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Why would a head of state prefer the company of criminals?
It is not surprising at all coming across photographs of a national president posing with various individuals. These could be anything from other heads of state, foreign envoys, public persona...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:53hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Wicknell is bumping with the big boys
HE dropped out of school just before he turned 15 and went straight into employment as a wages clerk for a bus company, when, around 1997, he could barely read or write— let alone manage company rec...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 19:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe littered with zombie firms'
ZIMBABWE is littered with "dogs and zombie companies" that are stagnant and have moribund prospects, limited cash-flows and low market share, according to the strategic advisory firm Mark & Associ...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 04:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Never go to bed with Zanu PF. It's dangerous!' warned Chamisa. After 5 long GNU years of nothing, he knows!
"The Constitutional Court on Monday threw out the MDC leader's application seeking nullification of the delimitation report and a delay of the elections set for July," reported Bulawayo 24."Mw...Published: 09 May 2023 at 14:49hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Malunga rebukes Zanu-PF leaders
Jenaguru Arts Centre founder and veteran musician Clive Malunga has once again rebuked Zanu-PF leaders for being corrupt while spreading propaganda that the country is in a mess because of sanctions....Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa is 'useless, spineless', must resign says South African billionaire
Calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign are mounting, though he is showing signs that he is not fazed.This time South African billionaire Rob Hersov has said Ramaphosa was an embarrassme...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 22:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
American economics says ZimStat is run by a clown
UNITED States professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, Steve Hanke, has fiercely hit back at the Zimbabwe Statistical...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama around Ndebele king making a mockery of the throne
THE intriguing drama around the Ndebele kingship, with about four claimants to the throne is a recipe for disaster to the Kingdom's potential revival. At this rate, authorities are bound not to take t...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt sued for detaining minors
CIVIC groups have taken government to court for detaining minors in the same prison cells as their convicted parents.The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and the Justice for Children (JCT) yest...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African minister orders Zimbabwe bus company ban
South Africa's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has ordered officials to revoke the cross border licence of a Zimbabwean bus company found carrying undocumented immigrants.Motsoaledi was...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Political tomfoolery hinders country's democracy, progress
WHEN political clowns among us such as Douglas Mwonzora, Thokozani Khupe and the like decide to turn themselves into serial political flip floppers by dancing like jumping jacks from one party to anot...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
World War III might already be underway
IN life, it is absolutely critical to learn to pick your battles.While celebrated English playwright William Shakespeare once noted that "cowards die many times before their deaths", Nigerian ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:15hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Propaganda is a complex art and science not brazen disgraceful lies as witnessed in Zimbabwe state-controlled media
When I first thought of writing this article, my original idea was to accuse Zimbabwe state-controlled media of spewing shameless propaganda - which not only sought to sow seeds of hatred and division...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 16:57hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Shops shut down ahead of Chamisa's visit
POLICE Wednesday forced all shops at Janet Shopping Centre in Ward 17 Bikita, Masvingo to shut down while villagers were forced to go home blocking them from meeting MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spare a thought for Chiwenga's estranged wife
My Dear People,Pictures of the former second lady Marry Mubaiwa struggling to walk while being led to court to face charges of allegedly plotting to kill her powerful ex-husband got everyone t...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
China to strengthen cooperation with Zimbabwe
CHINA and Zimbabwe will continue to work together to advance bilateral cooperation despite criticism from Western detractors, Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun said Thursday.In a spe...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa need votes not retweets
For the first time the biggest opposition party in Zimbabwe led by the young man has come up with a good catch phrase or maybe it's the new slogan hameno. NGAAPINDE HAKE MUKOMANA. Today I am n...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 20:06hrs | 11 | by Mapombi
Zanu-PF regime treating citizens like rubbish
IF the ever-bungling Zimbabwe regime had been a roving circus act, it would have been a huge hit, guaranteed my undying devotion and following — as it has proven to be thoroughly amusing, with its c...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe regime the one destabilizing country and inciting unrest by treating citizens like rubbish
If the ever-bungling Zimbabwe regime had been a roving circus act, they would have been a huge hit, and guaranteed my undying devotion and following - as they have proven to be thoroughly amusing, wit...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 13:39hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe being run by clueless ZANU PF clowns
The Emmerson Mnangagwa led ZANU PF government has once again proven beyond no doubt that they are clueless and a bunch of mediocre buffoons. They impose policies which are half baked and result in the...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:41hrs | | by Prince Njagu
When clowns sup at State House, it's trouble, serious trouble!
Pretoria mornings are now cold. It is a geographical axiom winter is for chills.Increasingly here, the weather is biting and unrelenting like a witch's tit as assumed.Early morning jog...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:40hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mnangagwa's Secrets to win In 2023 Revealed
The President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has proved the world wrong. The world expected to see Zimbabwe crumble into the dust and become obsolete. But true to his word Emerson Mnangagwa h...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Independent Matabeleland presages the worst to come: South Sudan war will be nowhere near
We have been saying time and again that these numerous Mthwakazi parties are a group of young boys who do not have the slightest idea about the past liberation war. Reading the daily news in social me...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Comrade Albert Matapo further exposes himself: Cannot stand critique!
