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Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the roo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1025 | by Dr. Field Ruwe
Zimbabwe finds a way to turn paper into gold long live Gushungo!!!
Money, the market, free enterprise, free trade, law, and justice, among others - existed in other forms before the colonialists introduced paper currency. The natives had their own functional institut...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 16:58hrs | 3 | by Sam Wezhira
How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide
IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 119 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange
Botswana backlash to Zimbabwe border plan
A proposal by Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi to allow citizens to cross borders using national identity cards instead of passports has drawn hea...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 08:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Hands off King Lobengula, he was not a Zimbabwean!
Unformed, ignorant and reckless Zimbabwe satirists, journalists, whatever they call themselves, should be advised that His Majesty, King Lobengula of Matabeleland was not a Zimbabwean. Ingqungqulu Ema...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | 15 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe's clergy shirk charges of complicity in plunder
EMMERSON Dambudzo Mnangagwa was inaugurated last month for a second five-year term as Zimbabwe's president after being declared winner of the controversial Aug. 23 election that regional and internati...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:32hrs | 12 | by Cyril Zenda
Zimbabwe: A nation at crossroads
Good day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, Zimbabwe is dogged by reputational and socio-economic challenges. Consequently, the citizenry is despondent, crying out for commitment to uphol...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Same flawed process, Old pain continues
Recent elections showed that the brutal dictator and his murderous Zanu-PF party have strengthened their stranglehold on power in Zimbabwe.Their abuse of state institutions has worsened as the...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Dudzai Mukondorongwe
Mnangagwa has nowhere to play 'stolen village drum'
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, an African proverb that says it is easier to steal the village drum than to find where to play it, came to mind as the presidential election re...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabwe now 'worse than under Mugabe'?
UNDER the long and cruel reign of Robert Mugabe, a lot of very bad things happened.But it's not clear that anyone was stoned to death for opposing him or his cronies.On Thursday this w...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
U.S. sanctions take center stage in Zimbabwe elections
When Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-time despot, lost power in a 2017 military coup, many Zimbabweans took to the streets, celebrating what they hoped would be the beginning of a new chapter.M...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is under siege
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my heart subscribes to the notion that Zimbabwe is completely under siege. As I see it, the country is overwhelmed with all manner of naked aggr...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Open letter to President Ramaphosa, Mnangagwa and HH
Open Letter from Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda a Constitutional and Human Rights law Practitioner and African Diaspora Global Network CEO The President of Zi...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 09:50hrs | 2 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Chamisa dumps Tsvangirai's spokesperson?
THE late MDC leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's spokesperson, Mr Luke Tamborinyoka, now cuts a forlorn and dejected figure after he was barred from representing CCC in the forthcoming harmonised elections...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans can elect recycled politicians at own peril
I AM not much of a soccer fan, but there is something that I have always found strange, if not downright weird.Why is it that a coach fired from one team on the grounds of incompetence and dis...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why some revolutions succeed
I am not sure if there is any truth to the talk of a Split in the Security Forces in Zimbabwe. I see on various news media that the Central Intelligence Organization has taken over the running of this...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 11 | by Sam Wezhira
Colonial masters say Mnangagwa's despotic rule is worse than Mugabe
MEMBERS of the United Kingdom's House of Lords have described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's so-called second republic as worse than that of Robert Mugabe in terms of authoritarian rule and repression...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Is Kasukuwere out just to spoil the broth?
THE sound of the gauntlet that presidential hopeful, former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere threw only last month has refused to die down.After his shock announcement that he would be cont...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 9 | by Kudakwashe Gwabanayi
British House of Lords members says Mnangagwa is worse than Mugabe
British House of Lords members, who are life peers, including vocal former Labour Vauxhall MP for 30 years Baroness Kate Hoey, have gravely condemned exacerbating authoritarian political repression in...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 18:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa's ZANU PF neutralizes Chamisa's CCC
The opposition movement in Zimbabwe needs to be reformed. The leadership of all political opposition in Zimbabwe, whether it be MDC, CCC, ZIP, etc. is wooden, sclerotic, senile, and out of touch with ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 22:55hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Zimbabweans can elect recycled opportunistic politicians at own risk!
I am not much of a soccer fan, but there is something that I have always found strange, if not downright weird - without anyone able to provide a satisfactory explanation. Why is it that a coa...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 08:26hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa was desperate to see the back of Tendai Biti?
THE beleaguered CCC party is teetering on the brink of another split just a few hours before the Nomination Court sits ahead of the 23 August harmonised elections.Fissures, for long papered by...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Bill 'helps Zanu-PF cling to power'
THE Patriotic Bill, which is currently going through requisite processes before enactment, will not serve Zimbabwe's interests, but help the ruling Zanu-PF consolidate its hold on power, political ana...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF cannot win a free and fair election in Zimbabwe'
Opposition and rights groups in Zimbabwe are bemoaning this week's passing of a so-called "Patriotic Bill" by the lower house of parliament, which they say curtails several fundamental freedoms enshri...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's US like law gets thumbs down from foreign funded NGOs
Zanu-PF's spirited attempts to introduce a law that will impose a death penalty on 'unpatriotic' Zimbabweans is an assault on human rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression analysts s...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new CIO fixer to consolidate grip on power
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to re-assert his vice-like grip on Zimbabwe's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), which is critical to his power consolidation a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:42hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Truthfulness is a sacred trust and lying is a betrayal.
