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Deadline set for 2021 Commonwealth education awards
The Commonwealth has set a deadline for entries into the 2021 Commonwealth education awards for good practice for 31 August 2020.The bloc said the awards are open to exceptional education inst...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:06hrs | 254 | by Stephen Jakes
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe
DEAR Sir, Your Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. During my formative years, I read the novel, Cry the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton. It never dawned on me then that time would come wh...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1225 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
The land isn't ours
A few years ago while visiting the city of Jos, which is located in north-east Nigeria, a person pointed to a vast neatly kept area behind a fence. "This ranch belongs to the Queen of England," he rem...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1664 | by Hadebe Hadebe
Time to demilitarise Zimbabwean politics for the good of Jews, Gentiles
FOUR decades of independence did not mature Zimbabweans to the probity of unity and prosperity in diversity.They did not embrace the winsome culture of political tolerance.Consequently...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:53hrs | 385 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
'Indefinite lockdown is a sinister ploy to deny vendors a livelihood' - triple jeopardy of living in a pariah state
Mnangagwa was confident his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call would open the flood gate of investors and lenders and kick-start the country's economy. The economy had stalled following dec...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:56hrs | 713 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's tit for tat, no quid pro quo for participating in rigged elections, backfires
During the 2008 to 2013 GNU, Morgan Tsvangirai shameless used his political position as Prime Minister to promote his selfish interests at the expense of the commonwealth. Nelson Chamisa is doing the ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 12:51hrs | 2299 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Rushwaya takes over as ZBC acting CEO
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board on Sunday appointed non-Executive Director Ms. Helliate Rushwaya as acting Chief Executive Officer.A communications and media training special...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 18:43hrs | 3700 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to wait a bit longer on Commonwealth
ZIMBABWE'S bid to rejoin the Commonwealth faces an indefinite delay as a result of the imminent cancellation of this year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which hangs in the balance...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
So the capital will be in Mt Hampden after all
THE decision to locate Zimbabwe's new capital at Mount Hampden will indeed go down in history as the only decision that deserved poetic justice in memory of an episode whereby African nationalism and ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1568 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
COVID-19 hit UK, US evacuate citizens to virus epicentres
THE United Kingdom and the United States have stepped in to help their citizens who may be stranded in Zimbabwe after international airlines grounded their planes as COVID-19 rattles the globe....Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:45hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
MDC Message on Commonwealth Day
On the occasion of the Commonwealth Day today, the MDC takes note of the failure by the Harare regime to implement comprehensive reforms to expedite the readmission of Zimbabwe in the Commonwealth of ...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 18:52hrs | 258 | by Gladys Kudzaishe Hlatywayo
Commonwealth nations not spared by Climate change crisis
The Commonwealth of 54 countries, 32 of which are small, are facing a climate change emergency that is costing lives and presenting an "undeniable human rights challenge" to the world, the internation...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 10:50hrs | 272 | by Stephen Jakes
UK presses Mnangagwa for reforms
THE United Kingdom (UK) says it will maintain its tough stance against the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a position it says will only change if the regime implements meaningful polit...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:59hrs | 2964 | by Staff reporter
UK 'disagrees' with easing of Zimbabwe sanctions
Britain has given its clearest signal that it intends to pursue a different course from the European Union over sanctions on Zimbabwe after voicing its disagreement with a decision last week to suspen...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 18:21hrs | 2296 | by Staff reporter
Britain to reimpose sanctions on Grace Mugabe
The British government plans to reject a European Union decision to lift sanctions on the wife of the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, suggesting its approach to financially targeting foreign ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Zimbabwe Mass Media Trust trustees
Information and Publicity Ministry secretary Nick Mangwana announced that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Trustees of the Zimbabwe Mass Media Trust. In a statement posted on the Min...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 20:29hrs | 2035 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe removed from sanctions
The European Union has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe, as well as a targeted asset freeze on the state arms company.In a statement on Monday, the Council of the European Union said the l...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:19hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
'RELOAD will break vicious cycle of disputed elections' said MDC - rubbish, it is time for plan B
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," said George Santayana, born Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz De Santayana, a Spanish-American philosopher, essayist, poet, and n...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1282 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabwe's chances of readmission into Commonwealth slim'
Political analysts say Zimbabwe's chances of being readmitted into the Commonwealth remain slim at a time when the Southern African nation is desperate to end its two-decade-long international isolati...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:52hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Malawi election bombshell: Courts becoming too powerful?
