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African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 6 hrs ago | 150 | by Reginald Nyathi
Mnangagwa swoops on ally, nephew as Zimdollar plummets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was briefed that companies linked to one of his advisors and a relative were fuelling the parallel market trade in foreign currency before the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RB...Published: 12 hrs ago | 3564 | by Staff reporter
The truth about the 'abductions'
In a predictable fashion typical of a scripted docudrama, Zimbabwe woke up to the news of medical practitioner, Dr Peter Magombeyi, having disappeared last Sunday morning. Dr Magombeyi is said to have...Published: 12 hrs ago | 300 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in New York for global indaba
President Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, where topical issues that include climate change, renewable energy and environmental sustainabil...Published: 12 hrs ago | 109 | by Staff reporter
'Majaivana is not my real father!'
"SO here is the bigger shocker, and this painful, I have lived with the wrong clan for 40 years. My father's real name is Abel Khanyi."These were the words of a crestfallen Derick Sipho Majaiv...Published: 14 hrs ago | 4211 | by Staff Reporter
Hubby runs amok after catching wife with boyfriend
THERE was drama in Bulawayo's Emakhandeni suburb on Saturday, last week when a man ran amok and mercilessly bashed his estranged wife and her alleged boyfriend after he caught them red-handed getting ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:49hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe praises shows stupidity of hating each
JUST when you think the funeral saga surrounding the late former President Robert Mugabe is finally over, new twists and turns emerge.Not to mention that everyone - virtually everyone - wants ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:41hrs | 2015 | by Conway Tutani
Mugabe fights Mnangagwa from coffin
THE bitter fallout between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the late former president Robert Mugabe which has divided their families, Zanu-PF and government, as well as the public - exacerbated this w...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:22hrs | 1801 | by Staff reporter
Of human rights demands and regime change in ZImbabwe
Chapter 4 of Zimbabwe's Constitution adopted in 2013 outlines various rights which are supposed to be enjoyed by Zimbabwean citizens as they go about their business. A few bad apples among us are busy...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 162 | by Elijah Chihota
5 'armed robbers' arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo arrested five suspected armed robbers a day after a dramatic high speed chase in which four of the suspects dumped their vehicle and eluded detectives on foot. The four alle...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
‘We'll be watching' – a reporter's fraught return to Zimbabwe after 16 years
The immigration officer lifted his stamp to put the visa into my passport and I heaved a sigh of relief. But then my passport was taken by a smiling woman who asked, "Have you been to Zimbabwe before?...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1301 | by Andrew Meldrum I Associated Press
Of human rights demands and regime change
Chapter 4 of Zimbabwe's Constitution adopted in 2013 outlines various rights which are supposed to be enjoyed by Zimbabwean citizens as they go about their business. A few bad apples among us are busy...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 16:34hrs | 1132 | by Elijah Chihota
Danai Gurira play comes to Harare tomorrow
Almasi Collaborative Arts will present a stage reading of United States-based actress, Danai Gurira's play "Familiar", tomorrow evening at Old Mutual Theatre, Alliance Francaise. Directe...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF scores own goal
Yet another own goal scored by Ruling ZANU PF, its Media Ministers and high profile stooges. #A1AALL Instead of addressing the e...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 10:50hrs | 2119 | by ZHRO Team
How Mnangagwa arm-twisted Mugabe family to force Heroes Acre burial
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government used strong-arm tactics to force Robert Mugabe's family to lift their objections to his burial at the National Heroes Acre burial, it was reported on Sunday....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:08hrs | 4960 | by ZimLive
Bosso, Hwange share spoils at Colliery
Hwange 0 - 0 Highlanders A DRAW was probably the fairest result in this Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between Hwange and Highlanders played before a huge crowd at the Colliery Stadium y...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing, despite tensions caused by a brutal repression of protests, the country's foreign minister says.Since the military-backed ouster of...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:39hrs | 813 | by AFP
Inside the fight over Robert Mugabe's body
Former president Robert Mugabe's family was told that they risked losing his Harare mansion and other Harare properties if they did not accede to government's demands that the long-time ruler should b...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
Is grieving Grace behind Mugabe funeral plans drama?
