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Bosso road woes hit 32 winless matches
Herentals 1 - 1 HighlandersBULAWAYO giants Highlanders' struggles on the road continued yesterday when a late equaliser by Herentals striker forward John Zhuwao ended hopes that Bosso had of...Published: 5 hrs ago | 78 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's sense of insecurity and lack of confidence as a leader compromising national development and unity
During the days of ousted late despot Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabweans were introduced to the sickening politics of cultism - whereby, the ruling ZANU P...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 08:36hrs | 3232 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Can ED tell Zimbabweans where to find this elusive 'independence' we are supposed to be enjoying and 'jealously guarding'!
I honestly feel like screaming and banging my head against the wall, each time I hear those in the country's ruling elitist privileged clique make noise about some 'independence' that we, the people o...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:57hrs | 1528 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Isn't it pure madness expecting the same govt that destroyed Zimbabwe to be entrusted with country's revival?
So, there are Zimbabweans exceedingly thrilled with the completion of the new parliament building, and the commissioning of a brand new capital, named Cyber-City, in Mt Hampden, several kilometers nor...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 17:51hrs | 248 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kasukuwere: To be or not to be!
Widening Russian War Aims What a week we have had! War works largely on laws of the unforeseen and the unintended. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has ominously hinted at ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | 329 | by Jamwanda
400 solar boreholes for Matabeleland North
GOVERNMENT aims to drill 400 solar-powered boreholes in Matabeleland North Province by December this year, which will boost access to clean water and facilitate establishment of nutritional gardens in...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:24hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
South Africa 'on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence', UN experts warn
NEW YORK: A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability against rising xenopho...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:17hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
'Hospitals must be exempt from ZESA load shedding' – how when it's generating capacity, wake up for Pete's sake
"These power cuts are already piling more costs in some hospitals such as Ingutsheni and Ekusileni Hospital that now have to rely on generators, yet fuel ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 05:53hrs | 289 | by omusa Garikai
Zimbabwe's ruling elite has no conscience
As the sickening widespread looting of our national resources by the ruling elite in Zimbabwe continues unabated, even increasing at a maddening frequency, I cannot help wonder how far these people ar...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:10hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ruling elite will sell their own mothers if they believe can get away with it!
As the sickening widespread looting of our national resources by the ruling elitist clique in Zimbabwe continues unabated, even increasing at a maddening frequency, I can not help wondering how far th...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 10:08hrs | 2358 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Joshua Nkomo was a strategist, says Tshinga Dube
THE late Vice-President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, was a shrewd military strategist who championed military training initiatives for several freedom fighters, which led to the country's independence in...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF appeals to industry
Zanu-PF has introduced a programme dubbed Listening Tuesdays, in which it will invite captains of industry and company executives to deliberate on issues bedevilling the country's economy.Thro...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Why do spouses of Zimbabwe ruling elite not use their influence to stand for suffering citizens against oppressive regime?
Why do spouses of Zimbabwe ruling elite not use their influence to stand for suffering citizens against oppressive regime?by Tendai Ruben MbofanaI am sure we have all heard of a "peepi...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 13:55hrs | 437 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe sinks deeper into debt hole
THE government last year added US$6,45 billion to the public debt as the Treasury assumed the former white farmer's compensation fund under domestic debt and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) legacy ...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Maybe Zimbabweans are okay with their suffering!
Tune in to any international news channel, and one encounters citizens of various nations around the world taking a firm stand against their pain and suffering endured as a result of unbearable econom...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:04hrs | 1998 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
RBZ mops up ZW$31,6 billion in four months
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) managed to mop up excess liquidity amounting to ZW$31,6 billion in the last four months of 2021 as the monetary authority upped the gear towards preserving the local...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:26hrs | 4158 | by Staff reporter
The burdened party politician
As the 2023 elections draw closer, jockeying and jostling for political party candidature will soon become the order of the day. The process itself is far from clean.It involves pleasing the e...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 214 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa slams western hypocrisy
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has slammed western hypocrisy where "false environmental and mining lobby groups" are paid to agitate local communities to fight non-western investment in their localities. The cou...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:39hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Ndiraya's suspension stinks
DYNAMOS have initiated negotiations with possible candidates to replace suspended head coach Tonderai Ndiraya.Ndiraya is unlikely to survive the storm at the Premiership football giants....Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Economic crisis: Hallmark of Mnangagwa's dismal failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa made a desperate appeal to Zanu-PF youths as he asked his supporters to unmask those "sabotaging the economy", saying the debilitating economic malaise was artificial and ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:08hrs | 92 | by Taurai Mangudhla
Zesa on brink of collapse
ZIMBABWE risks sinking into a deeper power crisis amid reports that the country's power utility Zesa is on the brink of collapse due to an unsustainable tariff regime, NewsDay has learnt.The p...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Who exactly are Zimbabweans waiting for to come and save them?
As the economic situation in Zimbabwe speedily deteriorates on a daily basis - maybe, to be more accurate, on a minute by minute basic, since some supermarkets chains are already warning their "valued...Published: 03 May 2022 at 14:54hrs | 5557 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Economic growth all good, but meaningless when Zimbabweans' livelihoods deteriorating!
A father can boast of his recent promotions at work or the expansion of his business entities.He can even be proud of the increased financial earnings, and profit margins coming into his pocke...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 21:42hrs | 863 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa pleads poverty
REVELATIONS that Zimbabwe is pushing to be classified a Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) as Harare seeks debt relief in what is effectively a volte-face on the long-held official aversion to the i...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Please tell me the president is also paid in Zim dollars!
