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Zimbabwe's Dynamos switches off Zambia's ZESCO
ZESCO United 0 - 0 Dynamos(Dynamos won 1-0 on aggregate)Lloyd Chigowe urged his team to play with pride and fight like true soldiers against ZESCO United at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium ...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Bogus chief's messengers arrested
SEVEN daring Nyanga villagers who allegedly masqueraded as Chief Saunyama's messengers, issuing counterfeit summons to villagers to appear before the community court, were recently nabbed and arraigne...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe never acted like a maniac as Sadc and AU Chair
I am still struggling to wrap my head around this madness. What is it about hosting a SADC heads of state and government meeting in Zimbabwe that can drive the host leader to go off the rails?...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 16:56hrs | 509 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Please stop lying over Zimbabwe's SADC chairmanship!
To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I was dumbfounded. In fact, I was filled with indescribable revulsion!I came across a video of an address by an unnamed ruling ZANU PF ...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 20:42hrs | 1081 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
UK Indian ex-PM's Rwanda asylum project scrapped
Britain's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday he would scrap a controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in his first major policy announcement since wi...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 11:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Peter Dube deported from Mozambique
Peter Dube, a fugitive and murder suspect, was apprehended at the Robert Mugabe International Airport following his deportation from Mozambique, where he had eluded authorities for nearly two years....Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF now needs a leader chosen on merit!
For as long as Zimbabwe has existed as an independent country, we have only known ZANU PF as the ruling party. In spite of several attempts at removing the party from power through democratic ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:12hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC in uncertain waters
WE are only a month into the new year, but it already feels like it has been long. The political year has started in earnest, lending credence to the counsel of political sages: A day is a very long t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
Dembare withdraws from Mafume's Charity Cup match
Dynamos Football Club has opted to withdraw from the Mayor’s Charity Cup match slated for Sunday, February 11th, against their rivals CAPS United.Confirming this decision, Dynamos chairman M...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is cursed'
OPPOSITION Zapu leader has described Zimbabwe as a cursed nation because of bad politics since the country attained independence in 1980.Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the son to the late nationalist Jos...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:46hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC faction warned against Parliament withdrawal
POLITICAL analysts have warned that it is highly risky for the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa to withdraw from Parliament and local authorities at this stage des...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Masaraure to lead Sikhala solidarity project
Incarcerated former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has mandated trade unionist Obert Masaraure to organise the movement meant to put pressure on the government to release the opposition political...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must smoke out wolves in sheep skin
BY their very nature, coalitions have never been an easy customer be-cause they are predicated upon regionalism and in this context regional-ism means tribalism, full stop. The recent so-calle...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:41hrs | 14 | by Martin Stobart
Zanu-PF and CCC must read this article
NOW that the elections are over, there is need for us to make a critical analysis of our country's political leadership. Zimbabwe has its fair share of problems.My wish is that the two leading...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 08:05hrs | | by Jonah Nyoni
Chamisa says Zimbabwe could plunge into 'total disaster'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa driving Zimbabwe into chaos, says Chamisa
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF or death'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Justice' eludes 2018 shooting victims
FAMILIES of the six people who were fatally shot by soldiers in the August 1, 2018 post-election violence say they are still waiting for justice five years on, with another round of polls less than a ...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe speaks from the grave'
FORMER deputy prime minister, Prof Arthur Mutambara, will this Monday launch the third and final book in his autobiographical trilogy in the United Kingdom at the Law School of the University of Westm...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's future is debated in the city but decided in the village
THE electoral lines have been drawn as we face the impending reckoning of the August 23 general election. Intra-party squabbles have been settled regarding who will be the torch bearer in what ward or...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:23hrs | 7 | by Ntando Dumani
Bosso eye Chirinda, Mahachi
WITH the transfer window soon to get flung open, Highlanders are reportedly eyeing the services of Bulawayo Chiefs striker Obriel Chirinda and South African-based utility forward Kudakwashe Mahachi to...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
If anyone has to withdraw from Zim elections then it should be Mnangagwa!
So, political commenter Jonathan Moyo believes that, for the good of the Cowdary Park (Bulawayo) constituency, possible opposition CCC candidate Thokozani Khupe should withdraw her bid, and allow the ...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 13:57hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
History of organised violence, torture in Zimbabwe (1972-2020)
ON Wednesday May 24, 2023, I joined a panel of human rights defenders to reflect on the problem of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe.This was during the launch of the report A Short H...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Dzikamai Bere
Mutambara roasts Mnangagwa govt
FORMER deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as incompetent, corrupt, authoritarian and directionless.Mutambara made the claims in his ...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Agenda MUST be written by Africans for Africans!' demanded Chiwenga. Prelude to bar EU election observers
"We are confronted by wars which are sure to remake the global order as we have known it until now. Africa must jealously guard against her interests and position in the unfolding global drama. We are...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
How does Zim expect to instill pride in liberation struggle when always moaning over defeats?
