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An MDC Government Around 2025
Whilst the ruling party's nationalist project is by all means still holding forte, the centre is gradually disintegrating. On the other hand, the centre-left MDC's democratic project has been bashed a...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:46hrs | 1446 | by Robert Sigauke
Zimbabwe heroes' shrine sends clear message to the world - the country and people are not yet free!
Most people - both locally and globally - have always associated the National Heroes Acre in the Zimbabwe capital Harare, with largely being merely an impressive cemetery for those deemed outstanding ...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 14:33hrs | 2058 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zesn presses for electoral reforms
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has urged political actors not to abandon the push for electoral reforms in the face of COVID-19 that has forced the country's electoral body, Zimbabwe Ele...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:39hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
13 arrests as army, police quash demo
PEACEFUL protesters, among them prominent novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga and MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, were arrested yesterday as heavily armed soldiers and police crushed the planned pro...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:04hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa staves off threat to his rule for now
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has staved off national demonstrations that could potentially have loosened a few screws anchoring his faltering rule as there were no reported acts of any significant pub...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 18:58hrs | 9867 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF labels Chamisa's MDC a 'terrorist organisation'
Zanu-PF on Monday urged its supporters to use "any means at your disposal" to disrupt anti-government protests planned for July 31, as a spokesman labelled the main opposition MDC Alliance party a ter...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 19:32hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
Movie-style robbery at Harare private hospital
OVER a dozen suspected armed robbers pounced movie-style on the affluent Borrowdale Hospital Trauma Centre yesterday -an incident that was captured on CCTV. National police spokesperson Paul N...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:19hrs | 1864 | by Staff reporter
Why I am standing with Hopewell Chin'ono
THE harsh treatment of journalist hopewell Chin'ono has shown the extent to which President Emmerson Mnangagwa can go to protect those robbing future generations of their wealth through unbridled corr...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:13hrs | 1353 | by Obey Manayiti
July 31 will definitely come
Well, July 31 is now five days away; it will come and go largely without incident, but it simply represents the largely mutating strategies of the country's sworn enemies.EONS ago, on one fine...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1969 | by Bishop
Smells like November 2017
WHEN harvesting is completed in many parts of rural Zimbabwe, there are many rituals that take place.Villagers hold night vigils, sing and dance, but more importantly for those who love blood ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1983 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Coming protests are unstoppable' boasted MDC - blocked reforms for 20 years so can protest, genius!
The MDC e-rally gave the party leaders the opportunity to once again grandstand and drum their chest like silverback gorillas!"The video by this nurse (protesting nurse) is a reflection of the...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:43hrs | 2901 | by Nomusa Garikai
Sikhala waiting for a signal from Chamisa
COMBATIVE MDC Alliance vice-chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has once again warned that the country is on the edge - adding that frustrated Zimbabweans could soon rise against the government.I...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 9326 | by Staff reporter
'We must unite and work {loot & kill} together' Zanu PF welcome Mutasa – remember ides of March, Christpower Maisiri
"Nyati (Cde Didymus Mutasa) has re-joined the party and since his return, it has been our wish to meet him officially as Makoni leadership and work together going forward," announce Zanu PF national s...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 5152 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwean white man raises US$100 000 for Bulawayo and Harare pensioners
Hotelier, farmer, writer, adoptive father of three, and amateur cyclist Eric de Jong is a man with stories to tell. And don't be fooled by his self-deprecation – he might not be a youth but is certa...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 13:51hrs | 6711 | by Dutch Embassy
Mnangagwa's superstitious regime unmasked
Behavioural economists and psychologists tell us that we have inherent biases that influence our actions. These experts tell us that we humans have some default behaviours as a result of our lived or ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 12:21hrs | 15741 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Calls for civil society to be audited
ZANU PF-aligned Zimbabwe Citizens Forum (the Forum) has called for the auditing of civil society organisations (CSOs) operating in Zimbabwe to establish where they are getting their funding among othe...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:32hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe instability blights Common monetary Area prospects
