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Mid-Level managers are Destroying Zimbabwe's Health Sector
Zimbabwe's health sector is in critical condition, unfortunately no amount of propaganda or spin can change the facts on the ground. The problem with our health care system is not because of lack of f...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:51hrs | 890 | by Hector Madzima
'Drug culture foreign to Zimbabwe'
President Mnangagwa has expressed serious concerns about the rise of drug and substance abuse among Zimbabwe's youth, highlighting that it contradicts the nation's cultural values and the principles o...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:18hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Thekwane High School celebrates Centenary of excellence
Thekwane High School in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Established in 1924 by Reverend Herbert Carter, a Methodist Church Missionary, the school has a mi...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:10hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs praises ZEC praise for holding 'free and fair' elections
Zanu-PF MPs Tuesday reduced parliament into a chorus of superfluous praise on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for conducting what they claim were free and fair elections, condemned as a fraud ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
List of renamed places in Zimbabwe
Place names in Zimbabwe, including the name of the country itself, have been altered at various points in history. The name Zimbabwe was officially adopted concurrently with Britain's grant of indepen...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 16:46hrs | 59 | by Wikipedia
Lawyers 4ED launched, challenged to advance development
President Mnangagwa yesterday called on lawyers to be steadfast in defending the country's sovereignty and independence and challenged them to entrench and deepen legal frameworks and institutions tha...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has officially become a pariah state!
The Government of Zimbabwe has officially become a tyranny - fraught with all the legislative tools to be justifiably labelled a pariah state.By the country's Parliament passing the much-loath...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:43hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe has officially become a pariah state!
By the country's Parliament passing the much-loathed so-called ‘Patriotic Bill', Zimbabwe has effectively joined the unenviable international ‘Hall of Shame' - joining other nations, such as North...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 19:09hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The greatest unpatriotism is keeping quiet when ruling elite destroys Zimbabwe!
So, the Parliament of Zimbabwe has gone ahead, in spite of all the public outrage, into passing the draconian so-called 'Patriotic Bill'.I should say that there was nothing particularly surpri...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 10:47hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF Primaries: Remaining candidates announced
Zanu-PF has announced the final list of candidates who will represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections with 205 candidates cleared, and only five remaining to allow for reruns....Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Respect former ZANU PF leaders on political sabbatical
Walter Mzembi is a renowned thinker, innovator and all-round nice guy who would add value to any political or corporate organization. It comes as no surprise that some within the ruling party ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 19:01hrs | 2 | by Nicholas Ncube
SADC must utilize Mzembi to transform regional tourism
The SADC region is endowed with several tourist attractions, wonderful fauna and flora and the region has a tranquil environment with a warm and welcoming people.The region has not fully utili...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 16:03hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Energy Mutodi turns to law
Maverick and controversial ZANU PF Goromonzi West Member of Parliament Dr Energy Mutodi was last week Wednesday sworn in as Legal Practitioner, Conveyancer and Notary Public at the High Court of Zimba...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 10:32hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Even ZANU PF 'denigrated' the country and called for 'crippling sanctions' that hurt ordinary citizens!
Whenever I mention my watching of the state-controlled broadcaster ZBC (Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation) - albeit, grudgingly and under insufferable str...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 19:18hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Harsh cyber laws a human rights violation'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of pushing for enactment of harsh cyber laws to hide its human rights violations and consolidate power.Crisis in Zimbab...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:37hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Not yet ready for democracy
THE road to democracy is not easy for countries that have emerged from decades of colonial systems and replaced by autocratic ones which derive their power from military as well as tribal politics....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwe regime brutal repression of dissent creating more liberation heroes than Smith's Rhodesia
As the nation mourns the sad passing away, yesterday 15 January 2020, of one of the pioneer founding nationalist leaders of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle against colonial rule and oppression, Morton ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:33hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
President Mnangagwa, you need to attend to Political acumenship, legacy & perceptions !!!
In 2013, the former Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe, upon his arrival at Harare International Airport, speaking to journalists, shortly after his arrival , he said in Shona , " Nhai weduwe imi, tonz...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 16:06hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chamisa, Mnangagwa fans fighting for Boris Johnson's love - 'The Boris is mine'
Boris Johnson, mocker of African "piccaninny" children and their "watermelon smiles", became Prime Minister of Britain on Wednesday. On hearing the news, supporters of two political parties in an Afri...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 19:34hrs | 4 | by newZWire
ZANU PF factions revealed
The Zimbabwe African Nationalists Union (Patriotic Front) ZANU PF is an interesting political and liberation movement which is currently the reigning and undisputed champion of Zimbabwean politics...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:10hrs | 4 | by Nicholas Ncube
Should Zimbabwe's 'unwitty' MPs be sent back to school?
In our series of letters from African writers, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe looks at whether politicians need better qualifications.Zimbabwe has one of the highest liter...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 16:19hrs | 1 | by Brian Hungwe
'True heroes, heroines never die'
We publish the final part of an interview by our Deputy News Editor Levi Mukarati with nationalist Jane Lungile Ngwenya. In this instalment, Ngwenya chronicles how she earned mistrust in both Zapu and...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:00hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeortet
Four weapons of mass destruction Chamisa needs, to bury the evil system in 2023
I'm not so sure if Nelson Chamisa would love to dine with the devil in an Inclusive Government but that is up to him and the MDC T National Standing Committee. It is unfortunate that I have wrote this...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 15:05hrs | 2 | by Knowledge Hakata
The legacy of Zanu-PF
I have loved former President Robert Mugabe and I have and will always believe in him and in his wisdom as a leader and as a human being. Gushungo might have had his short comings but we need to ackno...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 13:05hrs | 3 | by Fidelis Fengu
Zanu-PF primary poll winners list out
Zanu-PF yesterday announced the official list of candidates who will contest the forthcoming National Assembly elections on the ruling party's ticket. The results reflect a renewal of the party after ...Published: 03 May 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF election preliminary results
Goromonzi West Energy Mutodi 2912 Beatrice Nyamupinga 1450 Norman ...Published: 01 May 2018 at 17:05hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Jonathan Moyo is a bitter and defeated politician'
THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Mr George Charamba, yesterday dismissed former Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo as an attention seeking, bitter...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa's early days, political career
BORN on 15 September 1942 in Zvishavane in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe in a farmer family that was aggressively anti establishment, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's family had an abrasive...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Militarism in Zimbabwe: Which way forward Zimbabwe?
