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America: They kill us for sport!
My little story on American sanctionsOnly a few weeks shy of my sixty-first birthday, I have been, until late last week, on United States list of sanctioned Zimbabweans.I have been the...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:12hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
'Zanu-PF will not give away their electoral victory'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF will not give away their unassailable electoral victory in the just ended harmonised elections as Zimbabwe's Constitution does not provide for a re-run of elections at ...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family crisis in the West
I KNOW this is sensitive ground and most people avoid commenting on, but I think it is too important to the world and our own families and society to just brush it aside as another feature of a ...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Eddie Cross
Biden angry with Mnangagwa snub, slaps son with sanctions on eve of African leaders summit
The United States on Monday slapped corruption sanctions on one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons as the U.S. prepares to host a major summit of African leaders in Washington which was snubbed by...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snubs Joe Biden's US-Africa summit
ZIMBABWE will, for the first time in two decades, participate at the US-Africa Summit starting next Tuesday.President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be represented by Foreign Affairs minister Frederi...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 17:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Does the West, in particular, the US really respect human rights?
The continued incarceration of Job Sikhala, Gift Sithole and other CCC activists has become a global story as those in the political fray have waded in calling for their release.The calls have...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by AT Kadada
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's finest hour
THE 1990s were an interesting period in world politics. This was the period when the United States got its youngest President William Clinton at 43 and the United Kingdom (UK) also elected Tony Blair ...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:35hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
The rise and fall of the MDC: Winners, losers and neutrals
AS Zimbabwe approaches crucial by-elections in March, which will test the strength of main contestants while determining the authentic opposition, there is no denying that the MDC, which has posed the...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Go well my friend, Cde SK
COMRADE Simon Khaya Moyo is no more. He has joined the pantheon of Zimbabwe's finest patriots throughout the ages. Of recent note are fellow heroines and heroes of Chimurenga II who sacrificed to bury...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:12hrs | 32 | by Amb Chris Mutsvangwa
ZDERA framed to harm Zimbabwe
ON December 21, 2001, the then United States of America president, Mr George Bush, signed into law the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act, marking the imposition of a set of economic sanctio...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki: The Zimbabwe regime change agenda
SEPTEMBER 2008 became a watershed date in Zimbabwe's post-independence political history. Zanu-PF signed a political agreement, Global Political Agreement (GPA) with the opposition MDCs to protect its...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:20hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Africa is not as bad as is portrayed by media
I AM really concerned about the role of mass media in this century. Firstly, because there is so much of it, secondly, because it can easily distort perceptions and understanding of what is really goi...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Open letter to Jean Gasho!
Dear Jean, Its already August 2021; incredible how time has flown!My recent conversation with you was uplifting it is one of those rare telephone calls one gets out of the blue we comm...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 23:44hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
US sanctions on Zimbabwe to stay
Former United States Department of State assistant secretary for African Affairs, Todd Moss has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the US administration will notlift sanctions and accused him ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US elections expose flaws in Western democracy
AMERICANS love to promote the myth that they have the corner on government by and for the people, but the latest brouhaha at the polls suggests otherwise.Despite the cheers ringing around the ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:39hrs | 1 | by Steven Friedman
Mnangagwa's govt taking initiative to woo Joe Biden, Washington
THE ruling Zanu-PF has urged Foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo, to move with speed to engage with American president-elect Joe Biden - in a bid to mend Harare's strained relationship with Washington....Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe tactics replicated by Trump'
JOURNALISTS in the United States yesterday accused their President Donald Trump of emulating Zimbabwe's late former leader Robert Mugabe in refusing to concede electoral defeat.The US went to ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rubbishes Khupe's overtures
Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has rubbished opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe's push for a government of national unity.Chinamasa told journalists during a party Press co...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions meant to weaken Zimbabwe
ILLEGAL economic sanctions unilaterally imposed on Zimbabwe by Western nations are motivated by a desire to slowly weaken the nation, leaving the country vulnerable to poverty, droughts and epidemics ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gono says GNU days were the best
ormer reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says the days of the government of national unity (GNU) were "one of the best economic episodes of our lives".Gono (GG), who retired in 20...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The irony of re-engagement, dying democracy
IMMEDIATELY after the ouster of Robert Mugabe from power as President in November 2017, Zimbabwe was gripped by euphoria and a flood of positive expectations.The nation had endured the worst u...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze
How to think in Dark Times
"DO nothing but think" is a philosophical proverb that is much mistakenly attributed to the Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Zizek. Slavoj Zizek only stole and made famous the pithy statement. The genera...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Accept poll results, says Mudenda
ELECTION candidates who lose court cases should respect court decisions and prepare to battle it out in future polls instead of remaining in denial, Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has sa...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whites score big against blacks - land compensation
Land is and was at the centre of all political developments for the indigenous black Zimbabwean population's pre and post independence movements. The liberation war against white minority rule's black...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 15:37hrs | | by Terence Simbi
MDC congress: Does real democracy exist?
