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MDC @20: The journey continues
TWENTY years after it was formed amid high hopes, the opposition MDC's pathway to power remains hazy amid concerns it lacks the gravitas to mount a formidable challenge to dislodge Zanu-PF from power....Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: Hero or villain?
THE death at 95 of former president of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (pictured) has evoked varying emotions in the country. On one hand, there are those who revered and deified him and took his word ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 348 | by Simayedwa Moyo
The Robert Mugabe I know
I first heard about Mugabe around 1962 when he was in the National Democratic Party. I didn't get to meet him though; I just heard about him. I had been expelled from Hodgson Technical College of Zamb...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 08:58hrs | 503 | by Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
Wrong to blame Zimbabwe crisis on war veterans
I have always been a fan of Zimbabwe Independent. It has an excellent record of providing the nation with sound and truthful analyses of the economic situation in Zimbabwe.The last edition of ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's National Dialogue monopolised by a few'
Zimbabwe's national dialogue processes must deal with the problem that many Zimbabweans feel, and indeed are, alienated from the system economically, socially and politically, a leading academic has s...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 14:17hrs | 1468 | by Staff Reporter
Muchinguri should allow Zimbabweans to move on after Tongo's death
Following rants by Zanu PF chairperson and Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri regarding a book she claimed to have written on the death of Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) comm...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1275 | by Roy Muroyi
Mugabe's former white minister pens biography 'Mugabe's White Hand Man'
FORMER Agriculture minister, Dennis Norman, flew into the country from his retirement base in England to launch his autobiography - The Odd Man In: Mugabe's White Hand Man - which traces his life in t...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe behind Harare mayhem, claims War vets
FORMER President Robert Mugabe could have had a hand in the violence that rocked Harare on Wednesday, where soldiers allegedly opened fire on opposition protestors and killed six and injuring several ...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's brother sued over coalition deal
A man who claims to have stitched a coalition deal for the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai during the 2013 elections has approached the High Court demanding payment from the former prime minister's ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who exactly was former President Mugabe?
The late VP Nkomo warned us in his 1984 book that there is a Robert Mugabe we don't know, but we were too consumed by the dummy we had been sold by the dominant liberation war discourses. These warnin...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's greatest opposition is not Tsvangirai's Alliance
AS THE Zanu-PF wars continue to grip the State, amid serious economic meltdown and a disjointed opposition, our reporter Tendai Kamhungira took time to speak to respected political analyst and civil s...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 13:28hrs | 2125 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to host Intombi awards for young businesswomen
RADIO personality Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa and ex Muvhango actor Lesley Musina who played Ndalamo will next month host the Intombi Young Women In Business Awards pencilled for Bulawayo's Nesbitt Castle....Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 07:29hrs | 2392 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo according to the Gukurahundi mastermind
Nyaya yaanotaura kuti akaenda ku Liberation Centre after he left Mgagao; the fact is Zanu ne Zanla leadership dzanga dzasungwa neZambian government following the death ya VaChitepo.Mind you, d...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:23hrs | 672 | by Air Marshall Perrance Shiri
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
'Mugabe the man'
I was fortunate to work closely with President Mugabe soon after Independence in 1980 as one of the few people seconded to strategic parastatals by the party. Thomas Nyagumbo, Kumbirai Katsande, Lazar...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:12hrs | 169 | by Hon Christopher Mushohwe
Mutasa and Gumbo are just dwarfs in large robes
In 2014, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi the foreign affairs minister had the audacity to boast to his peers at the SADC summit held in Victoria falls, saying that even if the economy crumbles, Zimbabweans wil...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 15:26hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Tichaona Zindoga was right Mutasa and Gumbo are just dwarfs in large robes
In 2014, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi the foreign affairs minister had the audacity to boast to his peers at the SADC summit held in Victoria falls, saying that even if the economy crumbles, Zimbabweans wil...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 00:09hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Corruption will not fall until Mugabe the godfather of corruption has fallen
Former Hong Kong anti-corruption administrator Bertrand de Speville in his book Overcoming Corruption says, political will is the key driver in fighting corruption. I could not agree more with this st...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 18:28hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
'Zimbabweans ready for female President,' claims Mujuru
ZIMBABWE People First leader Joice Mujuru yesterday said Zimbabwe was ripe for female leaders in both politics and business, and encouraged them to break the gender barriers.Mujuru said th...Published: 20 Nov 2016 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru wows war veterans
OPPOSITION Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) leader Joice Mujuru was the star attraction at Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya's bail hearing in Ha...Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Age' helped Mnangagwa escape the hangman's noose
HARARE - Post-congress Zanu PF bigwigs opposed to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa say among the many things that allegedly "don't add up" about him are his age and liberation struggle hist...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 17:35hrs | 4330 | by Staff Reporter
Cephas Msipa launches book titled 'In Pursuit of Freedom and Justice'
Veteran nationalist Dr Cephas Msipa has completed a book titled: In Pursuit of Freedom and Justice.The book launched last night in Harare takes the reader through narratives of Dr Msipa's pers...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government on the right track with the IMF
It would be an oversimplification for a rather complex issue to say that the Zimbabwean government is making a mistake in implementing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendations for revivin...Published: 02 Oct 2015 at 11:18hrs | | by Stewart Murewa
Mnangagwa challenged to come clean on his war record
With the warring post-congress Zanu-PF's ambitious Young Turks, the Generation 40 (G40) faction, cranking up the heat on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle h...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe a student of Smith
The Zanu-PF government scored many successes during the first 10 years of independence because it had adopted former Rhodesian leader Ian Smith's "lock-stock-and-barrel" management style, former C...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Stop frustrating teachers'
FORMER MDC-T Bulilima West MP, Norman Mpofu has said the government must stop frustrating teachers considering the fact that the education sector is already fractured after the 2007-2008 economic decl...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 07:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
What is ZANU People First, Cdes?