It will be amiss if we do not applaud the Zimbabwe military high command for cutting down on the length of suffering that people of Zimbabwe went through unnecessarily and the wasted opportunity the c...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 05:14hrs | 3 | by Andrew M Manyevere
Will Mnangagwa sink forever or resurface?
Thank you very much Professor Ken Mufuka for 'responding' to my article: The Demise of Mnangagwa. Please see: ...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 10:20hrs | 2 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Emmerson Mnangagwa was poisoned because he says so
Mpoko as a vice President must know that there is something called Patient-Doctor confidentiality. Mugabe could summon the doctors to his offices all day but under no circumstances will the doctors sh...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 16:35hrs | 9 | by Sam Wezhira
Mugabe drops succession bombshell
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday said he will not impose his wife as Zimbabwe's next president as he opened up on his troubled relationship with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mugabe told ...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets fume over Mnangagwa had bad relations with Muzenda comment
War veterans yesterday accused President Robert Mugabe of "re-writing" history after the 93-year-old stunned Zanu-PF supporters on Saturday when he suggested that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa had...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
When Mugabe or Mnangagwa go: Are Zimbabweans fixing their eyes on wrong goal posts?
Genesis 21:19 "And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink."History has shown that when dictators die order is ...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 21:22hrs | 4 | by Andrew Manyevere
Zimbabwe no country for 'nice men'
In 2000, after the ruling Zanu-PF party had been shocked by the opposition at elections, it went through some soul searching.Just five years earlier, Zanu-PF had won 118 of the 120 seats on of...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by The Source
Zimbabwe, the house Bob Mugabe brought down
Zimbabwe, The House Bob Mugabe Brought Down When the nation of Zimbabwe was born on 18 April 1980, Jamaican reggae superstar, Bob Marley, brought the house down at Rufaro Stadium in Harare wit...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 12:40hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Quicksand sinking & mirages: Inside Zanu PFs long history of infighting
A long read on Zanu Pfs 54 years of bitter infighting, betrayal and power games. There is no iota of doubt that...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 15:40hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Mugabe rebellion drama rocks Zanu-PF
President Robert Mugabe's decision to reverse the Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial elections and relieve Jorum Gumbo of his position as acting-chairperson was yesterday openly challenged by a faction l...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru has no capacity to run an organisation, says Gumbo
Former vice-president Joice Mujuru last week sparked debate after she claimed that some of the senior Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) members she fired recently wanted to sleep with her after descri...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans: Is it cowardice or fear?
Remember firebrand politician and former Zanu-PF legislator Margaret Dongo who in the early 1990s caused pandemonium in Parliament after she called Zanu-PF MPs, including cabinet ministers, "Mugabe's ...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 16:42hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Morgan Tsvangirai cannot do it alone: a growing need for a united opposition party
As motherland plunges into a social and political unknown, the outright solution for Zimbabwe remains within the parameters and influence of Morgan Tsvangirai. The leader of the MDC-T has reached his ...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Mugabe death rumours: The truth
Zanu PF youth Activist Energy Mutodi has said reports that veteran Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has died are false as he is actually in Singapore attending to private business, an intelligence o...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 16:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: What Edson Zvobgo said before independence
What Zvobgo said before independencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8X7bZDFGQ...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 11:52hrs | | by youtube
Gukurahundi: reckoning nears
TO the casual observer, nothing much seems to have happened in Zimbabwe of recent times. Robert Mugabe, the world's oldest head of state, remains president. And Zanu-PF is still the ruling party, more...Published: 19 May 2016 at 13:18hrs | 2 | by Dr Stuart Doran
Mzembi's proverbial nine lives
Call it fate or pure luck lurking by his side; and hate him or like him, but Tourism and Hospitality Minister Walter Mzembi has the proverbial nine lives of a cat - at least politically.Suspec...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi massacre claims add to Mugabe's pains
Australians usually cause headaches for Zimbabwe in rugby and cricket. Now, though, recently declassified Australian diplomatic documents are resurrecting ghosts President Robert Mugabe's governme...Published: 20 May 2015 at 08:22hrs | | by Mail & Guardian Africa
Mugabe's Fattah on Mujuru and others drags the nation to barbarism of demigod Roman Emperors!
"At least 10 Cabinet ministers and more than 100 Zanu-PF legislators face the political wilderness as the mindless bloodletting in the divided party reaches alarming levels ahead of its crucial "elec...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 15:40hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
That PhD, the undoing of Mugabe and Zanu-Pf
It has been called many names from microwave PhD with regards to the speed of its remarkable completion, sexually transm...Published: 27 Oct 2014 at 15:05hrs | 2 | by Shingai Mugochi, A concerned lay Zimbabwean.
Military bosses want Lancaster House attendee as Mugabe's successor
COLOGNE - In a sure move, that seals the demise of Vice President, Joice Mujuru, and killing her bid to succeed President Robert Mugabe, the country's hardline military chiefs have reportedly declar...Published: 19 Aug 2014 at 08:08hrs | 3 | by Itai Mushekwe
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