This is exactly what we mean when we say we have too many pseudo revolutionaries in our midst masquerading as genuine liberators of our time. It is desperation to entertain Matapo's dreams about the f...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
An open letter to all former ZIPRA cadres
Greetings to you all! 2020 has been a very challenging year. Many people lost their loved ones to the COVID-19 pandemic and others fell ill due to it. But probably the worst impact of the pand...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
The Wayward Child
After an uneasy pregnancy and long hours of labour pains, there was a great celebration when baby Lerato was finally born. Lerato was born into a broken family of school dropouts. Her elder siblings n...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 12:05hrs | 1 | by Salom Shilongo
Lies run sprints, truth runs marathons
They say time heals even the deepest of scars, but not for Bishop Lazarus.And they say everything — absolutely everything and anything — has a price, but not this man of scripture and pray...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
Chamisa using people for his own selfish ends
MOST probably ensconced in the comfort of their homes, the violence mongering leaders of the opposition used their proxies to ignite chaos in the heart of Harare. What they did not know is that their ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Pupurai Togarepi
Mnangagwa's political dialogue immobilises Chamisa's divisive politics
While Zimbabweans have largely moved on with life, following the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, which President ED Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF won resoundingly, MDC- Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Poll defeat deepens MDC-Alliance divisions
DIVISIONS have deepened within the MDC Alliance after the party lost to Zanu-PF in the Cowdray Park council by-election in Bulawayo over the weekend amid fears of a witch-hunt as the opposition party'...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
#PfeeExit Movement plots to oust Mnangagwa
Comrades and Friends Zimbabwe is under attack, the country is now at the mercy of Pfeerorism. A systematic order of terrorism, tyranny, double standards, deception and massive looting of p...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 12:02hrs | | by Joseph Tingwini
Behold, Chamisa's circus comes to town
The pen, when wielded by the most potent hand, can indeed become mightier than the sword.As Bishop Lazi told you last week, there are a few men and women who belong to a pantheon of gods who c...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:31hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe's internet clampdown: A tale of absurdities
When the current crop of leaders in government executed a clever coup that drove out Robert Mugabe in November 2017, most of us overestimated their ability to think. Those guys are just a dumb lump of...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:38hrs | 13 | by Tawanda Majoni
What leaders? No more than tortoises sitting atop lamp posts
I decided in the new year to return Kuumba, my beautiful pet tortoise, to his wild, natural habitat of Matojeni.Besides my amazing wife, few sights and few life experiences have left a greater...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
MDC - Zanu-PF talks would cost Mnangagwa the economy
The unwelcome subject of another unity government keeps being foisted on Zimbabweans by the distractive opposition MDC-Alliance of Nelson Chamisa. It makes no difference that they want to disgui...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa-PFeee
Jokes have always been made on whether the leadership of the MDC want to take over the running of the country or that they would rather remain opposition.They attribute this to the spectacular...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claiming to be the light in darkness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been telling us ad nauseam that Zimbabweans should not abuse the democratic space which he claims the so-called "Second Republic" has opened up."The advent of ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri in trouble for meeting Mnangagwa
MDC youths have called for the expulsion of the party's vice president Elias Mudzuri after he allegedly attended a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday at State House against his party'...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 16:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
VIDEO: Mudzuri expelled from MDC?
MDC Vice President Engineer Elias Mudzuri has courted controversy after his appearance at a meeting where Presiding officers from parliament were meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State Ho...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 10:04hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'1 August demo was planned by ZANU PF' says Mawarire
National Patriotic Front Spokesman Jealous Mawarire has alleged that the 1 August bloody demonstrations were a creation of ZANU PF and the protestors were ZANU PF members. Said Mawarire,...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:21hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa finally breaks free of Mugabe shodow
After 56 years of working under Mugabe, ED finally breaks free from the ambits of his master and successfully established himself in one year. November has become a month which will be r...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Are civil servant persecuted for Mugabe's sake??
At least with respect to political appointees, not only is this allowed, but it actually happens every time an Administration changes. Zimbabwe had never had a meaningful administration change in thir...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 16:41hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa a young Robert Mugabe
Editor,Nelson Chamisa who has falsely appropriated himself the robes of a Messiah remains an unrepentant and dangerous toddler dictator. The dismissal of the democratically elected May...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:34hrs | | by S Dube
Zimbabwe: Beware the long queues doth come
Our rations of overnight snacks packed, our cold-water bottles stashed away, perchance some juice or can of Miranda, warm clothing and a blanket each, here Bible, there a novel in hand and DJ Mjoks on...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:52hrs | 2 | by Zifiso Masiye
Varsities PhDs - a farce - Gukurahundi PhDs
IF the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) was a human being, it could be wrinkled and grey haired by now. All things being equal, it could be a seasoned citizen, mellowed by maturity; an individual who no lo...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
RBZ, fat cats rule the black market
Someone must do the right thing, grab the office keys from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, and take him to a job that he actually deserves. Because he looks and acts like a...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa stop window dressing
Leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A), Nelson Chamisa, has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he is the king of selfies, that he is the master of window dressing and an expert...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 14:52hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Bulawayo Mayor: No place for clowns
BULAWAYO councillors are expected to vote for the city's mayor and deputy mayor today, following chaotic scenes that rocked their swearing in last Friday and deep- seated intra-MDC Alliance divisions ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Elections are over ED is obliged to deliver
In every war there will be blood sweat and tears. Tears of joy and tears of despair. Victory in any battle is watered by the blood and sweat of many. Zimbabwe had just come of very tense elections. Ve...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 12:29hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa's rigging allegations: A case of history repeating itself
Those who have meticulously followed developments on Zimbabwe's political landscape since President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the date of the 2018 harmonised elections will, no doubt, concur with ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:28hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
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