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'Belarus equipment to spur Zimbabwe agric'
The US$66 million agricultural equipment deal entered between Zimbabwe and Belarus last week is expected to further boost agricultural productivity, ensuring national food security and restoring Harar...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Why I wrote Mnangagwa book
Former MDC politician Eddie Cross says he could not turn down an opportunity to write President Emmerson Mnangagwa's autobiography because he was impressed with his attitude.Cross (EC), the au...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Looting and burning are echoes of apartheid era and proof of SA's failure to make the quantum leap
"Before independence corruption was considered a bold and patriotic act especially as the corruption was considered an act of defiance against white colonial government. It is just that after independ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa accuse 'Africans looking down upon themselves of holding back Africa' - it's him by refusing fallible and accountable
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Friday took time to criticise some Africans he accused of continuously looking down upon themselves while apportioning high regard for Western ways of doing things," repo...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 15:35hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Colonialist UK pushes to further isolate the Mnangagwa government
THE United Kingdom's unexpected move this week to impose sanctions on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights violations - following a series of critical pronouncements in recent months - sig...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is the Deng Xiaoping of Zimbabwe'
THIS is the beginning of a new era, a new era under a new President, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa.For the Zimbabwean people who have filled this stadium to the brim, this is another gathering within...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Zimbabwe embracing new era, future
THIS is the beginning of a new era, a new era under a new President, Emmerson Mnangagwa.For the Zimbabwean people who have filled this stadium to the brim, this is another gathering within a m...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Free advice to Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is surrounded by good people. Among them, he has great formal and informal advisers; talented and eminent people from different backgrounds, who really can make a differen...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 4 | by Dumisani Muleya
The reluctant reformer, Mnangagwa is thy name
IT'S nearly a year since Emmerson Mnagangwa (ED) was sworn as the President of Zimbabwe after the disputed July 2018 elections.The common talk among many is that Zimbabwe should be better than...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Rashweat Mukundu
The gnashing of teeth is nigh
The nature of Bishop Lazi's job, which often involves endlessly counselling the stricken, the infirm, the indisposed and the emotionally wounded, naturally makes him a couch potato, especially during ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:01hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
Principles on new currency in place
Government is working on modalities to introduce a new currency, which will be the sole legal tender for domestic transactions as fundamentals have now been put in place, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 01:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Enter the dragon: The rise of China
The most remarkable economic turnaround story of the 21st century undoubtedly belongs to the People's Republic of China. As the country marks the 40th anniversary of economic reforms and opening, the ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 2 | by Victor Bhoroma
Enter the dragon: The rise of China
The most remarkable economic turnaround story of the 21st century undoubtedly belongs to the People's Republic of China. As the country marks the 40th anniversary of economic reforms and opening, the ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 14:10hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Mnangagwa, take us back to Egypt!'
Bishop Lazarus had a pleasant revelation on Monday and is seriously considering participating at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.With Usain Bolt happily retired and sipping margarita...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:11hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa left paralysed by a crisis of legitimacy
Last week on November 24 Emmerson Mnangagwa was in Murombedzi - former president Robert Mugabe's village backyard in Mashonaland West - to commemorate his chequered one year in office following his co...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:17hrs | 3 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Mnangagwa cannot do it alone
Command Agriculture has put the country on the path of food self-sufficiency, increased rural incomes and better living standards.Agriculture's influence, as a sector which supplies 60 percent of ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Munyaradzi Mlambo
Mnangagwa has the world at his feet
There were some heart-warming pictures from President Mnanagwa's swearing-in ceremony at the National Sports Stadium on the afternoon of August 26 in Harare. President Mnangagwa having a good ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
NPF: Possessed by a retrogressive agenda?
Mark Duncan, writing from Moscow, felt compelled to advise The Economist [Letters - A party of the people, April 14, 2018], that its belief that Russian youth post Gorbachev generation offered optimis...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
MDC Alliance 'bullet train' political campaign
The MDC Alliance's "bullet train" political campaign has clearly been quick off the mark (no pun intended).Perhaps too quick off the mark to the extent that they had raked up in excess of 40 r...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa vs Deng Xiaoping
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has for a while now been likened to former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.The late paramount leader of the People's Republic of China between 1978 and 1989 is credit...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Free elections are not important in ED's 'Chinese model' - they don't want it, why should we!
