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Teaching Ndebele in Zimbabwe schools will have helped Shonas
There are times when you think you are spitting someone, when in fact, you are destroying yourself.One such instance was when Robert Mugabe and his colleagues in ZANU (before it became ZANU-PF...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:21hrs | 287 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
The imbecility of Macron - 'Africa can't manage the world!'
Imbecility of MacronFollowing a wave of anti-French feelings across Francophone Africa, a former Economic Minister for France, one Thierry Breton, took to twitter and posted the following: "It...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:43hrs | 209 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
SADC PF reappoints Secretary General
The 54th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum has endorsed the reappointment of the Forum's Secretary General, Ms. Boemo Sekgoma, for a second five-year term.Delegates to t...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema prevents former President Lungu from traveling to SA for medical attention
In a recent development that has sparked controversy and debate in Zambia, President Hakainde Hichilema's administration has reportedly prevented former President Edgar Lungu from traveling to South A...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambian president panics
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has warned potential coup plotters not to threaten the southern African nation's democratic rule and stability, the BBC reported on TuesdayIt is not clear...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa parties with ex-adversaries
Only three out of 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state attended Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration in Harare on Monday, but that did not stop the party....Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South African media has failed to bring regime change in Zimbabwe
Over the past 22 years since sanctions were imposed on Zimbabwe, western governments have invested billions of dollars into South African white owned media, with the aim of discrediting Zanu-PF. ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 12:34hrs | | by Rutendo Matinyarare
Zimbabwean music is more than Chimurenga!
IN June 2023, the America-based National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) which organises arguably the most respected, well-known and much sought-after music awards in the world, the Gra...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 12 | by Tonderai Chiyindiko
Putin and the Wagner mutiny
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)On 23rd June 2023 the Western media became delirious with joy when the heard that there was a ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:39hrs | 11 | by Ian Beddowes
Opportunity for Zimbabwean Film Industry Professionals
Submissions have opened for the third Creative Producers Indaba (CPI), a film producers' development programme presented by the Realness Institute, in collaboration with EAVE, International Film Festi...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 10:25hrs | 8 | by Agencies
The politics of mourning Queen Elizabeth II
QUEEN Elizabeth II's death has touched different people differently considering Britain's colonial legacy of plunder and the monarch's indifference to those atrocities.However, in Zimbabwe the...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe misses out on G7 stimulus package
ZIMBABWE missed out on a G7-backed multi-billion-dollar stimulus package designed to help countries of the global South weather economic shocks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.The reason for t...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malema praises Chief Charumbira
SOUTH Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader, Mr Julius Malema, says anyone could have been elected as leader of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) but they found Zimbabwe's Chief Fortune...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti hits back at Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube came under fire at the weekend after blowing his own trumpet following a controversial award that ranked him among Africa's top five treasury bosses.The award by ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira inches closer to PAP presidency
SOUTHERN Africa's candidate for the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Chief Fortune Charumbira, is close to landing the presidency of the continental legislative body after the PAP executive council on Fr...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa stuck in generational curse
WHOEVER bewitched African leaders probably perished at Nagasaki in 1945, many years before the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in 1963. That person, alongside his tools of trade and hi...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:02hrs | 9 | by Sapien Sapien
Zimbabwe won't get international Covid-19 rescue package
ZIMBABWE will not receive a dime from a multi-billion-dollar facility organised by international financial institutions which seeks to help countries of the global South in dealing with the socio-econ...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considering a cabinet reshuffle
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, rattled by the recent loss of three ministers to Covid-19, is considering a cabinet reshuffle that has sparked fierce jostling in Zanu-PF and government.Foreign A...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages Francophone countries
Zimbabwe's attendance at today's inauguration of Guinean President alpha Conde cements the already existing relations between the two countries and opens doors to trade throughout West Africa, Vice Pr...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
The top Zimbabwean entertainers
It would be hard for anyone to deny that there isn't always a lot going on in Zimbabwe. This is even true with the current pandemic going on. Despite what a lot of locals might think and social distan...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:27hrs | 11 | by Staff writer
Louis Mhlanga excited at Bulawayo return
SOUTH Africa-based jazz guitarist, Louis Mhlanga is relishing returning to perform in the city after a three-year hiatus.Mhlanga is set to feature in the 2019 Spring Feelings Jazz Show schedul...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pan African Parliament considers engaging civil society organisations wider
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) members have requested the Bureau to consider civil society organisations from other countries rather than always using South African based ones.While debating...Published: 11 May 2019 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Online legal advice now on Zimbabwe market
LawBasket is a start-up from Zimbabwe, providing online legal services on the market for small businesses and start-ups in Africa. The company also offers free client relationship management technolog...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
A time to impose sanctions on America!
