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Highlanders versus Dynamos: The anatomy of violence
Once again — and not for the last time — a Highlanders versus Dynamos football match ended in violence with the usual accusations and counter accusations of referee bias and oppression being the o...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 21:33hrs | 9 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Chamisa dithers on court challenge
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party yesterday remained coy on whether it will take the legal route to challenge the outcome of last week's elections where Zanu-...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 20:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt dithers on free education
GOVERNMENT has started to sing a different tune on earlier promises to provide free basic education beginning next year, with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube saying the programme would need more time to...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt dithers over radar acquisition
THE scandal-riddled process to acquire a modern air traffic control system, commonly known as the radar, has taken yet another twist after it emerged this week the Office of the President and Cabinet ...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec dithers on by-elections
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) deputy chairperson Emmanuel Magade yesterday failed to give a specific date when byelections would be held, raising speculation that they may not take place any tim...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition politics needs radical paradigm shift
A RADICAL paradigm shift is necessary to extricate opposition politics of this country from the doldrums of extinction and annihilation as the status quo is fraught with "owngoals" that gift the rulin...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | | by Canisio Mudzimu
Why MDC-A must not change its name for by-elections
As embattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa dithers on whether or when to cause the compromised Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to discharge its constitutional obligation to call for the holding of ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 10 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Obadiah Moyo seeks acquittal after State dithers on graft trial
CORRUPTION accused former health minister Obadiah Moyo has told a Harare court he would now be seeking his removal from remand after prosecutors have been delaying his trial.Moyo has been on r...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa turns to Israelis as populace gets restive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's edgy administration, battling to contain a restive populace amid a worsening economic crisis, has engaged the Israeli government for possible deployment of security expe...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dithers on Cabinet reshuffle
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is still keeping top lieutenants on tenterhooks after reportedly making indications to his inner circle that he would reshuffle his cabinet.Mnangagwa was last week...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Doctors' strike reflects national crisis
GOVERNMENT'S recent decision to remove striking junior doctors from the payroll exposes underlying authoritarian tendencies and reluctance by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to revamp th...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube engages diplomats on reforms
ZIMBABWE'S international re-engagement programme and debt clearance plan are facing renewed headwinds with the United States government maintaining a hardline stance, insisting on tangible reforms, wh...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must release August 1 killings inquiry report'
RECENT disclosures by presidential spokesperson George Charamba that the report by the commission of inquiry into the August 1 shootings by the millitary is for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's eyes "on...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC dithers as election date nears
THE countdown to the July 30 harmonised elections enters the homestretch today when the Nomination Court sits to accept successful candidates countrywide. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and s...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland take Mnangagwa head-on over Gukurahundi genocide
TWO Matebeleland-based opposition parties have launched a campaign to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to provide restorative justice to victims of Gukurahundi before even consideri...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makarau dithers over voter registration
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission chairperson Rita Makarau continues to dither on the voter registration issue after two citizens approached the High Court seeking an order to force the election managemen...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tribal and regional schism finds expression during Bosso, Dembare matches
Once again - and not for the last time - a Highlanders versus Dynamos football match ended in violence with the usual accusations and counter accusations of referee bias and oppression being the order...Published: 18 May 2017 at 07:56hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Open letter to the people of Matebeleland
Dear Matabeleland People We are in this journey to play a role towards the freeing of the oppressed Matebeleland Nation in Africa. Therefore, as a theatre group, we would like to share t...Published: 17 May 2017 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by uLoyiko
Tsvangirai is 'power drunk'-- Mujuru
Opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai is "power drunk" and there is no God-given instruction that all parties must endorse him to lead a coalition to topple President Robert Mugabe, rival Jo...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mbanga dithers on Mushore dismissal
Christopher Mbanga acting Harare mayor has stalled implementing a council resolution to send town clerk James Mushore on forced leave. Mushore's appointment as the capital city's chief adm...Published: 12 May 2016 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whither Zimbabwe opposition parties
THE Zimbabwean economy is going through structural regression, with rapid de-industrialisation, burgeoning external debt, an over 85% formal unemployment rate and nominal growth due to declining inves...Published: 01 May 2015 at 19:09hrs | | by Nicole Beardsworth
Zanu-PF vows to reclaim urban seats from MDC-T
Zanu-PF has gone on the offensive in Harare with the party vowing to recapture all seats that are up for grabs in the coming by-elections.With several Zanu-PF members expressing interest in pa...Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why should Mugabe's name be sounded more than ours
Upon what meat doth this our Mugabe feed, that he is grown so great?"Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to fin...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 05:58hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Zim opposition parties in disarray
RUCTIONS within opposition political parties in Zimbabwe have shaken the confidence of those eager to see change in the manner the country's affairs are governed. The country's main opposition politic...Published: 10 Apr 2014 at 10:59hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu
Has the economy proved Mugabe's illegitimacy?
Contrary to assertions by Zanu-PF propagandists, Zimbabwe's economy seems to have proved Robert Mugabe's illegitimacy as President following the disputed polls on 31 July 2013.If you missed, ...Published: 05 Nov 2013 at 17:47hrs | | by Dr Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, 5th November 2014
When the media, diplomacy make midgets taller
I suppose they are still being apprenticed by President Mugabe. Otherwise how else do you explain an astonishing picture where the leader of a rival party, his estranged secretary general and his unsu...Published: 13 Jul 2013 at 06:07hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Perception crisis haunts Zimbabwe's elections body
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is haunted by a perception crisis that it is embedded in President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF, the commission's chief has said.Zec, the body charged with c...Published: 25 Jan 2013 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Constitution cannot be left to chance
A Constitution is a fundamental document that guides the governance and developmental processes of any given nation. The document lays out the guiding principles for political, social and economic dir...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 08:07hrs | | by Kurai Prosper Masenyama
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