As a truly patriotic Zimbabwean - who earnestly cares about this country's development and fellow citizens' welfare and wellbeing - I make every effort in...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 20:33hrs | 2331 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Amagugu to hold traditional foods and beverages expo
Amagugu International Heritage Centre (AIHC) in partnership with the African Food Revolution will host the sixth edition of the Traditional Food and Beverages Expo from May 6 to 7. The exp...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 14:57hrs | 423 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe pushing to be classified a Heavily Indebted Poor Country
ZIMBABWE is pushing to be classified a Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) as the country seeks debt relief in what could be a volte-face on the long-held official aversion to the initiative, a new r...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:22hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Dear Zimbabweans, time for brutal conversation about xenophobia in South Africa
I AM a Zimbabwean, so this is difficult to write, and I stand to lose a lot. But I will do it anyway.Anti-immigrant sentiments, or much simply xenophobia is difficult to write about because no...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 864 | by Maynard Manyowa
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 2244 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Russia's rouble comes roaring back
The rouble has surged all the way back to where it was before Russia invaded Ukraine, closing at 79,7 in Moscow on Wednesday.In the days after the Ukraine war began, the rouble's collapse was ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Holding free elections is an event; in Zimbabwe it's a 42-year process still with no end date
The number one reason Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess is the country's failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. The country started on the wrong foot by failing to ensure the...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:38hrs | 212 | by Wilbert Mukori
China opposes sanctions for good reasons
One month after the Ukraine crisis broke out, China and an increasing number of like-minded nations, particularly developing countries, have voiced objection to unilateral sanctions by United States-l...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | 250 | by Zhang Yunbi
'Political messaging too narrow'
IN Europe and other First World countries, politics has proven to be a preserve for sharp minds and there is little room for opportunists riding on good accents.The same does not hold true in ...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the biohazard threat in Ukraine?
From the very beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the United States has unleashed a massive campaign to accuse Moscow of all sorts of crimes.Protecting the civilian population...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:30hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Council reduces parking fees
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has scrapped the US$1 per 30 minutes parking fee in the city centre to US$1 per hour for the whole city as from Monday, an amount residents say is still high.Wh...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the Goliath Complex Afflicts
My early days in primary school were dominated by the story of Goliath, the giant of Philistine.Goliath's name was onomatopoeic; this sonorous name heavily suggested physical hugeness afflicte...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:38hrs | 190 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Temba Mliswa compares himself to Nelson Chamisa
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says the harsh treatment that is being done to CCC leader Nelson Chamisa by the police during his rallies is the same treatment that he got when he was campaig...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 09:25hrs | 3562 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sjava coming to Bulawayo
SJAVA and Amapiano artistes Sir Trill and Felo Le Tee are scheduled to perform at the Summer Block Party in Bulawayo on March 20.Fast-growing events promotion company, Fife Street Events...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:57hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
CAPS United hammer hapless WhaWha
CAPS United 6 - 0 WhaWhaAFTER a rocky start to the season, CAPS United finally remembered how to win, in emphatic fashion, when they put hapless WhaWha to the sword in this Castle Lager Premiershi...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Dry spells will not cause hunger, says Mohadi
ZIMBABWE's food security remains guaranteed, despite dry spells that have affected the 2021-2022 summer cropping season, ZANU-PF vice president Kembo Mohadi has said.Addressing thousands of pe...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:18hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections, Mugabe predictive intelligence
THE leader who carries off the remarks by the late President Mugabe will likely win the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe. The leader who does not let the Mugabe decision affect him at a personal level will ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:44hrs | 2583 | by Sharon Hofisi
Russia/ Ukraine crisis is a manufactured one to sabotage ties
THE Russian Defence ministry on Thursday morning announced that it had taken on Ukraine's air defences and its Air Force with a series of precision attacks, after airports and runways across the count...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3281 | by Staff reporter
Africa's first ever cannabis research laboratory revives Zimbabwe health sector
In 2018, the new political dispensation in Zimbabwe took a new trajectory in the health sector by issuing out 57 licences for cultivation of cannabis also known as mbanje or marijuana for medicinal pu...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Putin now clearly unhinged and can't be allowed to hold entire world at ransom!
Vlad the Impaler! That was the first thing that came to mind immediately after waking up this morning!I did not, right away, understand why - but, I soon realized the unmistaken striki...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 09:19hrs | 4621 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Marked rise in diaspora remittances into Zimbabwe doesn't signal economic growth but increased poverty
Indeed, clichés are overused, and usually would have long lost their original context and meaning - however, there are some that still hold true today as they did when they were initially coined....Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 272 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'We will protest rigged elections!' promised Chamisa - but why keep participating, it's insane
Insanity comes in all manner of degrees and disguises but have two things in common; one, it is mind bogglingly repetitive. Or as the great physicist Albert Einstein aptly put it, "insanity is doing t...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:17hrs | 548 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mighty Warriors fall at home
Zimbabwe 1 - 3 BotswanaMIGHTY Warriors coach Sithetheliwe "Kwinji 15" Sibanda admitted it is going to be a tall order to qualify for the Africa Women Cup of Nations after her troops made defensive...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:30hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
No more mumbo-jumbo, Chamisa must announce either credible plan to stop Zanu PF rigging or boycott until reforms
The A1 problem in Zimbabwe is the failure to hold free, fair and credible elections which is why the nation has been stuck with this corrupt, incompetent ...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 17:37hrs | 576 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa jets of to Brussels, Belgium
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to leave the country today for Brussels, Belgium, for the EU/AU summit as he bolsters the country's re-engagement and engagement initiative that has seen Zimbabwe's rel...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should emulate teachers in fighting for our own liberation without placing the responsibility onto others!
If there is one major lesson that teachers have taught the people of Zimbabwe, it is - we can, indeed, stand up for ourselves, and fight for our own liberation, without fear and without transferring t...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 11:33hrs | 748 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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