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The misinformation politics in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has become obstructed with falsehoods deliberately designed to undermine Government.Recently a rumour that Vice President Chiwenga had been fired made rounds on social media. The idea of such rumours is mostly designed to tarnish …

Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 17:14hrs | 16 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Chamisa surrounded himself with advisers who are no wiser than himself

CCC under the influence of Chamisa refused to have a constitution for CCC under the pretext that this was "strategic ambiguity " to side football Zanu-PF. This actually turned out to be a cowardly act of dribbling seasoned politicians like…

Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 09:12hrs | 21 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Mnangagwa has nothing to apologise for even if he appoints his qualified relatives

President Mnangagwa does not appear to be having trouble finding experienced candidates around him and at the moment Zimbabwe has no rules which govern appointments to the Cabinet by the President.So, nothing stops the President from appoi…

Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 17:54hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Nevers Mumba has embarrassed SADC

Having gotten wind that Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa were romping to victory through tallies from polling stations and the confirmation through the party's Treasurer Patrick Chinamasa's press conference, the European Union decided to th…

Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Fadzai Mahere's five minutes of shame

The speech of shame by Fadzai Mahere has exposed CCC's treacherous tendencies. Mahere made very serious allegations against her own country. Issues raised by Mahere were unfounded, untrue and overly confused. Whenever there are elections, …

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK

Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabwe to send money. She chuckled sadly and said, t…

Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

How genuine and sincere is Jonathan Moyo?

Zanu-PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa has responded to exiled former cabinet ministers Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao's letter of apology to the party.In his response, Mutsvangwa said the two former cabinet ministers were welcome."This i…

Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

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 loves what is tasty and wholesome in nature.Wh…

Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 20:45hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwean opposition's history of election fraud exposed

Each time Zimbabwe prepares for elections, the opposition prepares a case for a stolen vote.By now, the trend is abundantly clear: no matter the election, no matter the evidence and sometimes no matter whether his side wins or not, CCC lea…

Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwean-born mayor Chikoto feted in UK

Newly-elected United Kingdom's Corby Town mayor, Zimbabwean-born Mr Tafadzwa Chikoto, wrote another piece of history yesterday when he was hoisted during the town's Corby Poll Fair marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.Mr Chikoto was carrie…

Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:52hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Nothing wrong with Mpofu's declaration that Zanu-PF will rule forever

It is not surprising that political parties and pressure groups who are funded by the West have angrily reacted to Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu's declaration that the ruling party will never relinquish power and plans t…

Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Chamisa boycotts, Nhlanhla Ndiweni calls for sanctions on Zimbabwe

On Wednesday this week, the Mike Campbell Foundation (MCF), held its 10th Anniversary Celebrations at the Royal Geographical Society in London, themed: "An exciting journey of hope: Stories from the past and a vision for Zimbabwe's future"…

Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Black children subjected to racism in UK

Racism hurts children, in real and fundamental ways. It hurts not just their health, but their chances for a good, successful life.It destroys their confidence and it is mostly applied by teachers and the police.It is a call to action for …

Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:40hrs | 15 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwe under attack again

Zimbabweans all over the world were shocked to hear Lord Johnny Oates, Liberal Democrats, in parliament on behalf of Baroness Katey Hoey stating that Zimbabwe is in a systematic attack on rule of law and human rights.The Lord J Oates zeroe…

Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Black students in Ukraine subjected to racism

I was awakened by a loud sound. I looked out through the window from my 18th floor room and saw thick black smoke coming up I could not see where was it coming from. I then heard people screaming and loud shouts and foot steps sounding lik…

Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Diaspora a death trap for cheating partners

As the British Home office plans to deport another plane-load to Zimbabwe again, it has become imperative to find out why many women and some men lost their lives to their spouses over the issue of infidelity. At law, the killing of a wife…

Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:19hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Chamisa's greatest betrayal of Zimbabweans

On the 20th February, leader of the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party, Nelson Chamisa, pronounced that him and his party did not have any ideology or any goals or objectives.They are blindly rolling, riding, on their s…

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Armed robbers send shockwaves abroad

