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Obert Mpofu wants to be reported to ZACC if he is corrupt
FORMER Mines Minister and top Zanu-PF official Obert Mpofu says he acquired his wealth through hard work and has challenged anyone convinced his riches were ill-gotten to take the evidence to the Zimb...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:28hrs | 933 | by newzimbabwe
Mzilikazi gave the Shona a name to be proud of !!!
King Mzilikazi is highly credited to be one of the best ever rulers of Zimbabwe. He was able to plan a start and an end of a National programme producing a happily strong Nation with an identity. When...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 19:04hrs | 3336 | by Ryton Dzimiri
#Blacklivesmatter: Slavery and the church
SLAVERY can be defined as a form humanto-human captivity to extract some servitude of one kind or another. A human thus becomes the property of another. Since time immemorial, slavery has existed for ...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:04hrs | 429 | by Prosper Tingini
Hopewell Chin'ono unmasked, as America slaps Tagwirei with sanctions
Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei was born on the 19th February 1969 in SHURUGWI, his father the late Phineas Tagwirei was a modest man ND A MEMBER OF THE Seventh Day Adventist church.Kudakwashe Re...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 15:12hrs | 4820 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Tagwirei business empire faces tough times
ZIMBABWEAN business tycoon Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei, accused of capturing the state for personal gain alongside with the Presidium, has been slapped with sanctions by the United States government,...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:11hrs | 7457 | by Staff reporter
Charamba freaks out over 'racist' US sanctions
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman George Charamba has accused the US government of racism after the superpower Tuesday slapped targeted sanctions on fuel mogul Kuda Tagwirei for allegedly propping up a corrupt Z...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:53hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean state capture
In my weekly political review show on the Gambakwe media platform two Sunday ago, we discussed about the planned demonstration on the 31st of July 2020. During the interview I invok...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 22:59hrs | 4125 | by Terence. T. Simbi
'US sanctions on Tagwirei wrong and devoid of logic'
The imposition of sanctions on Sakunda Holdings and its chief executive, Mr Kuda Tagwirei, by the United States yesterday is wrong and devoid of logic, but will not affect the ongoing re-engagement dr...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Kuda Tagwirei added on America sanctions list
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei (Tagwirei) for providing support to the leadership of the Government of Zim...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 4104 | by US Treasury
Victoria Falls name must fall now
MONUMENTS and cities named after the departed are designed to honour people, and to keep those honourees and what they stood for alive in our collective memory. Therefore, I am left to wonder as black...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:05hrs | 2150 | by Tendai Kamba
July 31st: The Strategy
The opposition parties in Zimbabwe are pathetic at best - they lack imagination to achieve anything of worth for the country. July 31, 2020 protests are a case in point - I am sorry to say but the opp...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 20:12hrs | 7558 | by Sam Wezhira
James Makamba eyes huge comeback
NATHAN Shamuyarira, Webster Shamu, James Makamba and Supa Mandiwanzira are some of the names that easily come to mind as having made the successful transition from journalism into the murky world of b...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa digging own political grave
WHEN the Roman senate declared Emperor Nero an enemy of the State and sentenced him to death for abuse of power, the emperor did not wait to be humiliated in public, he chose to commit suicide. ...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 7094 | by Concerned
Cut the talk, Mnangagwa, and walk
EVER noticed how fake Pentecostal pastors and prophets cheat people year round? They use a combination of nicely worded promises and voodoo "miracles".The pattern is always the same. When the ...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:27hrs | 12016 | by Tawanda Majoni
We are killing humanity with imported vaccine: Moussa Zeguen
The International Coalition Against Corona Virus for Africa (ICAC) Togo based ICAC President Toure Moussa Zeguen has warned that the actions taken by African governments in trying to mitigate th...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 15:21hrs | 2580 | by Stephen Jakes
Chihuri must explain wealth, PG insists
Former police boss Augustine Chihuri must not be allowed to use his feud with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to evade justice, prosecutor-general (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has argued.Hodzi was respond...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Does Lobengula deserve a monument?
I read with great interest the report that a monument is to be built in honour of Mbuya Nehanda at long last. But then i said to myself: Why not do the same for King Lobengula or even Mukwati (Makwati...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:41hrs | 713 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Zimbabwean minister stranded in Australia
THE Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, who has been stuck in Australia due to the Covid-19-induced international travel restriction, is eager to return home to resume his duties as a ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:36hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean problems need a military solution
To solve problems brought by genocidists in a country, the route can never be through the popularly known ballot box but a military intervention, if indeed prosperity becomes the ultimate goal wanted ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:35hrs | 3601 | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
Metallon sells gold assets to Tagwirei's Landela
MZI Khumalo's Metallon has completed the sale of Shamva Mine to Kuda Tagwirei's Landela Mining Ventures, while the sale of Mazowe Mine is expected shortly.The transaction represents a change o...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1853 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri dossier exposes govt rot
EXILED former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has exposed how serving and former top government officials and service chiefs allegedly used their spouses as conduits to grab lucrative te...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 4409 | by Staff reporter
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2779 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
Mnangagwa snatched Chihuri's pregnant wife?
