Search / Gnu
'Zimbabwe has been marking time and going nowhere' - 40 years and still at it, insane
Dear Leonard Koni, "Zimbabwe is a like a soldier marking time and not going anywhere," you wrote in Bulawayo24."Our government has been so dysfunctional for a very long time, but the m...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1140 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Coming protests are unstoppable' boasted MDC - blocked reforms for 20 years so can protest, genius!
The MDC e-rally gave the party leaders the opportunity to once again grandstand and drum their chest like silverback gorillas!"The video by this nurse (protesting nurse) is a reflection of the...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:43hrs | 2886 | by Nomusa Garikai
Lindiwe Sibanda to be a jury member of the world's largest food prize
The jury of the Food Planet Prize, the world's largest prize in the food arena, has been announced by the Curt Bergfors Foundation in Sweden.The ten international top professionals include lea...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
The greatest threat to Zimbabwe's peace and security are not foreign entities, or their 'stooges', but it's ZANU PF itself!
Reading the media in Zimbabwe, even since the November 2017 military coup d'etat - which toppled long-time tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe, replacing him with his decades-long right-hand man and protégÃ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:46hrs | 2040 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'There are no 2023 elections without reforms' said Chamisa - same s***t different elections
Same s***t different day! That really sums up beautifully what Nelson Chamisa's E-Rally was about!"We want political reforms and these reforms must have people's consultation. We want credible...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 09:06hrs | 2996 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa wants to kill Jonathan Moyo?
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo claims President Emmerson Mnangagwa tried to assassinate him and he has evidence to prove it.Moyo made the claims as he reacted to reports...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 7097 | by Staff reporter
ZEC in election U-turn, covid-19 'new norm' - without reforms, why risk even one life over a farce
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it would withdraw its proposal to suspend electoral activities during the COVID-19 lockdown because the ...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 05:25hrs | 1901 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Call all progressives to petition for ED and Chamisa GNU' - what progress, be Zanu PF in all but name
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Said the Spanish/American philosopher and essayist George Santayana. After 40 years of blundering from pillar to post and with ...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:10hrs | 3800 | by Nomusa Garikai
Toe to Toe with Zanu PF?
I am writing this article in response to Wilbert Mukori's article to Bulawayo24 entitled 'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40'. Yes I know that every responsible Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1867 | by Clement Moyo
'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40' - done a lot worse, it's madhouse
Dear Grace Kwinjeh, First of all, I would like to thank you for this insightful contribution, "Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?" in Bulawayo24."A pattern that continues to repeat i...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 20:33hrs | 3391 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa told to engage rivals
RETURNING Zanu-PF liberation stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, pictured, has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to join hands with the opposition and other social formations to end the country's deepening po...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 3485 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF is debris, embrace Nelson Chamisa' advised Moyo - two faced buzzard, celebrated MDC GNU blunders
When Mai Mujuru was booted out of Zanu-PF in 2014 within months she was criticizing Zanu-PF and her former mentor, Robert Mugabe, for mismanagement, corruption, vote rigging, murderous oppression, etc...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:29hrs | 4222 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?
Zimbabwe is at crossroads, the economy is in decline, deprivation continues, with ordinary citizens yearning for reprieve from the challenges to do with daily survival.Grace KwinjeThis is ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:06hrs | 3038 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8954 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must not be used by the army to oust Mnangagwa
In this article my desire is to enlighten the public especially those that are not well connected to the corridors of power in Zimbabwe, what do I mean by the term corridors of power? It simply means ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 11:04hrs | 4034 | by Knowledge Hakata
Joshua Nkomo: A globalist, political negotiator and institution builder
FORMER Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's legacy is prominently embedded in the military and radical polemic side of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.This historiography bias towards Nkomo's contribu...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 153 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Of ugly vultures and bad wolves in good sheep's clothing
I shall begin with our own fathers and ancestors, it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of mention, for handing free to us this country, augmented by valiant valor, their blood an...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 00:25hrs | 1542 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
'Now is the time to liberate ourselves' - Why long wait? New Dotito puppy tale of the unexpected
Zimbabwe's corrupt and incompetent politicians, right across the political divide, take the Zimbabwean electorate for fools! It was only after Joice Mujuru was booted out; "baby dumped", as Gr...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 20:08hrs | 1975 | by Nomusa Garikai
13 MDC legislators recalled, few fence-sitters remain 'true to their conscience' - what sell-out has a conscience
"We take the firm view that the state institutions, including parliament are being abused to reverse the will of the people and replace it with an unholy alliance between Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa and Ms ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 19:25hrs | 1489 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
New US$ pricing sparks confusion
THERE was massive confusion yesterday as retail shops were meant to start charging their goods in both American dollars and the local currency, the Daily News reports.Instead of making life ea...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:22hrs | 4058 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube challenged to shape up or quit
THE pressure is mounting on under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, with Members of Parliament challenging him this week to fix the country's comatose economy or resign from his Cabinet post....Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 17:46hrs | 2979 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to fix politics to save economy
BOTH political and economic experts have implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF to move with urgency to resolve Zimbabwe's long running political crisis if the deepening local economic rot ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:19hrs | 5992 | by Staff reporter
MDC and politics of denial psychology and deflection
WE are a pretty impressionable people. We all like to say that we are independent, free individuals who make up our own minds, but the reality is that we are heavily influenced by the company we keep....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1700 | by Jonathan Chando
Zimbabwe forex auction system ill-advised: Analysts
GOVERNMENT'S re-introduction of the forex auction system as Zimbabwe effectively re-dollarises could have disastrous consequences because the country does not have adequate sources of foreign currency...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Prices go haywire
IN A development which signals the effective and official re-dollarisation of the local economy, under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, yesterday awarded restive government workers and pe...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:45hrs | 7438 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF corruption is killing us!' is one half, other 'MDC greed is Zanu PF's keeper!'
