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Julius Malema's EFF implodes
South Africa's radical opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), appears to be on a downward spiral after another high-profile member defected to ex-President Jacob Zuma's party.D...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 20:43hrs | 2171 | by Staff reporter
SA constitution serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda
The MK Party has called for the scrapping of South Africa's constitution, claiming it serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda. The party, led by former president Jacob Zuma who was in the A...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 19:59hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
The politics of water in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Water has always been an important and valuable resource to humanity, which partly explains why most great civilisations were situated near water bodies. The value of water is much more amplified when...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 19:46hrs | 1068 | by Craig Tinashe Tanyanyiwa
ANC of Ramaphosa: Obliterating, political cleansing of left leaning socialists
South Africa is witnessing a significant shift in its political landscape after the African National Congress (ANC), under President Cyril Ramaphosa, lost its majority in Parliament. This development ...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:18hrs | 234 | by Marshall Ndlela
'Ideologically bankrupt' Ramaphosa's ANC in a governance tailspin
To suggest that the 2024 electoral outcome has fundamentally altered how parties relate to one another post-election would be an understatement.Never has the party with a majority of votes fou...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 13:56hrs | 3 | by Sipho Seepe
South Africa's elections body IEC taken to court on vote-rigging allegations
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has reaffirmed its position that it would be taking, on an urgent basis, the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) of South Africa to court over election rigging allegation...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 14:15hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Hamba Kahle ANC, we won't miss you!
IF you are not following the unfolding electoral drama south of the Limpopo River, you can't be real.When South Africa votes, Zimbabwe catches a proverbial cold. And for good reason.Of...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:16hrs | 26 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
eNCA boss was a big donor to the secret CR17 fund?
Prominent political analyst Jamie Mighti has launched an attack against TV station, eNCA, over its canning of an interview with uMkhonto weSizwe (MKP) president Jacob Zuma that was supposedly going to...Published: 28 May 2024 at 14:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa surrounded by a 'corrupt business network' says the US
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa is involved in corrupt activities, in particular those relating to gold and diamond smuggling networks, United States President Joe Biden and his government say...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
US court rejects Zimbabwe's bid to evade US$440m payment
A FEDERAL judge in the United States (US) recently tossed a bid by the Zimbabwe government to escape payment of some US$440.3 million compensation awarded to a European family over Harare's controvers...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
EFF Zimbabwe endorses Mnangagwa
The EFF in Zimbabwe will not field a presidential candidate, but will rally behind "like-minded" Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa on 23 August.Innocent Ndibali Sibanda, the organisation's presiden...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
U.S. instructed to lift 'antiquated' sanctions against Mnangagwa
Entrepreneur from the United States (US), Glenn Jakins, claims that it is critical to relax sanctions in order to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a chance and allow for access to Zi...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new mines law a welcome game changer, but.....
AFTER years of debates and uncertainty, government finally gazetted the Mines and Minerals Bill in February 2023 to ostensibly replace the current Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:05]. The current A...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by James Tsabora
Political plot to corrupt Zimbabwe's judiciary?
CORRUPT government officials are maneuvering to manipulate an anticipated investigation into allegations of misconduct and corruption against High Court judge Webster Chinhamora as he is seen to be pr...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
We must create the Zimbabwe we truly want
READING the book Why Nations Fail by authors Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson continues to confirm my observations which I have been sharing with my readers for some time.The challenge we fac...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Vince Musewe
White farmer takes Zimbabwe land seizure fight to Supreme Court
A Gweru farmer, whose farm was seized by the government, has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court after the High Court dropped her challenge while claiming the case was too political to be handled ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 19:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Judge dismisses depositor's US$179,000 debt claim from CABS
A local pensioner, Duncan Hugh Cocksedge, is counting his losses after his US$179,000 bank balance which was being held in a CABS account was wiped out after being wholly converted to local currency t...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 19:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judge dumps farm seizure challenge, says it's too political for court
HIGH Court judge Munamato Mutevedzi has abandoned a case in which a Gweru farmer is challenging the seizure of her farm by government saying the matter was too political to be handled by his court....Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chilonga villagers turn to ConCourt
CHILONGA villagers in Chiredzi have approached the Constitution Court (ConCourt) to stop their imminent eviction from their ancestral land to pave way for an irrigation project.In January, Hig...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malema says Africa let down Zimbabwe
SOUTH African opposition politician Julius Malema said his country blundered by failing to emulate Zimbabwe's land reform policy at the turn of the millennium.Speaking on Sunday, Malema, who l...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa can only lose and Malema has everything to gain
As things stand, Cyril Ramaphosa has no more than six years to get South Africa on the road to shared wealth and prosperity, while Julius Malema has at least a decade to build his base and whip up the...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Ismail Lagardien
Zanu-PF slates anti-Chinese xenophobia
Zanu-PF has denounced the "Western-funded" civic society organisation, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CZC), for singling out Chinese investors in the country for criticism saying Zimbabwe welcomes mutu...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe a nation or just a country?