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe's economic crisis, characterised by currency volatility, 785% inflation, a gargantuan debt stock estimated at US$10 billion and dwindling exports, hin...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
The commodification and tribalisation of Bulawayo politics
The current imported and tribalistic nature of politics in Matabeleland generally and Bulawayo in particular, is cancerous and anti-development. This commodification and tribalisation of politics is a...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 1866 | by Nhlanhla Moses
The four canines lost race of the titans
The two boys could be high school students on this Covid-19 spawned 'holiday'. With four of 'man's best friends' for company, the duo passed through near my base as they scanned the tall savanna grass...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 15:20hrs | 424 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Zec urged to find ways to conduct polls during COVID-19
LOCAL election watchdogs have called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to pilot innovative ways of running elections during COVID-19 pandemic saying an indefinite suspension of polls was a vi...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:35hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
The Republic of Matabeleland (ROM) beckons
With Ambazonia's final breakthrough in their quest for self-determination, it has become abundantly clear that after experiencing a series of tragedies under Zimbabwe's colonial rule Matabele people c...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2790 | by George Mkhwanazi
Black lives matter and History Matters as well
The marginalization of the black race will not end simply because we have removed the Statue of Cecil John Rhodes. Only until we have a black first-world African country to lift up the black populatio...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 18:58hrs | 1464 | by Engineer Jacob kudzayi Mutisi
Welcome to Chambia
Save Zambia or PerishCome on now Zambians, are we that ignorant, stupid, foolish, gullible, brainless, naïve, primitive we can't see the consequences of the "wonderful Chinese gifts" in roads...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 21:39hrs | 3449 | by Field Ruwe EdD
'Zimbabwean contract killer faces competition in Mozambique'
The Mozambican government is reported to have hired a Dubai based private military contractor to compete with the Dyck Advisory Group (DAG) owned by Zimbabwe's Retired Colonel Lionel Dyck in fig...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 20:26hrs | 12619 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa 'can't breathe'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has psyched up hard-pressed Zimbabweans to liberate themselves from the heavy Zanu-PF yoke which he claims has shrunk the democratic space and deprived ci...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:45hrs | 5356 | by Staff reporter
Strengthening transparency, during Covid-19 response
JUST like all countries across the globe, Zimbabwe was caught off-guard by the coronavirus pandemic.The country has had to divert huge amounts of scarce public resources originally meant for o...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 71 | by Comm John Makamure
Letter to Mother Khupe from Devine Mafa in America
Hello Mother Khupe.I am Devine Mafa, the son of Honourable Felix Mafa. I am behind you in this issue of returning to constitutionalism of The MDC PARTY because I, myself, have been advoc...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 18:38hrs | 7142 | by Devine Divine Mafa
ZANU PF official loses 28t of maize to thieves
ZANU PF Central Committee member Maidei Maswi allegedly lost 28 tonnes of maize to three machete wielding suspects at her farm in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central Province.The trio Lovemore Lovemor...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 17:04hrs | 1272 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Africans have never enjoyed genuine freedom and prosperity, as yesteryear heroes now modern day demons
As the people of Africa, including those in the diaspora, commemorate the establishment of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May, one can not help feel a deep and heart-rending sense ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 523 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Don't abandon push for electoral reforms'
An independent election watchdog has called on political parties and other stakeholders to continue pushing for reforms following the CovID-19-induced disruption to electoral processes.The Zim...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana our Joseph Goebbels: Where is Itai Dzamara?
Your nauseating article of today should put even Lucifer to shame. You must tell us where activist Itai Dzamara is. Is Itai Dzamara still stage-managing his ongoing abduction? If your government is go...Published: 24 May 2020 at 20:50hrs | 1096 | by Nomazulu Thata
Uproar over Beitbridge police brutality
A BEITBRIDGE court has ordered police to refund a resident, who was coerced to pay a fine for violating the lockdown regulations, amid accusations of gross human rights violations by law enforcement a...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Ban on outdoor exercises lifted
THE MINISTRY of Health and Child Care has lifted the ban on jogging and other outdoor exercises during Covid-19 imposed lockdown. Outdoor exercises and public gatherings were banned following ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana what is hate speech according to you? Calling Mnangagwa a hyena; is that hate speech?
