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Is Zimbabwe on the brink of collapse?
Zimbabwe is standing at a dangerous crossroads as the nation endures an escalating energy crisis that threatens its economy, livelihoods, and future prospects. The recent wave of prolonged pow...Published: 18 Dec 2024 at 13:05hrs | 1931 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 5 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zanu-PF brand at risk
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my observations confirm that Zanu-PF has no culture of debate. Cadres are muffled, fearful of ruthless consequences as per threats you uttered ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
No leader has enjoyed universal approval
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, if ever there was a period in your life that you needed to exercise diligence and foresight, it is now. It is at this moment that you need to...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Put Zimbabwe first, police officers told
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) needs loyal and dedicated officers who put their country and people first, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has said. He warned police officers to shun beh...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Our illness is decades of bad governance, cure is free elections – must take it or die. Simple!
Zimbabwe's economic mess is a man-made problem, a product of 39 years of gross mismanagement and rampant corruption. Some people would argue that mismanagement and corruption is a human frailty found ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 17:09hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
A tribute to Bishop Sibusiso Donga: An open letter from the border to all pastors
I HAVE been thinking of you dear pastors these past weeks, particularly following the death of Bishop Sibusiso Donga (pictured). The Christian church and Zimbabwe as a whole woke up rece...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Hlakanipha Mbongolwane
Judges should not run elections
On 11 September 2018, a video circulated on social media showing some opposition politicians in Parliament chanting: "mbavha! mbavha!" as Justice Chigumba entered the Parliament chamber to conduct the...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | | by Tererai Mafukidze
Grace instructed Mugabe to repeat that he supports Chamisa?
The G40 cabal yesterday dragged out an out of sorts Robert Mugabe to address a press conference at his Blue Roof residence in Harare in a bid to shore up the MDC Alliance's chances in today's harmonis...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'This is clearly a coup'
For the last eighteen months I have been warning of a gathering perfect storm in Zimbabwe - the unique convergence of several factors including Robert Mugabe's frailty, his inability to hold his own p...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 12:12hrs | | by Mike Mswere
8 things you didn't know about Robert Mugabe
Heard of the president who always made sure to buy his little daughter uniforms from Marks and Spencer each time he made a trip to London?Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe's controversial pol...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe fires Mnangagwa for 'disloyalty' - how ironic, after 37 years of doing tyrant's dirtiest laundry
Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sacked as VP because he was "disloyal" to Mugabe. Of all the tyrant's thugs, henchmen, cronies and sycophants no one has been more doggedly and foolishly loyal to Mugabe th...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe boasts he will live to be 100
Robert Mugabe is 93 and boasts he will live to be 100, but the jostling has begun to find a new leader for Zimbabwe when his tumultuous reign finally ends.At the ripe old age of 93, Robert Mug...Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
What happens after Mugabe?
At the ripe old age of 93, Zimbabwe's long-serving President, Robert Mugabe, has offered himself as the candidate to lead his ruling Zanu-PF party in elections next year.In power since indepen...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Possible political scenarios for 2018 elections
As we fast approach next year's crucial elections, political analysts are already working on possible scenarios that might emerge before, during and after the plebiscite.While it is difficult ...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Insulting each other is a shame' Mugabe 'scolds' Grace and vice presidents
President Robert Mugabe has urged his party to discuss problems and not resort to insults amid deepening infighting in the Zanu-PF party concerning the issue of succession.He also warned that ...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa now dead man walking
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has literally taken the gloves off on his counterpart — Emmerson Mnangagwa — insinuating on Tuesday that the 75-year-old politician was lying that he was poisoned...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at its tipping point
TREVOR Hove works at a filling station in Harare. On this hot September afternoon, his workstation has luckily just received a fresh delivery of fuel.He is busy, taking a second or two to wipe...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Tapiwa Zivira
LATEST VIDEO of frail Mugabe sends tongues wagging
VIDEO footage of President Robert Mugabe struggling to walk during the just-ended United Nations General Assembly in New York once again had Zimbabweans debating about the 93-year-old leader's health....Published: 24 Sep 2017 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe struggles to walk after attacking Trump
President Robert Mugabe on Thursday further exposed his frailty at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) where he staggered off the conference room after giving his speech at the 72nd session of ...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
PICTURE: Mugabe 'sleeping' as Trump addresses UN General Assembly
President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday exposed his frailty in New York City where he was shown by international news channels sleeping most of the time when President Donald Trump was giving his first add...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe juggling balls in the air
THE current situation in Zanu-PF is fragmented and fractious; it needs a unifier. There is serious factionalism, infighting and political hostilities. It's a dog-eat-dog affair.So President Ro...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF sideshows - a mere distraction
Despite intense infighting that characterises the party, the fact remains that ZANU PF is determined to win the next election at any cost. For them, there is just too much at stake and they cannot aff...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 12:56hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Zanu-PF infighting sideshows - a mere distraction
Despite intense infighting that characterises the party, the fact remains that Zanu-PF is determined to win the next election at any cost. For them, there is just too much at stake and they cannot aff...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 12:24hrs | | by Moses Chambok
Zodwa and the carnival
I long ceased to be a fan of America. I have come to associate America with war, hypocrisy and a high level of superciliousness born of its claim to a divine mission in the world, so-called "manifest ...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
Ugly infighting rattles Zanu-PF