A series of robberies in homes and highways in Zimbabwe have stoked fears in the diaspora community planning to return home for holidays.Local media reports say as many as 200 families in Zimbabwe have been robbed in their homes since Octo…

Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabweans abroad shun fellow countrymen's businesses

Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom shun businesses of their countrymen there.Why do Zimbabweans always trust everybody, but their own?Someone asked me this question again.You can't believe in diversity and not appreciate that individuals ar…

Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Shameless, unpatriotic citizens sell out Zimbabwe in UK

AS President Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom in a trip which will see him gracing the Kingdom of Scotland, Zimbabweans are in high morale hoping to see their leader as he lifts the national flag high. Many Presidents will co…

Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:01hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Distant parenting a disaster in Diaspora

Many Zimbabweans have left the country for purported greener pastures.  But the greener pastures turn tinder dry on family relationships, volatile and ready to burn.  Most parents have been away from their children for years. Onl…

Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 20 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwe not among top offending nations in UK

Despite the number of Zimbabweans jailed in the United Kingdom increasing, the country remains not among the top 10 most offending nations.  In little over a decade, the number of foreign nationals in prisons in England and Wales has …

Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Women abuse UK justice system to settle scores

John Mabhureza of Northampton United Kingdom sits in a corner in prison. He has grown so thin and he is not eating well. He has reduced himself into a silent dying man.  Mabhureza's problems started when he told his wife that he was d…

Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 7 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwe has no hand in UK deportations

The MDC Alliance in the UK and a two-man group calling itself the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe organised a poorly attended demonstration in London at the Zimbabwe embassy. They were demonstrating against deportations of Zimbabwe…

Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwean criminals in UK must stop blaming government over deportations

Mavis Matapo is 17-year-old Zimbabwean living in the UK. She is so scared to go outside her parents' house alone. She shivers with fear each time she hears a male voice. Her life crumbled into pieces the day she attended a birthday party i…

Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

UK deportees: Rapists, murderers leave trail of broken lives

Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom are divided on the deportations of their counterparts, mainly criminals living in that country who have served more than a year in prison.  Many opposition groups in the UK have made so much noise and…

Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Harrowing murders by Zimbabweans in Diaspora

ENGLAND does not change people but it brings out what people were hiding all along. In five years I've been here, 30 Zimbabweans have become uxoricides. Uxoricide (from Latin uxor meaning "wife" and -cide, from caedere meaning "to cut, to …

Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:13hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado

A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the discovery of vast deposits of gas by Anardako (an American…

Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Jail Mamombe, throw away keys

The denial of bail to MDC-Alliance members Johana Mamombe and Cecila Chimbiri, on March 11 sparked a huge outcry from the usual quarters. Of note is that The Herald devoted merely three lines on the reason they were denied bail.Having read…

Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:04hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Vaccine at Zimbabwe State House?

Once again in a desperate move to cause anarchy and pandemonium in Zimbabwe an audio which featured Mr Simba Chikanza and an i identified male made rounds. The audio was celebrating the deaths of Zimbabwean government ministers accusing th…

Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Zimbabwean women in Diaspora financial bullies

Many married couples, the world over, develop a shared understanding of who does what in their relationship. It is sometimes an unspoken recognition of an inevitable division of labour and responsibilities. The current commonly agreed "pol…

Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 6 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Decriminalising AIDS spreaders Is brutal and an assault to humanity

In 1996 the then Zimbabwe's Minister of Justice Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa oversaw the proposed legislation which makes it a criminal offence for a person who knows that he or she is infected with HIV or any other sexually transmitted dis…

Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:40hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Finally the one causing fires in Zimbabwe revealed. Where there is fire, there is politics

"Together, hand in hand, with our boxes of matches . . . we shall liberate this country."- Winnie Mandela, 1986As one stood surrounded by billowing smoke, In the shack industrial settlement of Willovale Road  on the outskirts of the G…

Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 21:06hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Most Zimbabweans abroad suffer from severe homesickness

There is a feeling you feel and you feel that you had never felt that feeling before. This feeling is described by many as Severe Home Sickness. Being homesick is a normal feeling, one that many people feel from time to time to express the…

Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 19:05hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

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