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'Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo' insist Mnangagwa - Reality, Zimbabwe is a failed state in ruins, mocks him
On Monday, 12 December 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four Zimbabwean individuals and two Zimbabwean entities and removed seventeen Zimb...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zanu PF is mortgaging Zimbabwe for a song!' complained Biti - true but who is facilitating looting
When Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF got into power in 1980, he proclaimed mass prosperity, "Gutsa ruzhinji!", in Shona. He was convinced he would achieve that by spending, spending and spending....Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 20:07hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
60% of Bulawayo companies close shop
THE labour movement, consumer rights groups, small enterprises and informal traders have lamented the continuous collapse of Bulawayo industries amid revelations that up to 60% of companies have close...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
'EU relations are thawing, they observed 2018 elections' - rubbish, what did they say?
It is easy to see why Zimbabwe is in this economic mess, the pitiful lack of quality in all spheres of our governance say it all!"It is estimated, for those who have done the studies, that Zim...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Let's develop and not fear of sanctions' - said so for decades still no development
"While indeed we still say to those who imposed sanctions on us, remove them because there is no justification for the embargo, we should not bury our heads in sand because of those sanctions," said P...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 21:04hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'EU sanctions will spur Zimbabweans to bust sanctions' - nonsense just what we need
"Zimbabweans should not be distracted from their focus on turning around the economy by the country's enemies threatening to effect and strengthen illegal sanctions on the country," wrote the Chronicl...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 14 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mushava's valentine in austerity and Zimbabwe's political economy
A few weeks ago, I wrote on Stan Mushava's autobiographical poetry anthology, Rhyme and Resistance and it has become a habit for me to check on his Facebook page for any latest poetry. On this Valenti...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:35hrs | 3 | by Brian Maregedze
Mnangagwa's govt big on rhetoric, small on delivery
As I watched children going to school on the opening of the first term, I could not help but be troubled by how few they are — perhaps an indication that a huge number of them will not be attending ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu PF is feeling heat of worsen economic meltdown – it is back to blaming sanctions
The Zanu PF regime is beginning to feel the heat generated by the country's worsening economic meltdown. However, instead admitting that the party has no solutions to end the economic hardships ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
Running a country is more than just mantras
AS I watch children going to school yesterday morning, I could not help, but be troubled by how few they were – an indication that a huge number of them will not be going due to unaffordable school ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:25hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The primacy of regime survival: State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe crisis has been analysed from varying stand points among researchers. State fragility as analytical and conceptual framework is deployed by the duo of Mark Simpson and Tony Hawkins (2018)...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 16 | by Brian Maregedze
Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, At the Crossroads: A Call to Christians to Act in Faith for an Alternative Zimbabwe
(University of Bamberg Press, 2018, pp. 113) Masiiwa Ragies Gunda's book is timely as the ‘Zimbabwe crisis' is traced from 1997 to 2018. Although the...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 10:19hrs | 17 | by Brian Maregedze
'Deal ruthlessly with illegal forex traders' - first deal with Banks for NOT trading
No pain no gain! Is a phrase that has been abused in Zimbabwe to get the poor to give up the little they have for a better tomorrow that is always a day away. After 38 years of these empty promises th...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
'I prefer big bang policies' says Ncube - hurt poor hardest, reckless since doomed to fail
"My preference is a fiscal shock, but there is what you call the political collar or the politics of policy making, which then slows you down. My preference would be more of a big bang approach becaus...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
The rise and fall of Robert Mugabe
Book Review Life and Times of Robert Mugabe (1980-2017): Dream Betrayed Kenneth Mufuka and Cyril Zenda, 2018, Afro-media Publishers, South Carolina, ISBN 9-781513-625959 Reviewed by Brian Maregedze Th...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
When will ideas prevail over emotions?
We have just entered July - the month of elections. It is an election that is pregnant with expectations, hopes and despair. The race is between two highly polarising front-runners.They are po...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 08:05hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Davos interview exposes real Mnangagwa behind mask - unrepentant Zanu PF thug no investor would do business with
President Mnangagwa went to Davos for one purpose and one purpose only; to try and convince the world that Zimbabwe was now a law abiding nation and is ready to do business. The lady who interviewed h...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
LISTEN: 'Zimbabweans are again unwittingly being sent into a choreographed 2018 electoral dance'
Pundits warn: Zimbabwe has a bleeding economy and only has 6 months if the country does not get any international bailout package. Violet Gonda's guest on the Hot Seat programme is eminent commentator...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 09:48hrs | 2 | by Violet Gonda
If Dzamara's death spur the realization that everybody's business in NOT nobody's then his death was not in vain
Everybody's business is nobody's business; this is something that has been ingrained in every Zimbabwean's psycho which is why most loath doing anything "for the national or public good". Even if they...Published: 22 Jan 2016 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Government out of touch with reality
The Committee of the Peoples Charter condemns the recent announcement by local government minister Ignatius Chombo declaring a seven day ultimatum for all vendors to leave the central business distric...Published: 02 Jun 2015 at 16:08hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Masses at Tsvangirai's rally proves it is not out of ignorance
.... they learnt naught from past mistakes!Someone once said a fool is the person who will try the same thing expecting a different result again and aga...Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
CSC to pay 205 workers over $453 100
COLD STORAGE COMPANY has been ordered to pay 205 workers a total of $453 110 which it owes them in salary arrears.The workers took the company to the arbitrator on May 27, 2014 demanding t...Published: 06 Mar 2015 at 08:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes in Bulawayo
MDC-T are using Khampepe report as scapegoat just as Zanu PF used sanction
The trouble with people with little or nothing to offer is that they easily get carried away; MDC – T is getting carried away with the Khampepe report just as Zanu PF got carried away with the sanc...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 14:07hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
We need more agribusiness in Africa
Africa's economic performance over the last decade has been remarkable, having reached an average growth of 5%. If this growth is maintained, projections indicate Africa's GDP should increase app...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 21:11hrs | 2 | by Carlos Lopes
Civic groups reject MDC-T proposal
THE MDC-T's major allies, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) and National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), have rejected offhand the party's proposa...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
All lasting constitutions secure the majority
When imperialism becomes desperate, its stooges go hysterical and irrational.Just in case the desperation of the imperialists is in doubt, it helps to look at the obvious signs:British Pri...Published: 24 Jul 2011 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Tafataona Mahoso
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