ALL through history, the word democracy has been immortalised and evidently viewed as the greatest desire of the political world. Democracy is worshiped and viewed as sacred and sacrosanct. Virtually,...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Mnangagwa to engage Trump over sanctions removal
ZIMBABWE will continue to engage American President Donald Trump's administration to ensure removal of illegal sanctions which Washington imposed on the nation, hurting the economy, President Mnangagw...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 07:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe be tried for Gukurahundi massacres'
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said former President Robert Mugabe must be tried for the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.In a video uploaded on SMTV on Saturday, Matemadanda also s...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Our journalists must up their game
Many have asked me why our media is as bad as it is today. It is not a question that can be answered with one magic sentence. It is true that we have a crisis in journalism; today's reporters ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Eddie Cross mourns George Bush
George Bush senior died this morning. I met him once, when as Vice President he visited Harare and I was invited to a reception for him. My other indelible memory of the man was watching the GOP Conve...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
'Mugabe is not critically ill'
Former Presidnet Robert Mugabe is not seriously sick as alleged by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealous Mawarire has revealed. Mawarire's statement comes at ...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 09:41hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu
George Bush Senior dies aged 94
Washington: Former US president George HW Bush, who helped steer America through the end of the Cold War, died Friday at age 94, his family announced."Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddene...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:32hrs | | by NDTV
EU poll observer report: Public camaraderie with Chamisa
While Zimbabweans had largely moved on with life after the July 30 harmonised elections, the European Union (EU) has sought to drag the country back into election mode through the release of its...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Bevan Musoko
Open letter to E.D. Mnangagwa the Incoming president of Zimbabwe
Mr. President, I congratulate you with 'heavyheart' for being sworn in as the next president of the republic of Zimbabwe for the next five years. I am sure that that you are aware that millions of Zim...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 23:10hrs | 2 | by Don Chigumba
US sanctions targeting Mnangagwa?
TOP United States diplomat, Christopher Hunnicutt yesterday said the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera) was amended to push for quick implementation of key economic and political re...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zidera: Zimbabwe loses ball in its court
AFTER 17 years in splendid isolation and under the agonising Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera) (S 494) of 2001, passed by the United States Congress, the effects thereof have been ...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Editorial - newsday
'Nothing wrong with retired generals in Zimbabwe Govt'
Personnel with a military background have proven to be best performers in running State business and their deployment in Government is not unique to Zimbabwe, political analysts have said. This comes ...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a big pretender: Ex-US envoys
FORMER United States diplomats have described Monday polls as a mere political charade and urged the world's biggest economy to be wary of deeply engaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa.In an ar...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti anoints himselves custodian of all Ndebele memory
It has become common practice that political foes often depart from the conventional meaning of common vocabulary with astonishing flaccidity, that one would think they take the world to be populated ...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
Bulawayo White City explosion: Dereliction of duty
In every election, be it in Zimbabwe, Africa or any other country, there are pre-election furores, these are events and pronouncements that either shock or intrigue the masses before the election....Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | 6 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Chamisa can be Zimbabwe's Obama
AS Zimbabwe goes into the next elections in July/August this year, the nation awaits with bated teeth as it ponders on which leader it will elect to be the country's leader for the next five years....Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 22:55hrs | 3 | by Darlington Nyambiya
Zanu belligerence, USA vs North Korea and the final Third World War
Ninety days ago, President Emerson Mnangagwa was a fugitive Dissident in Mozambique. His strength and command of the gun had proven to be nothing but vanity of vanities. Like Richard Gwesela of 1983, ...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzirimi
How to spot a coup!
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been detained by the country's military, who have seized control of the national broadcaster, ZBC.Soldiers and army vehicles are on the streets of the ca...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by BBC
Trump denies Mugabe lunch
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday snubbed President Robert Mugabe as he treated other African leaders to a working lunch on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RG Mugabe International Airport: Zimbabweans have made a statement
While a few rouge protestors, not exceeding 20 to be precise, are demonstrating against President Mugabe at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US, the generality of Zimbabweans ha...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 12:10hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Zanu-PF youths target party bigwigs' farms
Outspoken Zanu-PF chairperson for Manicaland province Mubuso Chinguno and his colleagues in the former liberation movement's arm, have threatened to invade farms they claim are underutilised by the pa...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe condemns religious killings
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday bemoaned interference by western powers in the affairs of other countries due to greed which has seen some innocent leaders from developing nations being assassinated....Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
We never kill each other in our party, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, as we remembered the gallant sons and daughters of the land, I was saddened by the sudden passing on of Cde Shuvai, one of the young and very energe...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 08:33hrs | 2 | by CZ
Mugabe speaks on soldiers, cops skirmishes
President Mugabe has said the beating up of police officers by rogue soldiers in Harare's central business district last week was regrettable, as the uniformed forces were supposed to work harmoniousl...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nick Price to meet Donald Trump
ZIMBABWEAN golf legend Nick Price will once again have the honour of meeting another sitting United States president. he is scheduled to meet with Donald Trump ahead of this year's edition of the bien...Published: 06 Aug 2017 at 13:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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