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Revolution is the great teacher
Those living in luxury from the exploitation and suffering of others have traditionally always been opposed to emancipation struggles; they continue to be opposed to such struggles by the people today...Published: 13 hrs ago | 111 | by Reason Wafawarova
'MDC has no hand in sanctions'
The Daily News on Sunday Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda caught up with journalist, and human rights advocate Grace Kwinje who is the MDC Alliance's European Union representative based in Brussels. S...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 17:48hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
'No top positions for Zanu-PF returnees'
Expelled Zanu-PF members who are rejoining the revolutionary party are not going to be given positions, President Mnangagwa has said. Several Zanu-PF members, who were expelled for various rea...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC unhappy with IMF assisting Zimbabwe
Cyclone Idai, which brought unprecedented destruction as incessant rain and gusty winds caused catastrophic damage, has prompted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to agree to deepen the Fund's eng...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:58hrs | 4017 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa shot himself in foot in rigging elections' - gene is out of the bottle
I would like to congratulate the Daily News in breaking the tradition of vague and ambivalent coverage of last year's elections and why the west is right in maintaining the sanctions against Mnangagwa...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 3573 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa shooting self in the foot on sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zimbabwe government have no one to blame but themselves in their failure to reengage with the United States and the European Union (EU).Since coming to pow...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:35hrs | 3014 | by Editorial - Daily News
Opposition participate in illegal elections for povo's 'welfare' - how has povo ever benefited from rigged elections
Zimbabwe is in this economic mess with unemployment level a dizzying 90%, no clean water, health care service that has all but collapsed, etc. because the country has been stuck these last 38 years wi...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 481 | by Nomusa Garikai
Outcry on Maridadi's appointment: Much ado about nothing
The appointment of former MDC legislator for Mabvuku-Tafara, James Maridadi as one of the 15 ambassadors- designate, has torched a storm which, nonetheless, is much ado about nothing.Section 1...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 20:06hrs | 4407 | by Tafara Shumba
Zec in 2018 poll diagnosis
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will this week host representatives of political parties, election observer groups, constitutional commissions and civic society to diagnose its handling of the...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lawyers blast £118 000 outlay on judges' wigs
LAWYERS have hit out at government's decision to spend thousands of pounds on wigs made in England for local judges, saying the tradition evokes a colonial past that should not exist in modern Zimbabw...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:17hrs | 270 | by The Guardian
Breakthrough in Zimbabwe, EU bloc ties
Relations between Zimbabwe and the 28-member European Union (EU) bloc will soon be upgraded from informal to formal engagements as parties actively seek to "enhance" their diplomatic rapport.T...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:29hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
Aberdeen councillor sees 'big opportunities' in Bulawayo
The near 40-year-long reign of Robert Mugabe ended abruptly in December 2017 when he was placed under house arrest by the Zimbabwean army and dismissed from his party leadership post.And while...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:15hrs | 3337 | by Staff reporter
'The West is the one demanding regime change' - actually it is povo and change is ripe
"Over the years, the US-backed and Western-sponsored opposition politics in our country has been in many ways a replay of Washington's mindless games that started soon after the declaration of the Ame...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 1245 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
9 Zimbabweans burnt alive, in Ramaphosa incited xenophobia - only one to approve ED vote rigging
"Everybody just arrives in our townships and rural areas and set up business without licences and permits. We are going to bring this to an end! And those who are operating illegally must now know," w...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:02hrs | 8214 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa denies ignoring Nigerian military ruler
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration had professed ignorance of the presence of former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo, leaving opposition MDC national vice chairman Tendai Biti besides him...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:38hrs | 353 | by newzimbabwe
Nigerian military ruler says it was a military coup in Zimbabwe
FORMER Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, who served as a millitary leader between 1976 and 1979, says Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa seized power through a millitary coup that toppled his...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:12hrs | 5131 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's victory not free, not fair, not credible
When Zimbabwean soldiers shot civilians during riots against alleged election-rigging on August 1, 2018, many Zimbabweans were horrified - but they weren't surprised.The previous November, the...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:11hrs | 3000 | by Rahul Nagvekar
Zimbabwe buys London wigs for judges
THE Judiciary Service Commission has placed orders for 64 wigs made of horsehair from the exclusive and expensive Stanley Ley Legal Outfitters in England, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt.T...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:10hrs | 4066 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is a worse devil than Mugabe
Mnangagwa took over the presidency of Zanu PF and Zimbabwe in the background of a November 2017 coup that toppled long serving president Robert Mugabe. The people of Zimbabwe and the inter...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:55hrs | 8707 | by Frazer Muzondo
Queen Elizabeth consoles Zimbabweans
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, her son Prince Charles and her grandsons and their wives the Dukes and Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex have conveyed their heartfelt condolences to the gove...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 19:10hrs | 2925 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe and a fracturing Zanu-PF
continued from last weekMany of those mansion builders were comrades-in-arms from Zimbabwe's war of independence. They, their families, and their business cronies were not eager to give up pow...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:11hrs | 1603 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Enact sanction-busting measures
Editor,Following the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Ian Smith on November 11, 1965, the international community imposed economic sanctions on Rhodesia. The Rhodesian said, "if we ha...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 14:28hrs | 783 | by Nyonyana Gwabini
Zanu-PF's behaviour invites sanctions
WITH respect to the elections of 2018, it is obvious to all, except those in Zanu-PF, that there were multiple breaches of the Electoral Act and our new Constitution.That Zanu-PF cannot see th...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:59hrs | 743 | by Corruptionforce
'Mugabe be tried for Gukurahundi massacres'
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said former President Robert Mugabe must be tried for the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.In a video uploaded on SMTV on Saturday, Matemadanda also s...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1704 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must engage the 'bullies' to win this economic war