Dear Nick, One thing you have not mastered ever since you entered politics in 2017 is that African politics has short legs. Do not dream even in your maddest senses that Zimbabwe politics will...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:49hrs | 2388 | by Nomazulu Thata
Journalist arrested over lockdown
BEITBRIDGE journalist Rex Mphisa has become the latest victim of police heavy-handedness after he was arrested while covering the enforcement of the lockdown regulations.Mphisa, who writes for...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:27hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
The Daily News won't be bullied by nincompoops within the burning MDC
IT'S a sad reality that Zimbabwe's fortunes have been plunging on many fronts for the past four decades.Unfortunately, one of the things that should have fallen for good by now, but which is s...Published: 14 May 2020 at 10:49hrs | 3848 | by Daily News
Perence Shiri goes after Kasukuwere's oranges
The High Court of Zimbabwe has barred Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Air Chief Marshal Perence Shiri from interfering with the citrus farming land belonging form...Published: 11 May 2020 at 18:43hrs | 7982 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube thoroughly disgraced himself!
No man intentionally disgraces himself. But brother Mthuli Ncube should have known the possible risk, and the possibility of being thoroughly disgraced if such confidential communication was broadcast...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 4541 | by Ken Mufuka
Chinese help in Zimbabwe's Covid-19 fight raises suspicions
China is publicly handing out money and equipment to help fight the spread of coronavirus in Zimbabwe. But Beijing's generosity has made some very wary.Until now most in Zimbabwe have accepted...Published: 05 May 2020 at 16:27hrs | 4099 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Mozambique after government kills 129 people
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's is expected to meet Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi after Mozambican contract killers gunned down 129 extremist Islamic rebels. According to reports Nyus...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:22hrs | 11144 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Isolation blues
After a long wet winter in the UK we are having a golden spring. So it's doubly vexatious that we are still in coronavirus lockdown after five weeks - with no end in sight.Unlike Zimbabwe, tel...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 20:15hrs | 582 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Gono angrily denies claims Mugabe told him that Mnangagwa was a ticking time bomb
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Gideon Gono, has angrily denied claims that the late President Robert Mugabe had confided in him to warn then Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander Co...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 17:15hrs | 3189 | by Lance Guma
WATCH: Zimbabwean smugglers laugh at South Africa's border fence
A stream of people illegally transporting groceries and cigarettes between SA and Zimbabwe this week laughed off SA's hastily constructed R37m border fence as a "joke".The Sunday Times visited...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 17:05hrs | 5020 | by Staff reporter
Why we interrupted Solomon Mujuru: Ex-fighter speaks out
There is an Associated Press Television News (APTN) video clip played repeatedly by the national broadcaster, ZBC TV, during Independence and Heroes Day commemorations.What captures the imagin...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2328 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must decide on action against the Chinese tormentors
Zimbabweans have been challenged to decide on action against the Chinese tormentors who are reportedly abusing the local mine workers.Farai Muguwo said the level of racist abuse of our citizen...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1336 | by Stephen Jakes
What is good for the goose is good for the gander
Humanity was created free from disease, hunger and injustice. Inflated ego, curiosity and insatiable desire to gain and have more has resulted in us making prisoners of ourselves. What...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 122 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
What 40 years of Independence has meant for Zimbabwe
Today marks Zimbabweans 40th independence anniversary. This day four decades ago was a jubilant day as Zimbabweans looked forward to a brighter and fruitful future. The declaration of independ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 09:53hrs | 323 | by Prince Njagu
May weirdos please hold their peace
Huntsmen are literally worshipped like gods in the village.This is hardly surprising because of the eternal struggle to get palatable relish.Most often, meal times - either lunch or su...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 118 | by Bshop Lazarus
WALPE concerned over rising incidences of systematic state security crackdown targeting women
The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) ahs expressed grave concern over the rising incidences of systematic state security crackdown targeting women as the country goes th...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 124 | by Stephen Jakes
Is Obediah Moyo the black sheep of Zimbabwe amidst Covid-19?
Presidents have never been know- it-all executives posessing godly powers to rely upon in running governments.Instead, they have advisors- men and women whose prowess, expertise, foresight and...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 20:42hrs | 2565 | by Josiah Mucharowana
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