Zimbabwe is already a de facto one-party state and it was none other than President Mnangagwa and his coup junta have been at the very heart of Zanu PF's looting, vote-rigging and political intrigue t...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 18:48hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chiwenga should revoke firing of nurses, negotiate
There are a number of events in the past few weeks that flew under the radar, which I feel deserve more scrutiny, as they could have a telling effect on the route Zimbabwe takes in the not so distant ...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagwa's Chinese dream invites scorn, sparks 'dictatorship' fears
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pledge to introduce socialism in Zimbabwe, copying the Chinese leadership model has been ridiculed by analysts, who say the remarks show the Zanu-PF leader is clueless o...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
The era of 'Deng' Mnangagwa
TRUE to Isaac Newton's axiom, which eloquently asserts that for one to see further it is only by perching on the shoulder of giants, the new President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, affectionately k...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:43hrs | 2 | by Tich Mushambadope
'No to political godfathers, godmothers'
ZANU-PF should get rid of the culture of creating godfathers in the country's provinces as this causes disharmony, a Zanu-PF MP has told Parliament.In her congratulatory message on the inaugur...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seeks to reset Chinese ties
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's upcoming State visit to the People's Republic of China will seek to upgrade economic ties with the Asian giant, building on an excellent political relationship.C...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is the honourable leader that Zimbabwe needs
Emmerson Mnangagwa, the new President of Zimbabwe, is not an ogre with evil intent as his detractors make him out to be. He is a courteous, amiable, honest to goodness person, who is now on a ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 11:13hrs | 2 | by Jacky Seroke
3 Mugabe laws that will scare away investors in Mnangagwa era
Since the deposition of Zimbabwe's long-serving dictator Robert Mugabe from power by the military on 14 November, the country has seen an ever-changing citizenry in terms of political choices.Duri...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Tawanda Madamombe
Mnangagwa taking us where we are coming from
IN his own words, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said "the voice of the people is the voice of God". We now hold him to his word. He must start listening to the sacred voice of God and move our nation f...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
Zimbabwe can be as prosperous as Singapore, say Gono - not with 'EDNomics' in a pariah State
We all welcome praise but not from every quarter because praise from certain quarters is but a curse. Here is a typical example of praise from the wrong quarter."President Emmerson Mnangagwa's...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 23:37hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
The era of EDonomics begins
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration speech was in a class of its own in terms of vision, strategy and content.The President showed a clear, firm grasp of economics with his dose of wha...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:13hrs | | by Dr Gideon Gono
Disappointing Cabinet - where Mnangagwa is leading us is where we are coming from
In his own words, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said "The voice of the people is the voice of God". We now hold him to his word. He must start listening to the sacred voice of God and move our nation f...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
Mnangagwa action list
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has a tough task ahead of reviving the country's comatose economy he inherited from his predecessor Robert Mugabe, industry has observed.Mugabe, who had been at th...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 15:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
What do the changes in Zimbabwean leadership mean to diaspora (asylum seekers)
As the revolutionary, liberator, true son of the soil and the living legend and supreme leader, Robert Mugabe has been the face of Zimbabwe for so long that it's almost impossible to imagine the count...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 20:20hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mnangagwa is Zim's Deng Xiaoping'
This is the beginning of a new era, a new era under a new President, Emmerson Mnangagwa.For the Zimbabwean people who have filled this stadium to the brim, this is another gathering within a m...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:28hrs | | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Mnangagwa plans major policy shift
Incoming President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured), who will be sworn in as Zimbabwe's new leader at the National Sports Stadium in Harare replacing former president Robert Mugabe forced out on Tuesday,...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Britain, Zimbabwe's 'oldest friend', really?
IT'S official: Zimbabwe has a new President in the form of Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. Need repeating, President Mnangagwa takes over from Robert Mugabe who led the country from Independence in 1980,...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
From Chairman Mao to Deng - from Mugabe to Mnangagwa
IT seems history has once again had its way, repeating itself in so uncanny a way that it is nothing short of astounding.Of late, historians and experts - obviously spellbound by events that t...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 05:13hrs | | by Darlington Musarurwa
Open letter to Mnangagwa - publicly apologise for Gukurahundi
Dear Mr. President First allow me to say congratulations on your ascendancy to the presidency. I must say I was impressed by the smooth plan which led to your rise to the presidency, you reall...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 14:15hrs | 3 | by Dinika, Adio-Adet T
Few tears in China as old friend Mugabe ousted in Zimbabwe
China is shedding few tears over the ousting of its old friend Robert Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe, fed up with the ruinous state of its economy and confident a new government will not antagonise t...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 05:15hrs | | by Reuters
Jonathan Moyo's G40 and the lessons of history
Anyone with a sense of history would have known that the end was going to be bad for the manipulative, greedy, immoral and power hungry cabalSomeone has just remarked - beautifully – that th...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
China's 'Gang of Four' tale replays in Zimbabwe
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe's political career bears a striking resemblance to that of the "Gang of Four" which consisted of China's former chairman Mao Tse Tung's fourth wife, Jiang Qing and her allies, ...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the theft of history
IT is with indecent haste that Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has of late been seeking to flag his increasingly questionable presidential credentials and ambitions before Zimbabwe and the world. Th...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 06:21hrs | 5 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
China's Communist Party congress begins in Beijing
China's biggest political event, the Communist Party congress, has begun in Beijing under tight security.Chinese President Xi Jinping addressed more than 2,000 delegates in the capital for mor...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by BBC
How long shall Africa rely on Western Benevolence?
With more than 40 million African citizens facing food insecurity and some outright starvation, Donald Trump's proposal to cut the American aid budget by 38% couldn't have come at a worse time. It is ...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 22:34hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
The Dilemma Of A Mnangagwa Presidency
As Zimbabwe's Opposition remains in disarray and continues to struggle to form a Grand Coalition to challenge Zanu PF's dominance in the 2018 General Elections. And despite President Mugabe's refusal ...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Darlington Nyambiya
Each generation must fight its own demons
When we were growing up, politics was a pastime activity for the mature and the old. A dangerous pastime so to speak. In those days, people with divergent views from the party and government did not d...Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 17:14hrs | 2 | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Our generation needs its own liberation struggle
When we were growing up, politics was a pastime activity for the mature and the old. A dangerous pastime so to speak. In those days, people with divergent views from the party and government did not d...Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji (Khuluma Afrika)
NTA is GNU by the back door - who cares as long as it implements reforms
"The electorate should not embrace everything that is always uttered by some excited politicians who are trying to take Zimbabwe to another Government of National Unity GNU through the back door by ad...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 15:45hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangangwa's China trip angers Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe is reportedly angry with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his trip to China last year in which his deputy came out of high level meetings acting like someone wh...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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