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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 | 3423 | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
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 | 2748 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
Welcome to Chambia
Save Zambia or PerishCome on now Zambians, are we that ignorant, stupid, foolish, gullible, brainless, naïve, primitive we can't see the consequences of the "wonderful Chinese gifts" in roads...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 21:39hrs | 3349 | by Field Ruwe EdD
Time to demilitarise Zimbabwean politics for the good of Jews, Gentiles
FOUR decades of independence did not mature Zimbabweans to the probity of unity and prosperity in diversity.They did not embrace the winsome culture of political tolerance.Consequently...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:53hrs | 384 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Mutodi's firing was long overdue
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to fire his long-blundering Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi on Wednesday did not come as a surprise because that decision was long overdue given the m...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2090 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe and politics of the VAGINA
Since the days of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, rape has been a potent weapon of war. We all remember, testimonies from female combatants of the rape they suffered during the liberation struggle, th...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 6308 | by Grace Kwinjeh
COVID-19 testing: Zimbabwe's litmus test
SINCE the country's first coronavirus (COVID-19) case was recorded on March 20, Zimbabwe has tested over 5 000 people and 28 were positive. Four people, including journalist Zororo Makamba and...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's tricky test
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa disregarded the advice of health experts who recommended a 21-day Covid-19 lockdown extension, preferring instead to listen to his Zanu PF and Cabinet colleagues who argue...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 8381 | by Staff reporter
No coronavirus funds stollen by Mnangagwa
There has been an online news spreading rumours that the Zimbabwean government is funnelling millions of Corona virus dollars to a Mnangagwa-linked company. The article maintained th...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 09:00hrs | 2280 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
White MDC Alliance MP takes Mnangagwa to court
Harare North MP Allan Norman Markham (MDC Alliance) and human rights activist Mfundo Mlilo have dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ministers to court to force them to provide safety nets for...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 7677 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Reuben Tendai Mbofana
Dear Tendai, I have just finished reading your article that stood out from many other articles I have just read today in Bulawayo 24. Although your contribution was more of a religious Good Fr...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1580 | by Nomazulu Thata
Is the centre of power now clueless?
INASMUCH as I appreciate the bits President Emmerson Mnangagwa is doing for the essential workforce, particularly those at the heart of fighting COVID-I 9, it is not much to say the least. It ...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 11:11hrs | 1355 | by Chipo Charira
'Is Zanu PF prepared (competent) to deal with covid-19?' - rhetorical question, of course
After 40 years of this corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous Zanu PF dictatorship there is no debate – Zanu PF has been a nightmare during the best of times. Four decades of Zanu PF misru...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 10:00hrs | 270 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Joshua Nkomo betrayed Zipra, writes Obert Mpofu
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's participation in the 1979 Lancaster House talks was frowned upon by the military element in his-PF-Zapu, Zipra, which felt the negotiations were a "self-c...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 4378 | by Staff reporter
Price for NOT testing, 10%+ (1.5 m), instead <1%, Zimbabweans will die from covid-19
"Test! Test! Test"! The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised all nations ever since it became clear that the corona virus was very contagious and was spreading. WHO declared covid-19 a pandemic...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 23:13hrs | 1958 | by Wilbert Mukori
So the capital will be in Mt Hampden after all
THE decision to locate Zimbabwe's new capital at Mount Hampden will indeed go down in history as the only decision that deserved poetic justice in memory of an episode whereby African nationalism and ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1567 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Illegitimate Mnangagwa, illegitimate Chamisa: Country legit?