The United States of America (US), this week, once again tightened the noose on Zimbabwe when it extended sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in a show of no confidence –...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:30hrs | 1764 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 840 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
UN to probe Zimbabwe rights abuses
THE United Nations Human Rights Council will dispatch special rapporteurs to Zimbabwe to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by State security agents, Parliament has heard.Appearing...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth delegation expected in Zimbabwe as readmission talks remain open
The Commonwealth will send another delegation to Zimbabwe in the second half of this year as the country continues with its re-engagement efforts to re-join the grouping of former British colonies....Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 00:08hrs | 1448 | by Xinhua
Zimbabwe - EU dialogue resumes
Zimbabwe and the European Union are set to resume dialogue this month as part of re-engagement efforts the new dispensation led by President Mnangagwa is undertaking, Foreign Affairs and International...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:21hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe not deterred by sanctions renewal'
The government remains undeterred in its quest to ensure that sanctions against the country are removed in their entirety so that Zimbabwe plays its part in global geo-political and economic affairs....Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 16:50hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Towards the National Transitional Authority
IntroductionIn 2016, the Platform for Concerned Citizens (PCC) warned that the country was heading into deep trouble and a possible coup. This was the only possible outcome for the disintegrat...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:43hrs | 976 | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler
Zimbabwe seeks regional alliances
WHILST Zimbabwe is increasingly becoming isolated on the international stage, with the United States of America expected to tighten sanctions against Harare in the coming week, the southern African co...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:42hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant Mugabe at it again
On Sunday morning, 24 February 2019, the world woke up to the most unpalatable and distasteful utterances from former president, Robert Mugabe. While celebrating his 95th birthday at his Blue Roof Man...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 09:15hrs | 32471 | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa's nihilism, a futile role in Vision 2030
THE importance and necessity of ideology in modern politics is to enable an organised institution to speak with clarity, confidence and propose its values to the electorate in a fashion that is persua...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:27hrs | 347 | by Marshall Gore
Zimbabwe's succession quagmire and Chamisa Options
Being a fair student of history, I am going to apply a historical perspective to the current stage and events in our development towards a fully matured democratic and prosperous nation. I will use tw...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 17:40hrs | 1689 | by Terence Simbi
Rule of law cannot be matter of opinion
We live in this modern world that the United States purports to lead with God-ordained civility; yet in it the rule of law has been reduced to a matter of opinion, as has become the concept of democra...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:31hrs | 187 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mnangagwa's illegitimacy must be resolved - no economic recovery until we do
Zanu PF has rigged elections in the past and got away with it. This time things are different the issue of rigged elections is not going away and the party is at a loss what to do. "Everybody ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 10:43hrs | 6610 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The sincerity of Mnangagwa's Reform Agenda
Eddie Cross reports that a few years before he took over the reins of power, President Mnangagwa remarked, "What this country needs are free and fair elections."Emmerson Mnangagwa was not the ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:35hrs | 210 | by Nick Mangwana
Cross, Ncube's reforms will never deliver economic prosperity not as long as Zimbabwe remains a pariah state
"People of Zimbabwe deserve a new day" wrote Eddie Cross in Bulawayo24. Mr Cross was writing about Zimbabwe's economic chaos, the country has already claimed the position of being the poorest ...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 9582 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
National dialogue: Chamisa misdirecting himself
President Emmerson Mnangagwa met with the 2018 presidential election candidates at State House on 6 February to lay the ground work for national dialogue, which is aimed at forging unity in order to f...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 10:50hrs | 1306 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Call to declare Mungoshi national hero
The Zimbabwe Writers Association (ZWA), through the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ), has petitioned government to declare the late prolific and multi-award-winning writer Charles Mungoshi a n...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara pays tribute to 'literary giant' Mungoshi
Former Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has been paying tribute to "literary giant" Charles Mungoshi who died aged 71 on Saturday....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits deploying military crackdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that he deployed the military crackdown against protestors last month.Addressing a rally at Rutenga in Masvingo Saturday, the Zanu-PF leader blamed th...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 5432 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions made in MDC-Alliance
MDC-Alliance yesterday celebrated resolutions by the European Union (EU) Parliament for the bloc to effect and strengthen sanctions on Zimbabwe, indicating that the party's efforts to invite hostile i...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 19:57hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa regime
This article was first published by the House of Commons Libra...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | 1001 | by House of Commons Library
Re-colonising Zimbabwe will not work
United Kingdom lawmaker Lord Adrian Palmer's dream of Britain re-colonising Zimbabwe on the ploy of safeguarding the lives of its citizens will never come to fruition in this modern world.Palm...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 12:52hrs | 1108 | by Gift Mashoko
Zimbabwe pesters South Africa for lines of credit
Zimbabwe's government continues to explore avenues of attracting lines of credit from neighbouring South Africa after the continent's most prosperous nation rebuffed an earlier request by Harare for a...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
European Union to add more sanctions over army killings
The European Union Parliament has called upon the European Council to review sanctions against Zimbabwean individuals and companies in light of the recent alleged human rights abuses by the security f...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1429 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Let us control our own destiny' argue ZUNDE - whoever stopped you, mess is your own foolishness
"Zimbabwe should not look to outsiders to solve its problems. Lasting solutions can only come from Zimbabweans. International intervention is unnecessary and generally ineffective. Regionally, S...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:28hrs | 865 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa still hopeful about joining Commonwealth
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has scoffed at reports that an influential British lawmaker wants the UK to withdraw its support for Zimbabwe's application the Commonwealth.Mnangagwa told French tele...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:23hrs | 1155 | by newzimbabwe
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