The controversy swirling around the burial of Zimbabwe's founding leader, Robert Mugabe, centers on his widow, Grace, who has remained dramatically cloaked behind a heavy black veil as she succeeded i...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 22:56hrs | 5753 | by AP
Drama over the burial of Robert Mugabe
LIKE the rest of Zimbabweans, we are watching the unfolding drama over the burial of Zimbabwe's founding father, Robert Mugabe.This appears to be a game of brinksmanship between the family of ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 3478 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A liberator turned oppressor
ROBERT Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for almost four decades, died aged 95, leaving behind an indelible stain on his country's human rights record.His early years as leader of Zimbabwe, following t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 257 | by Amnesty International
Zimbabweans have never been as confused as they are today: Mugabe: Hero or villain?
ZIMBABWEANS have never been as confused as they are today, following the death of Robert Mugabe, who was labelled a dictator. They are of two minds: is Mugabe a hero or a villain or is he both? They n...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 234 | by Zanda Shumba
Mugabe swallowed by Frankenstein monster
ONE of the country's greatest orators - and demagogue too - former president Robert Mugabe, was controversial in life and now in death. Although he was ideologically difficult to pin down given his co...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1588 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Mugabe nephew warns Mnangagwa
Robert Mugabe's nephew and former Cabinet minister Patrick Zhuwao on Tuesday made a dramatic intervention in the row over where the former Zimbabwe president should be laid to rest, warning that those...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 22:45hrs | 10985 | by ZimLive
Drama as ivory poachers are arrested in Harare
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Harare have reported that they have arrested two suspects accused of of llegal possession of ivory. The police say the suspects were nabbed at a rest...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 09:04hrs | 2003 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'G40 using Mugabe burial as bargaining weapon to get amnesty from Mnangagwa'
Controversy continues to be associated with the late former president Robert Mugabe in his death, as was the case in his life – with his family and the government still poles apart yesterday with re...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1404 | by Staff reporter
Billiat spares Zimbabwe blushes
Zimbabwe 3-1 Somalia (Zimbabwe win 3-2 on aggregate) ZIMBABWE came within five minutes of kissing goodbye to the 2022 World Cup but Khama Billiat's late strike averted a huge embarrassment for...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:01hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Twice, Mugabe could have saved Zimbabwe
IT is a ubiquitous moral principle that cuts across most of Africa that people should not speak ill of the departed. Zimbabwe has an idiom to this effect and so do many other African nations. The prin...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:48hrs | 940 | by Learnmore Zuze
CIO boss confronted Robert Mugabe for voting Nelson Chamisa
The Director-General of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) on Sunday revealed a dramatic confrontation he had with former President Robert Mugabe after the latter said he would vote for Movem...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 13:35hrs | 6075 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe Chief Justice's nephew named in SA 'bank heist'?
A damning report into the looting of VBS Bank has found that former KPMG partner Sipho Malaba, who is Zimbabwe Chief Justice's nephew knew about the nearly R1bn cash shortage at the bank but signed of...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 21:35hrs | 2556 | by Staff reporter
What happens to Grace now that Robert Mugabe is gone?
Zimbabweans may have mixed feelings about the death of Robert Mugabe: in the end, he was a brutal despot who left his country divided and impoverished. But he was also the founding father of the natio...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 20:51hrs | 5270 | by Farai Sevenzo and Tara John, CNN
IMF flies into Zimbabwe financial mess
A TEAM of International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials will jet into the country next week for the first review of the Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) at a time government finances are in a shambles wi...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:31hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Drama at prison officer's funeral
There was drama at a Harare based prison officer's foiled burial in Guruve last week where relatives' of the deceased's wife stopped burial proceedings alleging that the deceased was murdered rather t...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:45hrs | 6445 | by Simba Sithole
Online youth empowerment project seeks submissions
EMPOWERMENT Zone, a youth organisation focusing on empowerment, is calling on artists from different disciplines to submit their works so that they showcase selected talented youths on their online pl...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:05hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and the third force, what's the next move?