BY now, the entire nation is aware of the folly of appointing a retired club DJ to be the man in charge of a whole country's healthcare system.It should have been obvious to any self-respecting leader...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 3735 | by Muckraker
Zimbabwe to be in hard times after corona virus
The coronavirus outbreak, which originated in China, has infected more than a million people and it's still counting. Its spread has left businesses around the world counting costs and rea...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:52hrs | 673 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa backs Mnangagwa
MDC-ALLIANCE leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday praised the decision by President Mnangagwa to lockdown the country for 21 days from Monday as a measure to contain Covid-19. President Mnangagw...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:38hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
'Ban social media corona virus chit-chat' argue Zanu PF - fearful truth will open our eyes, at last
"His (Chamisa) cheerleaders prayed and wished that the country suffers from this coronavirus that has killed thousands globally and in his unfathomable melancholy Chamisa appropriates for himself powe...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 21:04hrs | 2980 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Before re-engagement, first hold all-stake holders meeting' Mnangagwa told - it's beginning of the end of Zanu PF
"A report by the Khupe-led committee presented by Kwanele Hlabangana and gleaned by NewsDay Weekender revealed that the team met British ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson, US ambassador to Zimba...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1610 | by Wilbert Mukori
Open letter to Mthuli Ncube: It's not economics prof.
Dear Minister, You are a highly erudite folk, hence fathoming the following bland similitude would, presumably, be facial. I hope you like football. It happens, in the soccer realm, th...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 12:57hrs | 5452 | by Dube. A
'Chamisa is a 42 year old with 2 year old's brain' - folly inviting inside tent hoping will piss out
"There is an old English adage that says life begins at 40. If the adage is true, maybe that's the reason Chamisa is behaving like a toddler. Maybe indeed his life started at 40 and he is now a 2 year...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1961 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Stay-aways now a waste of precious time
I AM currently wondering about the personal benefit of staying away when one is self-employed like the majority of us.If I stay home no cash comes my way as is the case with proponents of such...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 109 | by Fan Sambi
Loga visits Bulawayo coaches
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko "Loga" Logarusic is set to use the expertise of local Premiership clubs' coaches as he prepares for the 2020 African Nations Championships (Chan) that take place in April in Ca...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:21hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
I would rather be a dog
In this perverted life, good behaviour is generally viewed as uninspiringly drab, while bad habits are considered to be titillatingly infectious, contagious, addictive and fashionable.This is ...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:17hrs | 250 | by Bishop Lazarus
Chamisa threaten 'radical approach' to force ED into NTA - same GNU s***t different name
"They will arrest and kill some of us, but no gun is more powerful than a conscious mind. Some people are saying why don't you focus on 2023. That is foolishness. Foolishness is doing the same thing w...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:28hrs | 661 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Brace for Mnangagwa, Chamisa's Kenyan handshake
Infighting in Zanu-PF has been the talk of the town for the past couple of years and it took a turn in the last few weeks. All hell broke loose when two Zanu-PF young musketeers - Lewis Matutu and God...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 20:16hrs | 4691 | by Cliff Chiduku
'Zimbabwe is not Malawi' true, still we too need 2018 nullified and Zanu-PF booted out
To Dr Ibbo Mandaza and Tony ReelerThank you for your article "Malawi election bombshell: Courts becoming too powe...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:42hrs | 2349 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bosso unaudited financials to hog limelight
LACK of audited accounts at Highlanders' annual general meeting scheduled for this morning could see the gathering being moved to another day if precedence is followed.Highlanders had to move ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga divorce case exposes him
The divorce case of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has gone a long way to expose the depth of moral decay that has pervaded our national leaders.It is, however, the level of impunity and beli...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:16hrs | 1973 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's strange dream on a cold night
Zimbabweans never cease to amaze me. They have a penchant to blow their own trumpet (kuzvifonera) at every opportunity, but nature has its own humbling ways. Examples abound of people swaggering and b...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:03hrs | 699 | by Cliff Chiduku
Mashurugwi strike again in Mvuma with impunity
While the police took action to deal with the Makorokoza menace led by the Mashurugwi the violence has spread to Mvuma. A man was brutally sliced and left with hashing wounds which led to his death. A...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:49hrs | 3194 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mat provinces are marginalised' - same folly caused mess in post Gaddafi Libya