Rival Zanu-PF factions shall momentarily shift their focus to primary elections due to be held either in the final quarter of this year or early next year, as they battle for control of the National A...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe keeps options open'
The twists and turns around President Robert Mugabe's succession have come at a huge cost to the country's economy because of its disruptive effects on government business. It's a subject that has als...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe playing dangerous political game
Gift Phiri talks to Stephen Chan, a professor of world politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, about the vexing developments in Zanu-PF's convoluted line of...Published: 06 Aug 2017 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe acknowledges frailty
In a rare acknowledgement of his frailty, President Robert Mugabe has said he will jump for joy at the loyalty and love shown by his party’s youth wing, but if he can’t jump physically, he’ll us...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 20:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's failing health takes centre stage
As political parties begin their intense preparations for next year's make-or-break polls, there is concern within and outside the ruling Zanu-PF on whether President Robert Mugabe would be able to ha...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai's coalition will bury Mugabe'
Opposition political parties have warned President Robert Mugabe that he should brace for the worst page of his long political life as he not only faces an internal revolt in his party ahead of next y...Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe 'will be at the gates of heaven deciding who gets in'
President Robert Mugabe will be at the gates of heaven deciding who gets in and who goes to hell, a ruling party youth leader said at a rally Friday.Speaking in the exaggerated way some in Zim...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 16:11hrs | | by Agencies
Herald reporters on trips with Mugabe receive $1,000 per day allowance
Despite his advancing years and increasing frailty, 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe shows few signs of losing his love for foreign travel, a predilection that is costing his cash-strapp...Published: 26 May 2017 at 15:27hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Mugabe has been looking a bit frail of late – and it may be deliberate
President Robert Mugabe has been looking a bit frail of late - and, according to News24, it may be deliber...Published: 24 May 2017 at 09:10hrs | | by Carien du Plessis, News24
Mugabe's ill-health: A volcano about to erupt
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has of late become the centre of attention in Zimbabwe's political sphere, not because of soaring rhetoric which he was once famous for, but for his increasingly deteriorating ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 07:55hrs | | by Hazel Ndebele
Mugabe ill-health scales crisis point
DESPITE frantic attempts by President Robert Mugabe's publicists to convince the public the president is still fit to govern, latest information gathered from his family and inner circle shows that be...Published: 12 May 2017 at 14:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Political Wisemen from The East! Where are you as political illiteracy grips The Opposition?
Today, I here-by, strangely, start my discussion with a multi-million US $ question! Multi-million US$ question with the intention of provoking pedigree political introspection upon Zimbabwe's mass bu...Published: 02 May 2017 at 18:06hrs | | by Reginald T. Gola
Mugabe succession a puzzle
WATCHING President Robert Mugabe ungainly walking in public or labouring through some turgid and soporific prepared text - often with slurred speech - evokes different emotions ranging from sympathy, ...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 15:48hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
Mugabe family rescues Kasukuwere
If Mugabe and Grace did not back Zanu-PF's G40 faction to maintain the balance of forces, Kasukuwere would not have survived.Zanu-PF has two rival factions battling to choose a successor for M...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's old age frailty shock
INDEPENDENCE Day this week was supposed to be the most important occasion on Zimbabwe's annual calendar, but to thousands of Zimbabweans who thronged the National Sports Stadium the unsettling...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regresses to barter trade
Zimbabwe, currently facing its worst cash shortage since the adoption of the multi-currency regime in 2009, now has a new medium of exchange, which is too big to be added to a basket of curren...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe 'special chair' present goes viral
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's Cabinet ministers yesterday appeared to authenticate speculative media reports about the 93-year-old leader's ill-health and frailty when they presented him with a "speci...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Grace Mugabe destroyed Zanu-PF
"Dr" Grace Mugabe and her fellow mostly hired Zanu-PF immigrants invaded the gigantic militant institution and triggered high exodus of key stakeholders. Some, among the migrants, founding fathers...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 17:36hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Mugabe struggles to walk, snoozes in Ghana
President Robert Mugabe was this week once again the focus of international media attention after a video showing him apparently struggling to walk went viral on social media.He was also p...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Grace misread mood
Zimbabwe is a nation under siege. Yes, we are a tormented nation at crossroads. When a country is being led by a nonagenarian who unwittingly clings on to power, notwithstanding clear signs of fra...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Zimuto
The first family's bizarre remarks
Zimbabwe is a nation under siege. Yes, we are a tormented nation at cross roads. When a country is being led by a nonagenarian who unwittingly clings on to power, notwithstanding clear signs of frailt...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 11:07hrs | | by Maxwell Zimuto
The Dilemma Of A Mnangagwa Presidency
As Zimbabwe's Opposition remains in disarray and continues to struggle to form a Grand Coalition to challenge Zanu PF's dominance in the 2018 General Elections. And despite President Mugabe's refusal ...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Darlington Nyambiya
Things you didn't know about Robert Mugabe
Heard of the president who always made sure to buy his little daughter uniforms from Marks and Spencer each time he made a trip to London?According to ...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:19hrs | | by news24.com
Mugabe shuts door on Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has effectively ruled out his two deputies, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko, from the succession race, declaring in excerpts of a yet-to-be-aired interview to mark hi...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe will rule from a wheelchair
Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), a Zimbabwean based independent political economy think tank has predicted that President Mugabe will rule from a wheelchair.This was highlighted in their re...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 18:45hrs | | by George Makoni
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