THE question is often asked "Where did Zimbabwe go wrong?" but it is not necessarily a helpful question. Any attempt to pin down what has gone wrong to one single factor like corruption or bad governa...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:06hrs | 8 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa slowly morphing into a Mugabe
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, it was typical of Zanu-PF banality that its 19th National Annual People's Conference, held in Bindura last week, rubber-stamped your candidac...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 7 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Sanctions a divisive matter in Zimbabwe
AS Sadc mounted a fresh campaign to force the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) to lift two decades-long sanctions against Zimbabwe this week, a war of words erupted between opposition pa...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF policies driving poverty, not sanctions
WITH the arrival of United Nations special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, to look into the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, there is a danger that looking on the surface it can easily be argued that sancti...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by A Mbire
Zimbabwe political uncertainty hampering energy sector revival, says AfDB
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has cited an unstable political environment and the risk of expropriation as some of the reasons unnerving potential investors from injecting capital in Zimbabwe's ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe financial sector heads for crisis
THE financial services sector is headed for a major crisis, with bankers now saying they are struggling to manage their balance sheets following the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s decision to compel...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma says 'Not guilty' - nails CIA linked prosecutor
More than a decade after former president Jacob Zuma was served with an indictment accusing him of fraud and corruption, he was finally able to enter a plea at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wedne...Published: 26 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | | by Des Erasmus
Jacob Zuma's son Duduzane to challenge Ramaphosa for ANC Presidency?
FORMER South Africa president Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane, says he is ready to lead the ANC, according to Afrikaans Sunday newspaper Rapport.Duduzane, who has been living in Dubai for the past ...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
West to impose sanctions on South Africa if Ramaphosa is removed
Lately, there has been rising positive publicity on Zimbabwe and rising negativity on South Africa by international and white media.Just recently, the world bank released unemployment numbers ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:12hrs | 2 | by Rutendo Ben Matinyararire
Mnangagwa's associates under fire from the public over Chilonga land seizure
OUTRAGE is growing over government's plan to displace over 12 500 villagers in the Chilonga area of Chiredzi to accommodate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cronies at Dendairy.Darren Coetzee, D...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:04hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti's letter to World Bank on Zimbabwe COVID-19 aid
In May 2020, the World Bank dipped into a special health fund to provide US$7 million to Zimbabwe to help the country fight the spread of coronavirus.The US$7...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Draft Constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi
Greetings to all! Below I present to you the Draft Constitution (Part 1 and Part 2 consisting of 47 Articles) of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. The Full Draft Constitutio...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:49hrs | | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 2 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | 4 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Has Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch signed a treaty with Zimbabwe?
I READ with great interest a re cent letter to the editor by Ben Freeth in which he raises issue with the government of Zimbabwe regarding the land compensation question and property rights of individ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Zimbabwe Parliament should veto land compensation
ZIMBABWE in 2000 embarked on a revolutionary nationalisation of agricultural land that saw a massive 4 500 white commercial farmers pushed out of their land without compensation. The fast-track land r...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Reallocation of land won't remove sanctions'
Various political figures have castigated the move taken by the government in reallocating land to some white commercial farmers who lost their farms during the land reform program in the early 2000s....Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 15:46hrs | 17 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
US media has become the true opposition
LISTEN ye men of Dzimbahwe, even those foolish MaShurugwi, to these wise words.Over the last 30 years, the power of the media has grown out of all proportion to its intended purpose, which was...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:59hrs | 10 | by Ken Mufuka
Mnangagwa unveils new investment policy document
Zimbabwe now has a new National Investment Policy (NIP) through which President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government pledges to stop policy flip flopping, respect property rights as well as protect and pro...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to establish Offshore Financial Centre in Zimbabwe
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube says Zimbabwe is "very serious" about establishing an Offshore Financial Centre (OFC) in the country, but analysts say given the country's handli...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arthur Mutambara warns South Africa
Former Zimbabwean deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has warned South Africa against the chaotic approach in the expropriation of land calling on them to learn from their northern neighbours. ...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Policy inconsistency hurting economy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) reintroduced the Zimbabwean Dollar and outlawed the use of multicurrencies on the local market on the 24th of June 2019, despite widespread concerns on burning the m...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Who is a winner on Zimbabwe Sanctions?
This week has just ended with a government official retired general Anselem Sanyatwa and his wife Chido added to the sanctions list. This make him to be the first government official to be put into th...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by Tolexy Hups
Analysis of Mthuli Ncube's Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019
ON June 24, 2019, Zimbabwe woke to news of a statutory instrument with clearly far-reaching effects in that it alters the currency landscape. This instrument has been followed by directives from the R...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | | by Mushoriwa Pasi
Zimbabwe's new currency: What does it all mean?
FEW things fill a Zimbabwean with fear and dread more than the word "Zimdollar". So, it was no surprise that the news Zimbabwe had declared the RTGS the sole local currency, one more step in the count...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:22hrs | | by newZWire
Foreign aid dreadful, unnecessary!
ZIMBABWE does not need foreign aid to escape this economic malaise. Our leaders have been saying it so many times that the country's hope lies on a bailout package; the quicker we get it, the better, ...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
Zimbabwe EFF CIC's profile
1) Who is Innocent Ndibali?Innocent Ndibali is proud Zimbabwean, a Commander-In-Chief of Economic Freedom Fighters (Zimbabwe Chapter: EFF-Zim), business man in both Zimbabwe ...Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Zim EFF
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