The MDC leadership is in a quandary after all of its lined-up protests were quashed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police last week. The demonstrations that were earmarked to take place in major towns of th...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:11hrs | 6953 | by Thomas Mukandi
5 Ways technology has changed our music listening experience
Music lovers have benefited dramatically from the onset of technology as it has made music available to everyone, anywhere in the world. No one really knows if we can surpass the technology we h...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:21hrs | 324 | by Staff Reporter
Xenophobia death toll rises to five
SOUTH African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has warned his compatriots that the violence they are meting out to fellow Africans can be dealt out to them when they visit other countries. Five peo...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:25hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Zesa where is your conscience, heart and professionalism
My 'beef' with Zesa is denying me the chance to watch my favourite local drama 'Tunga'. I am an avid follower of that local series but alas, I have now lost track, only fading memories still lingers. ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1764 | by Thomas Murisa
Lies run sprints, truth runs marathons
They say time heals even the deepest of scars, but not for Bishop Lazarus.And they say everything — absolutely everything and anything — has a price, but not this man of scripture and pray...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 76 | by Bishop Lazi
Obliquity and politics of re-engagement
A man called John Kay is one of Britain's leading economists. His work — widely acclaimed — is centred on relationships between economics, finance and business while his career has spanned academi...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:25hrs | 122 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mthuli Ncube summoned
PARLIAMENT says government finances are in a mess and has summoned Finance minister Mthuli Ncube - as a matter of urgency - to regularise a series of unauthorised expenditures which now include the ZW...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:25hrs | 11921 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni catalyst for debate
WHY has Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna in Matabeleland North, outside Bulawayo, raised so much controversy and debate in Zimbabwean social and political circles to a point where his pu...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:22hrs | 3228 | by Dumisani Muleya
Mnangagwa's re-engagement goes off the rails
LAST week's damning statement by the United States, European Union and other members of the international community on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe after opposition protests scheduled for Au...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:37hrs | 3714 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's leadership clearly 'disastrous', says Hain
IN May 2018, when the Zimbabwe Independent interviewed British peer Lord Peter Hain - a prominent critic of former president Robert Mugabe's regime - he was optimistic about the birth of a new era in ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:35hrs | 4798 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni tastes freedom
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni yesterday finally tasted freedom after the Bulawayo High Court granted him $500 bail pending appeal on a charge of malicious damage to prop...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 4871 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash bureau de change launch to spur financial inclusion in Zimbabwe
THE recent launch of a bureau de change by Zimbabwe's leading mobile money service provider EcoCash after approval by the country's central bank is likely to help channel more remittances through form...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 637 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Chamisa engages Zanu PF lawyers, is it democracy
Most Zimbabweans are perplexed by the lawyers who represent members of the opposition either side. Most people have been dismayed when members of the opposite side represent those of the other side. Z...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 06:28hrs | 7163 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Little change one year on from Mnangagwa's inauguration
As Zimbabwe marks the anniversary on Monday of Emmerson Mnangagwa's first year as its elected president, recent developments in the troubled nation suggest it is on the road to disaster rather than re...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:19hrs | 235 | by Bill Corcoran in Cape Town
No quick solutions to electricity, fuel shortages: Coltart
In our previous edition we carried a Q&A with former Education minister David Coltart where he spoke about the culture of political violence in Zimbabwe and how it has also influenced the MDC....Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:50hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Afcon renegades blacklisted
THE new Warriors technical team will be told not to select big goalkeeper George Chigova and China-based Nyasha Mushekwi among other players for future Warriors assignments, B-Metro Sport has learnt. ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4651 | by Staff reporter
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