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Parting Thoughts from 2023 Zimbabwe Coconut Reforms
It is not a secret that the rotten state or the coconut republic of Zimbabwe must be reformed and replaced with a well-functioning state. To establish a functional state, reform is needed in political...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 22:45hrs | 7 | by Sam Wezhira
WATCH: Chamisa's clever way of campaigning for Zanu-PF, says Jonathan Moyo
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged his supporters to be Zanu-PF Addressing a Press conference in Harare yesterday, Chamisa, whose campaign rally in ...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 12:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangudya finds the $15 billion booty
On 18 June 2022, Zimbabwe woke up to the Reserve Bank Governor, Mangudya's admission that, "Fifteen major companies have been creating huge extra profits by borrowing billions of dollars, often from s...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:07hrs | 6 | by Sam Wezhira
The mother of all vampire states
On 18 June 2022, Zimbabwe woke up to the the Reserve Bank Governor, Mangudya's admission that, "Fifteen major companies have been creating huge extra profits by borrowing billions of dollars, of...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:01hrs | 8 | by Sam Wezhira
Home remedies for athlete's foot
THERE are a number of over-the-counter (OTC) treatments available for athlete's foot. These can come as powders, sprays, ointments and lotions. Many cases of athlete's foot respond well to OTC treatme...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa had a chance to be a Gorbachev, but he chose to be Milosevic!!!
Zimbabweans celebrating the fall of the late ex-President Robert Mugabe during the November 2017 military coup which brought President E.D Mnangagwa to power. Pic Credit; Google.Reader, Mnanga...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 20:36hrs | 5 | by Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo Sr
This holiday season surprise your health-conscious guests with these 3 delicious reduced sugar cocktails
The 2021 holiday season is upon us. This year has been a tough one for everyone so most of us are looking forward to spending time with friends and family. Over the next few weeks, there will ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 18:24hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Why Zanu-PF is under siege
If Africans knew even half their history, they would understand the reason why they continue to stew in poverty, misery and disillusion while other parts of the world are swimming in prosperity, happi...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe now a Vampire State
A Vampire State is a country where anyone who gets to be the president ends up with much more wealth than before s/he became president. On the other hand the poor and working class are always left beh...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
When the undertaker wishes you long life
This time Africans have abjectly disappointed the world.For Pete's sake, why can they not simply die?At least that is what the world expected after the outbreak of the coronavirus....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
EFF's Ndlozi tells 'racisms apologists' Madonsela to go to hell
The EFF's Mbuyiseni pulled no punches in responding to Social Justice and Honorary Law Professor at the University of Stellenbosch and former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, who criticised the party...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Structures keep the dream alive, the Jewel of Africa returns
Julius Mwalimu Kambarage Nyerere referred to Zimbabwe as the jewel of Africa that needed heart and soul to protect it. Decades of independence later, Zanu-PF has changed that view. Zimbabwe has been c...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 10:05hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
Temba Mliswa goes after Kirsty Coventry
Norton Member of Parliament has accused Minister of Youth Sports Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry of being a docile official who is failing to deal with hot issues regarding corruption in Sports As...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
How effective is CBD really?
Every so often, we jump to a conclusion without analyzing both sides of a picture. This is often the case with Cannabis. People associate it with negative effects due to its addictiveness. However, as...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Dialogue on reforms will save us
THE past few days have been hell for Zimbabwe; the citizen has been subjected to attrition, causing severe physical and psychological inflammation and, in the worst case, death.These deaths ha...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:27hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
Coconut billionaires!!