The Zanu PF dictatorship is imploding, the regime was rotten to the core and the centre can not hold. 40 years of this corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical misrule has left the country in economic ruin...Published: 02 Jan 2020 at 19:50hrs | 1595 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Self criticism is the essence of good governance. May 2020 be our year of self criticism and introspection
“Blacks are incapable of self government!” said John. Bang! Came the explosive response from Chengetai.John was a white student fro...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 01:25hrs | 858 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZANU PF Lawmaker reveals his inner Demons in tweeting rant at the POOR
In normal circumstances, the Zimbabwean and ZANU PF legislator for Gokwe-Nembudziya, Justice Mayor Wadyajena would have been seen as having completed the ...Published: 28 Dec 2019 at 20:33hrs | 6239 | by Thabo Makuyana
Polad members celebrate Unity Day
A carnival atmosphere characterised President Mnangagwa's meeting with leaders of political parties participating in the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) to mark National Unity Day in Kwekwe yesterda...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:43hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sticks to Polad
AN air of camaraderie characterised the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) meeting in Kwekwe yesterday to mark National Unity Day. The meeting started at mid-morning at President Mnangagwa's farm, with...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:42hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Chamisa in dictator's POLAD tent pissing out, on democracy
"I told (President) Mbeki that we have a platform for political dialogue which is Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD). It is the only one that we will use. If anyone wants to join including the MDC led ...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1216 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'What coup! It was a change of administration' said SADC - sheer folly, let coup gene out, again
For the last 39 years the country has drifted like a log, with ordinary people hang on to the log for dear life, in the flood Zambezi River, totally at the mercy of a corrupt, incompetent and murderou...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 10:39hrs | 1675 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZCC still demanding Zanu PF and MDC dialogue - for 39 years insane set national agenda, enough is enough
Albert Einstein said "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."It is very sad to note that Zimbabwe must have one of the largest number of insane ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 1855 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ramaphosa asked to push Zanu PF and MDC dialogue - endorsed rigged elections soiled his hands
There is no denying that President Mnangagwa's trade-mark "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call is dead in the water. Instead of putting the Zimbabwe economy back on track, the economic meltdo...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 09:23hrs | 3386 | by Nomusa Garikai
Ramaphosa asked to push Zanu PF and MDC dialogue - endorsed rigged elections soiled his hands
There is no denying that President Mnangagwa's trade-mark "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call is dead in the water. Instead of putting the Zimbabwe economy back on track, the economic meltdo...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 18:41hrs | 4355 | by Nomusa Garikai
We are stuck in a (Zanu PF and MDC) 'man-made crisis' - they cannot be man-made solution too
"For months now, we have been asking our African brothers and sisters to look into the man-made governance crisis in Zimbabwe and help us restore the dignity of citizens," said MDC President, Nelson C...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 07:47hrs | 802 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'ED is illegitimate' MDC cherry picked - dogmatic folly holding nation to ransom
There is nothing wrong with having an opinion on a given subject but when you doggedly hang on to the opinion regardless of the evidence to the contrary and even paddle the discredited opinion as trut...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:59hrs | 1197 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mwonzora bullied in front of Chamisa
THINGS took a turn for the worse in the warring MDC on Tuesday when party hooligans stormed a meeting that was being chaired by its leader Nelson Chamisa, threatening to deal with former secretary-gen...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:45hrs | 8446 | by Staff reporter
Rhodies we know, where are Zimbos?
MONDAY, November 11, marked the 54th anniversary of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by then Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith, a move that severed the white colony from the B...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 762 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe stands up against sanctions
ALL is set for today's anti-sanctions march, with Government availing 265 buses to ferry people from the country's 10 provinces to the main event to be held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 920 | by Staff Reporter
Tshinga Dube cautions on De Jongh
HIGHLANDERS' long time benefactor Tshinga Dube says the team's newly found form should not be credited to the new Dutch coach Pieter De Jongh but to the fact that the players have finally found the ri...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2142 | by Staff reporter
A historical lesson for Kembo Mohadi. #1987 Unity Accord and its demise in 2009.
Whilst the Zimbabwean economy dovetails under mismanagement by ZANU PF government, while millions are at the verge of starvation, while there seems to be no reprieve in sight for the cash, crisis, ene...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 09:27hrs | 10802 | by Iphithule Maphosa
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