"MDC National Spokesperson Fadzai Mahere has condemned the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission for alleging failing to investigate the Coronavirus tender scam that has sucked in Minister of Health Oba...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 16:50hrs | 1071 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa now keen to resolve his political differences with Mnangagwa
DESPITE the ructions tearing the MDC apart, Nelson Chamisa says he remains ready to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to try and end the country's worsening political and economic cri...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 17:57hrs | 6495 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now keen to talk with Mnangagwa
DESPITE the ructions tearing the MDC apart, Nelson Chamisa says he remains ready to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to try and end the country's worsening political and economic cri...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:12hrs | 15702 | by Staff reporter
The need for a Social Contact
"The old is dying and the new cannot be born,in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." The above famous quote by Antonio Gramsci best captures how a citizenry finds...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 11:52hrs | 327 | by Evangelist Sendekai W. T
Tshinga Dube issues a stinging response to hardliners in Zanu-PF
Former Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube has issued a stinging response to some hardliners in the ruling Zanu-PF who have questioned his loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership following his ...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 15:10hrs | 8896 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube lays into Charamba
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has accused presidential spokesperson George Charamba of ‘'living in the past" and exhibiting a condescending attitude after the former suggested a governme...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 3761 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is hindering talks with Mnangagwa'
NELSON Chamisa's alleged "big-headedness" and refusal to join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) has hampered much-needed national dialogue to help resolve Zimbabwe's myriad challenges, presidentia...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 11:21hrs | 10108 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'to re-activate freedoms promised' - shame, will never understand they are inalienable
Mnangagwa is a creature of habit - his habit is to make promises which he clearly has no intention of honouring. Empty promises! "Charovedzera charovedzera, gudo rakakwira mawere kwasviba!" as one wou...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 13:20hrs | 5655 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'SA will never use its soldiers to enforce democracy in Zimbabwe' - after 2008 GNU fiasco, it makes perfect sense
South Africa's International Relations minister Naledi Pandor said SA would support all efforts to bring an end to Zimbabwe's worsening economic and political crisis short of a military invasion. ...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 11:19hrs | 1506 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa, hostage to various Zanu-PF factions
ZIMBABWE's deepening political and economic crises can now only be resolved through decisive action and sincere national dialogue if imminent civil unrest is to be avoided, analysts have warned....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:50hrs | 3012 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now has few options left
ZIMBABWE's deepening political and economic crises can now only be resolved through decisive action and sincere national dialogue if imminent civil unrest is to be avoided, analysts have warned....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 8194 | by Staff reporter
Zipra veterans claim continued marginalisation
THE ZIPRA Veterans Trust has reiterated its call for the formation of a National Transitional Authority (NTA), warning, the current political and economic situation in the country was a national secur...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 324 | by newzimbabwe
'WB assistance must not entrench undemocratic Zanu PF' says Biti - True but add MDC, given it's duplicity
Tendai Biti has reported written to the World Bank asking them to make sure any financial assistance they give to Zimbabwe benefit the people and not the ruling elite. "Even in these unprecede...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1937 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Harvest House is MDC-T citadel, says Khupe
MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe does not harbour a secret mission sponsored by Zanu-PF to weaken the opposition MDC Alliance party and destroy the political career of its leader Nelson Chamisa....Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:46hrs | 3225 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa caves in to MPs' demands
UNDER pressure MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, yesterday caved in to his MPs' demands and made a U-turn on an earlier decree ordering them to withdraw from Parliament.The not sur...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:54hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
MDC reaches breaking point
THE MDC's latest ructions have now reached a point of no return, after the party's interim leadership expelled Nelson Chamisa from the movement - in a development that could have far-reaching implicat...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:54hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans cries for US$ return
THERE is growing pressure on the government to ditch the collapsing Zim dollar and reinstate the multi-currency system, anchored by either the United States dollar or the South African rand, to stem t...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s when the economy was stable and end poverty. He discu...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hyperinflation: ZASH the natural alternative
Covid-19 pandemic has been the worst crisis in this century. Many governments in the world are struggling to fight the pandemic which has drastically affected world economies. Global governments respo...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1340 | by Sammy ChiyazMan
Chamisa et al primeval instinct stopping them admit he broke rules - to break free, we must
Once upon a time, a few moons ago although I remember it as if it was yesterday, I visited a number of High Schools and Colleges up and down Zimbabwe to talking about the UN Universal Declaration of H...Published: 30 May 2020 at 21:49hrs | 4089 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa vetoes call for GNU, talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe's myriad cha...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:21hrs | 10668 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube calls for GNU to rescue economy
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is known for his straight talk and fearless character. A long-time serving Zanu-PF member and a liberation stalwart, Tshinga always speaks out his mind when g...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:25hrs | 2298 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube challenges Mnangagwa
FORTHRIGHT Zanu-PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube has thrown the cat among the pigeons within the ruling party by calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a governme...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:23hrs | 11306 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to form a GNU by Zanu-PF stalwart
Former Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube has called on Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a government of national unity with the opposition to end the country's challenges. Dube said a GNU would benefit ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 08:06hrs | 5366 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 2 Chamisa 0
THE day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpaced and outdated fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now come to face the reality that...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 9645 | by Robert Sigauke
Load More Stories