I told you so! For every restrictive regulation the government comes up with, the Zimbabwean opportunists comes up with an evading scheme that is 100 times smarter making them instant billionaires....Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 20:08hrs | | by Wezhira Sam
Zimbabwe through the eyes of Ghana
On December 31, 1981, when Fte./Lte. Jerry John Rawlings seized power in a military coup in Ghana, it was the second time he had burst onto the political scene; the first was in June 1979. Back then, ...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 14:53hrs | | by Dr Ayittey
Five years of nothing, a manifesto of hot air promises
The Zimbabwean people have been dragged into a bottomless, many rue the 2013 election, the election has turned out to be a late July fool's day dummy. Many false promises were made by ZAN...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 14:08hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai - The Peak of the Struggle's Hall of Fame
Ash Wednesday is the day that the traditional churches remember that the human being is mortal; the Priest physically draws a cross of ash on each of the foreheads of every congregant accompanied by t...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 10:26hrs | | by Jacob Mafume, PDP
Zimbabwean family leaves Bangkok after living at airport for 3 months
A Zimbabwean family, who had been living at Bangkoko's Suvarnabhumi airport for the past three months, has finally left Thailand, reports said on Tuesday.The family of ...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's Luthuli Dlamini takes City to the world
LUTHULI Dlamini who plays Advocate Zulu on the popular SABC1's Uzalo, is a celebrated actor currently based in South Africa. However, in his native country he is an unsung creative gem despite him rep...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs, army 'caught in farm invasion'
Zimbabwe's military and several Zanu-PF heavyweights have reportedly "invaded" parts of a farm where one of the leading agricultural training institutes in southern Africa, Blackfordby College of Agri...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Military, Zanu-PF bigwigs invade college farm
THE military and several Zanu-PF bigwigs have invaded one of the best agricultural training institutes in Southern Africa, Blackfordby College of Agriculture, amid concerns that equipment worth thousa...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Egyptian revolution (January 25–February 11, 2011)
In Egypt, President Mubarak made the mistake of declaring January 25, 2011, "police day." A celebration of the police who had been brutalizing and terrorizing the people? It was too much to countenanc...Published: 18 Feb 2017 at 08:47hrs | | by George Ayittey
Is Zimbabwe a coconut Republic or a banana republic?
The Editor, A coconut Republic or a banana republic? After reading Dr. George Ayittey's attempt to distinguish the difference between a coconut republic and a banana republic below, I ...Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Sam
'Mugabe turns Zimbabwe into a vampire state'
In his book, Defeating Dictators, George B.N Ayittey makes the point that much of Africa is a vampire state that metastasizes into a coconut republic and finally implodes into a collapsed or failed st...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 17:30hrs | | by PDP
View from Zimbabwe
It was quite humbling to read the story titled "Mugabe is right - African liberation support rally September 17" in The New York Amsterdam News edition of 1 September 2016. The initiative by the D...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 18:42hrs | 1 | by December 12 Movement
The born free and other dangerous myths
It comes easy in Africa to call the young men and women born after political independence as the "born free" generation. What the nature of their freedom is, what they are free from, and what priv...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:17hrs | 13 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
'We won't sacrifice Zuma for coalition'
Johannesburg - President Jacob Zuma will not be sacrificed for an African National Congress coalition with the Economic Freedom Fighters, ANCYL treasurer general Reggie Nkabinde said yesterday. ...Published: 09 Aug 2016 at 08:57hrs | | by AFP
Zimbabwe to restore its breadbasket status
Through the agricultural farming equipment that was financed by the Brazilian government recently, Zimbabwe has the opportunity to regain its status as the bread basket of Africa once again....Published: 28 May 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Philippines typhoon survivors beg for help
Tacloban - Dazed survivors of a super typhoon that swept through the central Philippines killing an estimated 10 000 people begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday, th...Published: 11 Nov 2013 at 03:17hrs | 5 | by Reuters
Philippines tsunami alert lifted
Guiuan - Tens of thousands of people on a central Philippine island returned home on Saturday after a tsunami alert was lifted following a 7.6 magnitude undersea quake, as local authorities began...Published: 01 Sep 2012 at 04:27hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Tsvangirai: A Self Serving Machine
Everyone agrees that one of the next President of Zimbabwe's urgent tasks will be to address the infrastructure. Some of Zimbabwe's infrastructure is worse than the Stone Age period. Some people have ...Published: 31 Jul 2012 at 16:26hrs | | by Denford
Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z renew vows
Beyoncé, 30, and her 42-year-old husband who celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary last week - have been enjoying the sunshine on the Caribbean island of St. Barts with th...Published: 11 Apr 2012 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
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