Those who follow my writings can tell how proud I am of our country's liberation history.Even when teaching my son at home, I tackle this subject with tremendous zeal and excitement.Wh...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Christians who support oppressors, looters and killers will answer to our Lord Jesus!
Of course, it is not particularly shocking when some of us witness the proliferation of so-called 'churches', and their leaders, who support evil.I can not deny that it hurts me in indescribab...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 11:42hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chicken Inn wary of debutants
CHICKEN Inn head coach, Prince Matore is wary of Castle Lager Premier Soccer League newcomers Simba Bhora ahead of their meeting at Luveve Stadium tomorrow.After playing a draw with another le...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Zimbabweans leaving country not because of good education system but your failed leadership!
Self-delusion is a very dangerous trait! One can easily become reckless in his life decisions, or never able to address his own shortcomings - if he does not realize and admit where he lacks -...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 10:21hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
RBZ frets over Al Jazeera graft exposé
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has threatened to sue international news channel Al Jazeera if its much-anticipated documentary, which will potentially expose high-level graft in government, proves...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's deluded son in-law demands Kamambo apology
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) believes recalled Zifa executive committee members and the suspended general secretary Joseph Mamutse owe an apology to Zimbabwe for failing to formally advi...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intensifies voter registration
Zanu-PF has intensified the voter mobilisation drive, with Mashonaland West Province's Chegutu district yesterday getting a major boost after taking delivery of an additional 51 bicycles for use....Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:16hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Did the emergence of a strong opposition extinguish the revolutionary spirit in Zimbabweans?
To me, those where the good old days - when Zimbabweans were a people of valor, who did not brook any nonsense from their government and never wasted any time in courageously standing up for themselve...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:27hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zimbabwe opposition parties need strategies to appeal to rural voters'
With only six months until the elections and no comprehensive electoral reforms in place, analysts say if the opposition in Zimbabwe is to win the 2023 national elections, it will need to put in place...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's time Redcliff Municipality was investigated for its questionable dealings!
For a long time I had foolishly believed the yarn that poor service delivery, or the total lack of, in our small town of Redcliff was due to the non-payment of bills by residents. I was - afte...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:45hrs | 51 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will Mnangagwa ever learn, reform?
IN terms of the constitution, Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections will be convened either in July or August. Already, it seems inevitable that the Gukurahundi genocide could turn out to be one of Matabe...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Teachers For ED' indictment on unions' weaknesses and failure in addressing teachers' plight
Let us not delude and deceive ourselves.There were no teachers who suddenly had a 'patriotism' epiphany - waking up one day, fallen head over heals in love with Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dam...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 18:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Report exposes double standards in Zimbabwe's reform drive
THERE have been double standards in Zimbabwe's hyped reform programme, a report by the United States (US) has noted, raising concern over land expropriations and undertakings to protect property right...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt stripping assets, claims MPs
LEGISLATORS have accused the Executive of systematically stripping the country of its valuable assets and selling them through opaque deals, which observers say smells of deep-rooted corruption and pl...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No leader will serve Zimbabwe without pressure from citizens
WHY do we as Zimbabweans somehow appear to believe that there will ever be a politician who will emerge in our country or possibly has already manifested, who places the interests of Zimbabwe ahead of...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZimRights national director says Zimbabwe heading towards bloodbath
ZIMBABWE is faced with a multifaceted economic, political and social crisis. Observers say the challenges bedevilling the country will likely get worse ahead of the 2023 general elections as rival pol...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 20:45hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
San community demands chief
THE San community in Tsholotsho has appealed to government to speed up the process of installing a substantive chief, saying the delays are counterproductive and frustrating development.Govern...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland political parties divided on election pact
OPPOSITION political parties have expressed differing views on calls by activists and other stakeholders to form a united Matebeleland front ahead of the 2023 elections.A number of political p...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso struggle to victory
Highlanders 1-0 Bulawayo CityHIGHLANDERS might have failed to replicate the poetic football they have been exhibiting lately, but they bounced back to winning ways, halting Bulawayo City's three-m...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Ngezi in no holds barred encounter
BUOYED by impressive wins in their last fixtures, and their dugouts underlined by equally high-profile coaches, Highlanders and Ngezi Platinum Stars are expected to churn out a no holds barred encount...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Jamwanda
Paranoid Zimbabwe regime that sees enemies everywhere can't be trusted with solving country's problem!
In our growing up, we were told of individuals who were always prone to accusing their enemies (whether real or imagined) for everything that went wrong in their lives.When they fell sick, in ...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:27hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Soldiers have guns, teachers and nurses have empty threats, so government will always favor the military!
It is common knowledge that rights and freedoms are seldom given or awarded - but, always need to be demanded and taken.That is why it is virtually unheard of to come across a country that was...Published: 19 May 2022 at 15:59hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There will never be any national development without strictly holding the Zimbabwe government to account
From time immemorial, there has always been a debate on why countries in the West are as economically developed as they are.Of course, it is nearly impossible to arrive at a consensus - but, t...Published: 14 May 2022 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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