CABINET FILES AND CZ's NOTEBOOKDear Cabinet andPolitburo membersCOMRADES we should congratulate ourselves that we are almost there… completing cleaning the soul of our great revo...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 07:52hrs | | by CZ
'The Robert Mugabe I know'
I first heard about Mugabe around 1962 when he was in the National Democratic Party. I didn't get to meet him though; I just heard about him.I had been expelled from Hodgson Technical College ...Published: 23 Feb 2015 at 12:27hrs | 6978 | by Mnangagwa interview
Mugabe attending his last congress
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe (almost 91) - in the twilight of his long political career - is attending what is likely to be his last Zanu-PF congress as leader of both the party and Zimbabwegiven h...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe profile: The rise of Zimbabwe's first lady
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe has taken centre stage as the ruling Zanu-PF party holds an important meeting on the future leadership of the country. BBC Africa's Zimbabwe corresponde...Published: 04 Dec 2014 at 09:11hrs | | by BBC
Mujuru opposed Makoni, they are antagonists
Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn founding member Fay Chung says Vice President Joice Mujuru had nothing to do with the formation of the Simba Makoni-led outfit, saying the two are actually "antagonists".W...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I'm not afraid,' says Rugare Gumbo
Suspended Zanu-PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo, who now also stands accused of sensational treason charges by the State media and his party enemies, says he is neither afraid nor losing sleep over the "...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Youth who Obama the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth
Dear reader, kindly google the British Guardian issue of yesterday, Friday, 8th August, 2014. You should be able to find an article titled, "Childcare funding could be cut off for failure to promote B...Published: 09 Aug 2014 at 09:23hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
'Mugabe is hostage to army bosses'
President Robert Mugabe has no capacity to deal with the issue of obscene salaries and corruption at parastatals, since he is captive to army generals running the state enterprises. These are the...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross vs. Fay Chung - incisive dichotomy
Towards the end of last year, Eddie Cross wrote what was probably one of his best pieces in recent times. It was titled "The Need for a New Road Map". He posited a very discerning analysis of China's...Published: 20 Jan 2014 at 07:58hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Mujuru calls on Zim women to be more active
VP Joice Mujuru has called on women to be more active and claim their stake in the socio-economic landscape. Officially opening the Sub-Forum of the 6th World Wome...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff
Was General Solomon Mujuru assassinated!
There are growing calls for a probe into the suspicious death of General Solomon Mujuru amid fears that the Chimurenga revolution may now be devouring its own sons and daughters.The key issu...Published: 17 Aug 2011 at 12:10hrs | 1917 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
Women's University launches gender centre, to 'address gender issues'
The Gender and Community Development Minister, Dr Olivia Muchena speaking at the launch of the Gender Centre Conceptualisation workshop organised by Women's University in Africa, said the centre shoul...Published: 08 Jun 2011 at 16:23hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Panel of Elders a 'charade by Tsvangirai to hoodwink and confuse the people'
ZANU-PF has rejected the "The Panel of Zimbabwe Elders" launched last week by MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and said it is being used to pursue a regime change agenda in the country, state controlled...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 13:11hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Fay Chung calls for free primary education
Former Education minister Fay Chung has urged government to implement free primary education because many pupils are dropping out of school after failing to pay tui...Published: 12 Feb 2011 at 11:40hrs | | by Byo24News
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