The Editor, I find it difficult to believe that three months before the elections, the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) political party in Zimbabwe is nearing participation ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:59hrs | 5 | by Sam Wezhira
Mahere's Geneva presentation rattles Zanu-PF
MAIN opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere's presentation at the high-profile Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in Switzerland, which laid bare the cou...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia!
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored....Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:04hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe: Underage Marriages for Votes
United Nation Sustainable Development Goals Target 5.3 (Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation). Target 3.1 looks at the proportion of ...Published: 18 May 2023 at 21:11hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
'2023 elections likely to be unfair'
A LOCAL think-tank, the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), says the upcoming elections are unlikely to be different from previous ones held under the Robert Mugabe era, which were underlined by violenc...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Regime change' NGO disapproves of King Mswati opening ZITF
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, a regime change outfit, disapproves the decision by the government to invite King Mswati III of Eswatini to officially open the 63rd edition of the Zimbabwe Internati...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Resource curse in Africa
The African continent is bestowed with so much natural wealth such as diamonds, coal, petroleum, natural gas, copper, and uranium to mention a few. Still, it has been the poorest continent in the worl...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 09:09hrs | | by Jeremie Kalombo
Commonwealth has appalling human rights record
This written article by Professor Jonathan Moyo, then an academic at the University of Zimbabwe, was published by the Financial Gazette on 10 October 1991, a few days...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe not ready for free, fair elections
FOR decades after independence, Zimbabwe seems to have been disillusioned by the electoral system.Democracy has been elusive. Elections have been marred by violence. Every past election has be...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | | by Innocent Mpoki
Critiquing and exposing flaws in government policies central to 'development journalism'
Lately, there has been a noticeable resurgence in calls - more specifically from Zimbabwe government officials - for media to focus more on what is termed 'developmental journalism'.The latest...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 09:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Who Owns Blinart Investments?
Zimbabwean people never stop to amaze me-how can a whole parliament waste time debating about a USD$9,000 laptop? Is our parliament genuine in discussing this issue or it is just one of the sideshows ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 17:49hrs | 1 | by Sam Wezhira
Who is afraid of Donald Trump?
When reading about United States politics, the reader should remember that the Democrats are the brainy party, but they are too brainy for their own good. While the Republicans are the stupid party, t...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:46hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Chamisa wants Mnangagwa to stop weaponising the law
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa says the continued denial of bail to opposition MP Job Sikhala "is pure abuse and weaponising of the law".Sikhala has been detained at Chik...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's sense of insecurity compromising progress, unity
DURING the days of ousted late despot Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabweans were introduced to the sickening politics of cultism - whereby the ruling Zanu-PF party, the country and its structures were mo...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC's politics of a scavenging bird
A vulture is a scavenging bird. It feeds from and thrives in the dead, dirt, smelly and foul.A green parrot, on the other hand is an adorable creature of magnificent beauty. It blends with and...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 20:45hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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 | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Nkayi Community Parliament: Condolence message to the Mhlanga family
The entire Nkayi Community Parliament is deeply sorry and saddened by the untimely passing on of our cultural and arts doyen, Mr Continueloving Mhlanga, p...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 22:14hrs | 18 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube
Boris is still PM, he never 'mentioned resign' - fake news to sooth jarred regime change sensitive nerves
"We must all remember that until a British Prime minister talks to the Queen he will not resign without her majesty's consent. So, until then Johnson is very much the Prime minister. Not once in his s...Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | 6 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's failure centres around you, Your Excellency
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, a sage stated that a carpenter whose only tool is a hammer is an unproductive craftsman. He cannot produce a basic stool, given that his only...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:06hrs | 10 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Your Excellency Mnangagwa, the buck stops with you
DEAR President,Your Excellency, the cost of living has been skyrocketing for quite some time now. Salaries are subjected to progressive erosion. As I see it, long before teachers in public ser...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Nigel Chanakira, please leave politics to politicians
Nigel Chanakira, please leave politics to politicians-no single individual, group, or political party can fight an entrenched dictator alone. One of the requirements of regime change is Unity of Oppos...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 14:44hrs | 13 | by Sam Wezhira
We Must all Condemn the Imprisonement of Mthwakazi Activists in Zimbabwe
Greetings to all! As I greet you all, I am saddened by the silence of all our people at the sentencing to long imprisonment of more than three (3) years recently of Mthwakazi activists by Zimb...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 14:17hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora - Water and Oil Don't mix
Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora like water and oil do not mix. Not surprising then that the sly attempts to foist Mwonzora on the masses, are failing.As we head to 2023 elections,...Published: 27 May 2022 at 07:42hrs | | by Grace Kwinjeh
AU failing to rein in rogue regimes, says Zapu
THE opposition Zapu party, led by Sibangilizwe Nkomo, has accused the African Union (AU) of deviating from its objectives of uniting Africans by failing to rein in oppressive regimes.In a stat...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
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