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Mnangagwa can rescue legacy by simply following the constitution
THE overriding theme of this week has been the drive by elements of the ruling Zanu PF party to push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to run for a third term at the 2028 elections. Bikita Sout...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes delivery of military hardware from China
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday received military hardware from China in what could open gates for further Chinese military expansion in the Southern African region.The eq...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 21:20hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
France and Ecowas in a fix as Burkina Faso, Mali warn against military intervention in Niger
Coup-hit Niger's neighbours, Burkina Faso and Mali, have warned that any military intervention against Niamey would be considered a "declaration of war" against their nations.The two countries...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 07:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Western backed Zambia wins debt relief
Zambia reached an agreement in principle to restructure US$6,3 billion of debt with bilateral lenders, setting a precedent for a growing list of countries struggling to service their liabilities....Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:13hrs | | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
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 | 9 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Thomas Mapfumo in $10,000 debt
Chimurenga music guru Thomas Mapfumo's 'peace tour' has sunk him into debt as it failed to perform according to expectations. The shows were being promoted by Entertainment Republic and Chimurenga Mus...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe flies out to again
President Robert Mugabe has left Harare to join other heads of state and government from the continent at the 29th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) which is the highest decision-making...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe should now step down
ANGOLAN President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Africa's second longest-serving leader after Equatorial Guinea's dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema, will not seek re-election in August after decades in power. ...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff writer
Pan-African Passport to open up borders
The African Union launches a continental passport while Brexit closes doors in Europe The image of Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Chadian President ...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Tonderayi Mukeredzi
AU launches African passport
The African Union (AU) has today launched the African passport, a development aimed at enhancing African integration through the free movement of people and quick delivery of goods and services on...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa Day 2016; reflections of a continent in need of new leadership
On 25 May 2016, Africa commemorates the 53rd anniversary of the formation of the Organisation for African Union (OAU) now the African Union (AU).It has been a momentous journey for Africa, fro...Published: 24 May 2016 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Tendai Laxton Biti
Mugabe causes stir in Uganda
President Robert Mugabe pulled another shocker in Uganda Thursday during President Yoweri Museveni's swearing-in ceremony.This time around he did not stumble like in Japan.Mugabe repor...Published: 13 May 2016 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe back home
President Robert Mugabe is back home after attending the inauguration ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.Mugabe was met at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Emmer...Published: 12 May 2016 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe wisest leader in Africa
Chad President Idriss Déby has reportedly heaped praise on 92 year President Robe...Published: 12 May 2016 at 13:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo meets
THE crunch Zanu-PF Politburo meeting pencilled for tomorrow will discuss important issues affecting the nation, the party's secretary for administration Ignatius Chombo has said. He also confi...Published: 05 Apr 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uganda rigged elections a wake-up call for Zimbabwe
The recent circus mistaken for elections in Uganda shows that the more things change the more they remain the same , as the People's Democratic Party (PDP), we fear that the 2018 elections in Zimbabwe...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 16:26hrs | | by Settlement Chikwinya - PDP Secretary for Elections
Mugabe at 92; a failed statesman
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) congratulates Robert Mugabe who turned 92 on Sunday for a long life. We also take note that although Mugabe should be enjoying the twilight of his life, it is...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 12:45hrs | | by Jacob Mafume - PDP National Spokesperson
President Mugabe's UN Security Reform stance laudable
Some private media houses have chosen to ignore the good work that President Robert Mugabe did as the AU Chairperson only to shame themselves by saying that his big brother stature is what makes the A...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 13:04hrs | | by John Mukumbo
AU want Mugabe to have second term as chairman
African ambassadors and African Union (AU) commissioners based in Ethiopia are reportedly pushing for 91 year old President Robert Mugabe to have a second term as the African body leader....Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe not the longest African serving President
Paris - The Congolese government on Tuesday claimed a landslide victory in a controversial referendum allowing President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend a grip on power that began three decades ago....Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 15:56hrs | | by AFP
Boss up for sexual harassment
A Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) boss based at the firm's Harare Power Station yesterday appeared in court for allegedly sexually harassing a female subordinate after grabbing her waist at their workpla...Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 05:25hrs | | by Fungai Jachi
Mugabe, John Kerry witnesses Buhari's inauguration
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday led African leaders in witnessing the swearing in of new Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the Eagle Square in the capital Abuja in a ceremony that coincided wi...Published: 30 May 2015 at 09:21hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
'Zulu king is asking for a war'
Durban - A tit-for-tat xenophobic war could erupt across sub-Saharan Africa if the government acted on the wishes of King Goodwill Zwelithini and deported foreigners living and working in South Africa...Published: 25 Mar 2015 at 13:14hrs | | by Bongani Hans
Jacob Zuma's secret deal with dictator
Johannesburg - The Central African Republic's ousted dictator Francois Bozize says South Africa President's broken promises made during a secret back-room deal led to his downfall, news24 reported....Published: 25 Aug 2013 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
African leaders refuse to recognise rebel chief as president of CAR
African heads of state decided Wednesday that it was impossible to recognise rebel chief Michel Djotodia as president of the Central African Republic (CAR), and want the country to elect a transitiona...Published: 04 Apr 2013 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa army chickens out of CAR
N'Djamena - South African troops will pull out of Central African Republic (CAR), President Jacob Zuma told a regional summit on the post-coup crisis on Wednesday."President Zuma has decided t...Published: 04 Apr 2013 at 04:49hrs | | by Sapa
Most feared al Qaeda commanders in Africa killed in northern Mali
One of al Qaeda's most feared commanders in Africa, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, has been killed by Chadian forces in northern Mali, Chad's President Idriss Deby said on Friday. French officials said the...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Lovemore Madhuku and enemies of democracy
THE recent pronouncements by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairman Lovemore Madhuku that he is not going now despite the expiry of his tenure is not surprising at all. It is a perpetuat...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 10:46hrs | | by Qhubani Moyo
Mugabe axed from Ivorian mediation panel
President Robert Mugabe will not be mediator in the Ivory Coast conflict despite media reports from Addis Ababa saying he had been nominated to the panel of heads of state to act as intermediaries...Published: 01 Feb 2011 at 10:45hrs | | by Byo24News
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