NULL and void, do it again: when the Malawian Constitutional Court ruled that the May elections were null and void, this was a victory for the rule of law. The Malawian Court decision follows a simila...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1833 | by Ibbo Mandaza and Tony Reeler
'Thabo Mbeki creating dictators in Africa'
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has been accused of aiding dictators in the continent of Africa. Mbeki who is famed for brokering Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement h...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 12:59hrs | 2010 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Municipal cemeteries in sorry state
Council-run cemeteries in Harare are not being properly maintained, with most graves covered by tall grass and weeds. So bad is the state of neglect that visitors struggle to locate the graves of thei...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plots to oust Tabitha Khumalo?
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly planning to oust the party' s national chairperson Tabitha Khumalo from the post of the leader of the opposition in parliament replacing her with MDC' s Manical...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 13:48hrs | 3133 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's 'step-child' dilemma
Last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa penned an opinion reflecting on his two-year rule since taking over from his long-time ally and mentor turned foe, the late former President Robert Mugabe in a ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:47hrs | 4164 | by Everson Mushava
Time EU lifted sanctions on Zimbabwe
The advent of the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa has been characterised by a consistent adherence to a reform agenda punctuated by the opening up and entrenching of the democratic space to...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:07hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the decision by the United Kingdom to overlook Zimbabwe among countries it invited to the UK-Africa summit was because the once prosperous country has been reduced to a ...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:24hrs | 3363 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe Commonwealth bid nears
Zimbabwe is inching closer to readmission into the Commonwealth ahead of the grouping's biennial meeting slated for Kigali, Rwanda, in June.The Sunday Mail has gathered that Commonwealth Secre...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:29hrs | 228 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF commissariat implores UK queen to look into solving Zimbabwean problems, considering that her govt caused it
Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of this Realm and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, is not going to live forever.Since...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 15:05hrs | 2965 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe plays down snub at UK-Africa Summit
The United Kingdom has not invited Zimbabwe to the UK-Africa Investment Summit getting underway in London on January 20, dealing a major blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to end the country's...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1933 | by ZimLive
Guns before food
With millions of Zimbabweans facing starvation, hospitals and schools collapsing in the rubble of the economy and civil servants rejecting a 98% pay rise as inadequate, President Mnangagwa is reported...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 20:32hrs | 4647 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
UK royal family split - TB Joshua
Days after Nigerian prophet, TB Joshua, released a number of 'prophecies' for the year 2020 during a Sunday Service at his church, they apparently appear to be coming to pass perhaps sooner than expec...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 10:27hrs | 18904 | by Tonia Mosago
'Chamisa's rejection of results triggered Mnangagwa's illegitimacy' - rubbish, it's rigging rejection is inconsequential
Dear Gideon Chitanga, "The consequent illegitimacy facing President Mnangagwa after the rejection of his election victory by Chamisa has triggered political and economic uncertainty which has ...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 15:27hrs | 10127 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Mnangagwa is legitimate president' says MDC leader - chastise rigged election deniers, slap them with sanction
"Here we go!" I sighed! The minute I saw the name Eddie Cross as the author of the article in Zimeye. I expected nonsense from him and nonsense I got! "Mr. Mnangagwa could then claim, for the ...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:20hrs | 3358 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Do POLAD because we love Zimbabwe' says Gutu - then why selling-out on free elections
Some of us still remember Bishop Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa, the 1979 (one year wonder) Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia following the Internal Settlement with Ian Smith...Published: 25 Dec 2019 at 10:52hrs | 3728 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Ndiweni calls for interim govt
DEPOSED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has reiterated his suggestion that an interim transitional government (ITG) of technocrats must be put in place to abolish the bond note and impleme...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:38hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
