jargonIt took me sometime to figure out why the inscrutable, rascally US President Donald J Trump drives so many elites into a lunatic frenzy until I read a post fro...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:09hrs | 546 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zanu-PF ready for by-elections, says Chinamasa
ZANU-PF is ready for by-elections and is proceeding with its primary elections despite an indefinite ban by the government for any plebiscite to be held to curb the spread of Covid-19.The ruli...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:54hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Ministers selling out, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has accused its ministers of leaking confidential Cabinet minutes to "hostile" countries such as the united Kingdom amid allegations of a rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointees...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:43hrs | 2464 | by Staff reporter
Govt should compensate owners of demolished homes, says Chinamasa
THE government has an obligation to compensate all home owners whose illegal houses were demolished by local councils after they were duped by land barons to build homes in undesignated areas....Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:33hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Let's not be a nation of whiners
THE objective of Vision 2030, to create an upper middle-income economy in 10 years or less, cannot be attained if Zimbabweans do not rally under a common national goal.Zimbabwe's abundant land...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:03hrs | 64 | by Allen Choruma
Zanu-PF lauds govt on-PFumvudza programme
ZANU-PF has lauded Government for the "sterling preparations" for the 2020-2021 farming season, headlined by the-PFumvudza programme.Speaking at a weekly press briefing in Harare yesterday, th...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF ministers 'leaking confidential Cabinet minutes to the UK'
Zanu PF has accused its ministers of leaking confidential Cabinet minutes to "hostile" countries such as the United Kingdom amid allegations of a rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointees...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:33hrs | 3420 | by Staff Reporter
Farms deal 'complicates' Zimbabwe crisis
A LANDMARK deal recently inked between white former commercial farmers and the government of Zimbabwe will make it difficult for the country to repay debts, negotiate fresh lines of credit and ask for...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:13hrs | 5536 | by Staff Reporter
Democracy under siege in Zimbabwe
MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda has said democracy has been put under threat after MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe was sworn in in Parliament as a leader of opposition despit...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 14:04hrs | 1580 | by Stephen Jakes
Chinese companies ditch Zimbabwe projects
MAJOR Chinese insurance firms are refusing to underwrite critical infrastructure projects in Zimbabwe due to government's failure to pay commitment fees and other related costs, it has emerged....Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:19hrs | 8433 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe Parliament
Our parliament under a zanu pf government manufactured majority just doesn't exist, making every election in Zimbabwe a joke. There is no judiciary to complement the arms of government and therefore t...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1549 | by Clemen Moyo
Khupe's MDC-T sets tough terms for Chamisa talks
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has to recognise the Supreme Court ruling which installed Thokozani Khupe as acting MDC-T president for talks between the two factions of Zimbabwe's biggest oppositi...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 19:25hrs | 14873 | by Staff reporter
'Sad day for democracy'
LAWYERS, political analysts and opposition party leaders yesterday described the swearing in of opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and her 14 party nominees as replacements for the recalled MDC A...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | 3754 | by Staff reporter
Roller meal scheme revised
VULNERABLE households will start receiving cash grants pegged at a higher level than the price of roller meal to enable them to source the basic commodity from any place of their choice, President Mna...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
'Making Zimbabwe ungovernable is not what we fought for' - look who is talking. Cup is full to overflow.
"Given the onslaught, machinations and clandestine shenanigans by our detractors, isu tasara, ngatirambei takabatana (we the living must remain united) … in defence of our hard-won independence," Mn...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:34hrs | 1709 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
If ZANU PF were the opposition, wouldn't they see a crisis in Zimbabwe?
My most trusted dictionary defines 'crisis' as, "An unstable situation, in political, social, economic, or military affairs".Over the past three months, Zimbabwe - as well as regional and glob...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 10:16hrs | 1735 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sinohydro restarts Hwange power plant facelift
A CHINESE firm undertaking the US$1,1 billion refurbishment and expansion of Zimbabwe's largest thermal power station says it has resumed operations on the project, seven months after construction was...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus still a threat, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored Zimbabweans to remain wary of Covid-19, warning that the lethal virus was still a threat to the country.Speaking at the burial of national hero, Ruphu...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:15hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in fresh ouster fears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday alleged a plot by Zanu-PF insiders to oust him from office after agreeing to pay white commercial farmers US$3,5 billion in compensation for land expropriated by...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:15hrs | 17735 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's weak opposition falls prey to vultures
CELEBRATING Zimbabwe's main opposition party's 21st anniversary on September 26, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa tweeted: "MDCA 21st anniversary celebrations ... Thank you beloved and fellow citize...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:09hrs | 872 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Biti allegations are baseless
MDC-ALLIANCE co-vice-president Tendai Biti has on countless occasions made unsavoury and bald assertions, mainly to his gullible supporters, that "Zanu-PF may rig elections, but it cannot rig the econ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1922 | by Rutendo Jiri
'G40 money' stokes Zanu-PF bloodletting
FISSURES are widening in the ruling Zanu-PF, amid damaging allegations of "dirty money" exchanging hands to influence the outcome of the party's district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:14hrs | 2361 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa walks the talk on anti-corruption
ON February 20, 2004, Zimbabwe appended its signature to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as it joined the global community in efforts to combat the economy's corroding cancer....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1853 | by Staff Reprter
Zanu PF's costly and desperate power preservation
Absolute political power and a persistent quest to preserve it at all cost can result in absolute political absurdity. Men and women who might have spent some time being intellectually trained in inst...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:17hrs | 573 | by Mkhululi Zulu - Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
Khupe chokes Chamisa again
UNLESS brawling MDC leaders end their futile wars soon, Nelson Chamisa will not be able to participate in the party's leadership contests when the court-directed extra-ordinary congress gets underway ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 21:29hrs | 6182 | by Staff reporter
Khupe sneaks into Parly, by-elections banned
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday suspended holding of by-elections to fill in seats for recalled MDC Alliance MPs and councillors, as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) confirmed in ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:36hrs | 3424 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt disowns conscription order
GOVERNMENT has disowned a circular circulating on social media platforms directing recently-qualified doctors to enrol as soldiers under the Defence ministry if they are to be allowed to practise anyw...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:32hrs | 4575 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth shot dead, nine injured
One Zanu-PF Youth League member died on the spot while nine others were injured with two battling for life at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital after they were shot by guards manning offices at a housing ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:18hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
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