America has imposed a new set of sanctions that must run for the next 12 months against Zimbabwe. This is not new. America has been doing this for the past 18 years since Zimbabwe took the bold but lo...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 14:47hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
The Hitchhiker
She stood some fifty-sixty metres away from the desperate looking swarm of humanity that infested the Harare Showground bus stop. One hand shielded her sunglazed face from the savannah sun, the other ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 22:29hrs | 9 | by JerÃ
Mnangagwa courts Africa's vote on sanctions
President Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday on a two-day State visit at the invitation of President Alpha Condé and will use the occasion to appeal for African support in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-enga...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa could be the next frontier for cryptocurrency
Experts say conditions on the continent are great for virtual currency Interest in cryptocurrency, a form of digital currency, is growing steadily in...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:44hrs | | by Pavithra Rao
Show some respect, says Mugabe
Government will continue prioritising the welfare of Chiefs and according them respect as custodians of Zimbabwe's land and customs, President Mugabe has said.The Head of State and Government ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF is a mammoth party'
President Mugabe's address at the Zanu-PF Youth League National Assembly at the ruling party's headquarters in Harare yesterday.Thank you, thanks, thanks for your having invited me and Mai to ...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 04:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Sugar daddy' website faces legal fight
Belgian ministers have said they will take legal action in an attempt to force a website that links young women and rich men to remove huge adverts near the country's universities.Trucks beari...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Zanu-PF in special congress dilemma
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is reportedly in a dilemma over how to handle demands from warring factions heckling over his succession for an extraordinary congress ahead of general elections set for next y...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senditoo launches super-fast mobile airtime transfer app
Fast-growing tech start-up Senditoo has boosted its mobile airtime transfer service with the launch of an app that allows users to send top-ups to mobile phones across the world in just 15 seconds....Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 14:13hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Why hang Helen Zille?
Look at her: she is beautiful, she is elegant, and she is provocative, even at the mature age of 66. Moreover, Helen has got the African talking once again, even thinking, about his place in this Whit...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Joram Nyathi Spectrum
Zifa refuses to accept Pasuwa's resignation
ZIFA insist Callisto Pasuwa is still the Warriors coach, despite the coach announcing his resignation from the Gabonese capital, Libreville, on Tuesday and they have set in motion a process that c...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
AFCON hosting criteria needs reform says Omega Sibanda
Zimbabwe Football Association vice president and head of delegation to the 2017 Gabon AFCON finals Omega Sibanda says countries in the Confederation of Southern African Football Association (COSAFA) n...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 15:33hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Why Khama Billiat may not play in England
For almost its entire duration, last Sunday's frenetic clash between Algeria and Zimbabwe seemed to boil down to a shoot-out between the Desert Foxes' destroyer in chief, Riyad Mahrez and the Warr...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Do we need white supervision and tutelage?
Economic power in South Africa still resides in the hands of those who benefited from apartheid, in white hands, Eskom CEO Brian Molefe explains in a speech he made at a TNA Business briefing on Wedne...Published: 30 Nov 2016 at 12:51hrs | | by Brian Molefe
Mugabe ally calls for Diaspora representation
Zimbabweans in the Diaspora contribute to development and keenly follow events back home hence it is high time that they got political representation, a senior Government official has said....Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah wins MTV award
AFTER numerous nominations and accolades locally, Jah Prayzah has landed his first continental award as he landed an Mtv Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) held in South Africa on Saturday night.The ...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The fight Zanu-PF can't afford to lose
ZIMBABWEANS celebrate this Heroes and Defence Forces holiday more divided than the country has ever been since Independence.And the most divided institution in the country is the governing Zan...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Joram Nyathi
Mugabe tears into NGOs
President Robert Mugabe yesterday savaged Western-sponsored non-governmental organisations for their open campaigns to subvert African economies in pursuit of regime change.The Head of State a...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 08:55hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Million Man March to silence critics
THE One Million Man March being held in solidarity with President Robert Mugabe in Harare tomorrow will silence the country's detractors engaged in a number of campaigns in a bid to demonise the rulin...Published: 24 May 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
We say no to regime change, says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Mugabe says his stay in power is influenced by the desire to prevent regime change in the country being fronted by the United States of America and her Western allies. Addressing del...Published: 21 May 2016 at 21:51hrs | | by Cletus Mushanawani
The real reason Gaddafi was killed
Libya was the "rogue" nation but the question is: Just what did Gaddafi have in mind?Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was not killed for humanitarian purposes but for the oil and for money. His i...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Tatenda Gwaambuka
'African leaders now reversing the gains of independence,' says Mugabe
There is need for African leaders to re-examine their policies politically and economically as some of them are now reversing the gains brought by the continent's founding fathers, President Mugabe sa...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:02hrs | | by Felex Share
Mugabe sets 2016 as the deadline for indigenisation
President Mugabe has set 2016 as the deadline for all foreign- owned companies to submit their empowerment proposals, saying Government will not tolerate any actions by firms that continue to defy the...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 07:57hrs | | by Lovemore Mataire
Zanu-PF 15th National People's congress - Live update
1656: That marks the end of the Zanu-PF 15th National People's Conference updates.1643: Chombo is now giving the vote of thanks. He thanks the President for steering the conference as well as ...Published: 12 Dec 2015 at 11:24hrs | | by Costa Mano and Simiso Mlevu
Dr. Nkosana Moyo joins the African Innovation Foundation
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) said it welcomes Dr. Nkosana Moyo who joins the team as an ALL Envoy, representing Anglophone Africa. This appointment is timely for the Foundation and its work...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 12:29hrs | | by APO
Mugabe exploits skulls issue to attract support
The extent to which President Robert Mugabe has exploited the issue of the Chimurenga heroes' skulls illustrates the desperation of the Zanu-PF regime to attract support.This is populism pure...Published: 15 Aug 2015 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Hands off Mugabe,' Jerry Rawlings tells France
GHANA'S former President Jerry Rawlings has blasted France for questioning African leaders' decision to elect President Robert Mugabe as the African Union chairman. France, along with its Euro...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 07:05hrs | | by Felex Share
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