In joining POLAD, Chamisa will kill democracy just as Nkomo in signing Unity Accord - deja vu
What is all this nonsense about people needing political dialogue, to unity, find each other, speak with one voice, etc., etc. In the 1980s Mugabe used the signing of the unity accord between Zanu PF ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 07:51hrs | 3474 | by Nomusa Garikai
In joining POLAD, Chamisa will kill democracy just as Nkomo in signing Unity Accord - deja vu
What is all this nonsense about people needing political dialogue, to unity, find each other, speak with one voice, etc., etc. In the 1980s Mugabe used the signing of the unity accord between Zanu PF ...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 11:01hrs | 7881 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Your (UK PM) focus is Brexit, mine is reforms' said Mnangagwa - 1 month, Brexit done; reforms, never ever
Mnangagwa's continued democratic reformer pretensions are an insult to all Zimbabweans and will not fool UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson! "Your re-election to this high office (Prime Minister)...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1602 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Your (UK PM) focus is Brexit, mine is reforms' said Mnangagwa - 1 month, Brexit done; reforms, never ever
Mnangagwa's continued democratic reformer pretensions are an insult to all Zimbabweans and will not fool UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson! "Your re-election to this high office (Prime Minister)...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 20:55hrs | 1466 | by Wilbert Mukori
FULL TEXT: Mnangagwa's letter to UK Prime Minister
13 December, 2019Dear Prime Minister,On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Zimbabwe 1 extend my heartfelt congratulations to you, Right Honourable Prime Minister, o...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 10:56hrs | 2845 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa's govt did not ban demos, says SB Moyo
Government has not banned marches or demonstrations that are conducted in a peaceful manner and within the confines of the law, a Cabinet Minister has said. Foreign Affairs and International T...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:02hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates UK's Boris Johnson
President Mnangagwa has congratulated Mr Boris Johnson for his election victory that has seen him retain the leadership of the United Kingdom. Prime Minister Johnson yesterday returned t...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:01hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must re-imagine the future
RECENTLY, I met one of the big shots in the government and he said to me: "You journalists are always negative about the government. Can't you see the good things we are doing?"I told him, poi...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:01hrs | 226 | by Brezh Malaba
Zanu-PF presents anti-sanctions petition to British PM
ZANU-PF UK/Europe District presented an anti-sanctions petition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Number 10 Downing Street which implored him to persuade the European Union (EU) and the Unites States...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
'So honoured to be in Berlin' twittered Chamisa - morphed in ED acolyte, sanction both
"So honoured to be in Germany, Berlin to attend the Germany Social Democratic Party SPD conference together with the ANC and Chama Cha Mapinduzi. Also had high profile meetings with the Germany govern...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 07:33hrs | 4168 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe shows Britain the middle finger
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi says Zimbabwe has no appetite to join the Commonwealth of nations; a club of former British colonies. Mutodi's statements came after British Ambass...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 12:48hrs | 9581 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Need revolution, nor reforms, to remove Zanu PF' says J Moyo - Zanu PF mob psychosis
I readily confess that I was one of the people who held Professor Jonathan Moyo in high regard as a brilliant intellectual with impeccable moral ethics. That was in the late 1980s and early 1990s; whe...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 07:27hrs | 3388 | by Wilbert Mukori
No easy walk to Commonwealth, UK envoy tells Mnangagwa
BRITAIN has told Harare that it is concerned over the reluctance shown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to implement genuine reforms.United Kingdom ambassador to Zimbabwe, Melanie ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2459 | by Staff reporter
British ambassador meets Chiwenga
British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ms Melanie Robinson yesterday paid a courtesy call on Vice President Constantino Chiwenga where they discussed various issues, including reforms being implemented by the...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:42hrs | 2012 | by Staff reporter
British MPs plot Zimbabwe Commonwealth ban
CONSERVATIVES in the House of Commons are lobbying the UK government to block Zimbabwe's bid to rejoin the Commonwealth citing Harare's chequered property and human rights record, a move that is likel...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
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