FORMER police boss Augustine Chihuri has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of hounding him to settle scores after they clashed over a woman.Chihuri, who is on the verge of losing his sprawl...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 17125 | by Staff reporter
Gambling in Middle East - 5 facts you didn't know
Even though the Quran forbids gambling in the Muslim world, the entire Middle East and North African region have become more flexible about casinos over the years. The industry is still highly regulat...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 11:49hrs | 1024 | by Staff writer
The land isn't ours
A few years ago while visiting the city of Jos, which is located in north-east Nigeria, a person pointed to a vast neatly kept area behind a fence. "This ranch belongs to the Queen of England," he rem...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1773 | by Hadebe Hadebe
Mnangagwa's ally pockets US$54m in fresh bus deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's adviser and Sakunda Holdings boss Kuda Tagwirei, who has been pocketing millions of dollars from dodgy state contracts, will smile all the way to the bank after making a...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 6182 | by Staff reporter
Fight over tycoon's estate rages
The fight for control of Waverley Blankets founder Victor Cohen's estate is still raging three years after his death and now his children say their relatives, who allegedly grabbed his companies want ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:15hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa actually aiding, abetting corruption
IT has been a terrible, terrible last few months for Zimbabwe, and all indicators point to further socio-economic deterioration as a sense of hopelessness grips the citizens. Even for the grea...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 549 | by Owen Gagare
Arresting inflation in Zimbabwe
The response I received from last week's instalment on why the Zimbabwe dollar must be put on the gold standard was overwhelming.Many readers wanted to know when the Zimdollar was going to be ...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:50hrs | 876 | by Bart Star-James
Those who love to make laws are the first to break them
May his dear soul rest in peace - African American, brother Floyd died a miserable and painful death at the hands, sorry, knees of 'Cop Chauvin', a white police officer. Not a decent way to leave moth...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 18:36hrs | 320 | by Tondo
Jacob Mudenda threatened by unknown people suspected to be Chamisa's supporters
UNKNOWN people Monday night painted graffiti with threatening messages at Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda's lawfirm offices in Bulawayo.The front white security wall of the offices located...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:46hrs | 2223 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aides in nasty public spat
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba and a member of his advisory council Shingi Munyeza exchanged barbs at the weekend, accusing each other of treachery and backstabbing....Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:12hrs | 10725 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus deal a hot potato in govt circles
CABINET ministers were evasive this week after being asked to explain the details of a murky deal between the government and Landela Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company linked to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3468 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's business empire comes under scrutiny
WHEN Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father passed away in May 2018, the government came to a standstill.Cabinet was postponed, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, ministe...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2392 | by Staff reporter
Towards the re-invention of Africa
The world is a huge afterthought. Most of what we know about the world and what happened in it is based on the history that was told later, in the hindsight of the historians.We can perceive t...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:15hrs | 105 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
BackgroundIt all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Le...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 814 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
It all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Lecture Series o...Published: 16 May 2020 at 14:12hrs | 1220 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Dr Shingi Munyeza; a canary in a coal mine
As a millenial growing up in the digital age where millions of videos whizz about online, it's hard to take it all in and make head or tail.But I could not ignore one snippet last Sunday in wh...Published: 14 May 2020 at 14:06hrs | 2540 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Chamisa's crumbling empire: Time for self-introspection
The world has been plunged into one of the most trying times in recent history, with the outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 in China. Leaders worldwide have put their political differences aside to...Published: 07 May 2020 at 20:40hrs | 2890 | by Ben Mberikwazvo
Mthwakazi: What is in this name?
I ALWAYS monitor what people discuss on social media to educate myself on new ideas. This other day I was surprised when a group of Kalanga educationists said that the Mthwakazi are the Nguni and the ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 19:56hrs | 1691 | by Cont Mhlanga
Makamba plans Blue Ridge Spar reopening
BLUE Ridge Spar or Sweet Valley, which is owned by businessman, Dr James Makamba, is set to reopen in July, after Government last week returned the shopping complex on Maryvale Farm, Mazowe, to him. ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
Obesity is taking its toll with 'dibesity' on the way
One of the 'big boys' is highly suspected to have been 'playing house' with biological war grade chemicals and accidentally releasing the devastating Coronavirus to the world, now we are here. ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 166 | by Tondo Murisa
Cecil John Rhodes: The ghost of Zimbabwe
We commemorate the 40th independence day by taking a brief history course into the life and legacy of Cecil John Rhodes, the notorious kingmaker of what we now know as our country. Like the ig...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:44hrs | 2858 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Premature death of independence
BITRHDAYS are important days in one's life. They are observed to mark the passage of time, reflecting on achievements of the past year and recreating new dreams to carry one through the new year. Or c...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:40hrs | 270 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Globalisation in peril post-COVID-19
THE world changed politically after every great war. It became closer and some form of international political and economic co-operation was developed.However, the COVID-19 pandemic is hasteni...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 08:06hrs | 242 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
1981-2020: Does life really begin at 40? - In memory of Zimbabwe's Uhuru
Siboza Business Centre my homelandThere is a lovely road that leads from Zvishavane going South to Shurugwi and finally to Gweru. That road leads you past s...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 22:38hrs | 1134 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Zimbabwean makes it on Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list
Zimbabwean youthful businessman, Paul Makaya has been named in the Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 list.Paul is the founder and chief executive of Bergast House, a digital solutions company focusi...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 16:39hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Kangai's wife wins case against step daughter
THE late former Zanu-PF politburo member, Kumbirai Kangai's widow, Miriam Kangai has won a High Court case against her step daughter, Mara Hativagone over distribution of the national hero's estate....Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:39hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's messy second divorce
BUSINESSMAN Phillip Chiyangwa, was yesterday slapped with two lawsuits, one from his wife of 26 years Saniso Katerere filing for divorce and the other from estranged girlfriend Pamela Rusere dem...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 12:14hrs | 2570 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's woes mount
PROBLEMS continue to mount for former First Lady Grace Mugabe's business empire after a Mazowe gold miner she allegedly displaced during her late husband, former President Robert Mugabe's rule applied...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 12:13hrs | 20700 | by Staff reporter
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