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'Bulawayo artistes more popular outside Zimbabwe'
Southern region artistes say they are more popular outside Zimbabwe due to a number of reasons, chief being the imbalance in airplay which favours artistes from the other parts of the country....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Part 2: The Victim and savior card
With all due respect, one must understand that the purported return of the savior was a staged coup. We, as a nation, had one goal in mind during the November 2017 period, to get rid of Mugabe and the...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:29hrs | 129 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Is the 'Croc' all talk and no bite?
The first few weeks of the year in Zimbabwe have been quite eventful, for lack of a better word. We have gone through a national shutdown, where the country was temporarily sent back to the Stone Age,...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2641 | by Thabani Mnyama
MDC denies hand in mayhem
MDC national organising secretary Amos Chibaya has rubbished government claims that the opposition party was behind the current protests sparked by last week's steep fuel price hikes."Here in ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:30hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's globetrotting won't resolve Zimbabwe's problems
MDC vice-president Elias Mudzuri has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to scale down on his foreign jaunts and look for home-grown solutions to the country's worsening economic woes.Mudz...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:10hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa' MDC blasts Mnangagwa's five-nation foreign junket
THE opposition bas condemned President Emmerson Mnangagwa's five-nation foreign trip which will see him travelling to the likes of Azerbaijan, Belarus and Kazakhstan.According to presidential ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:24hrs | 2354 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's trips to nowhere
President Emmerson Mnangagwa next week embarks on a jaunt to five Asian and European countries, the 26th foreign trip of his short presidency, blowing millions of dollars and drawing comparisons with ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:19hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Austerity does not bring prosperity - ED, stop destroying our lives, please!
Ever since the current economic crisis bedeviling Zimbabwe started, sometime around October, the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime has been at pains trying to reassure the nation that they were on to...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 14:33hrs | 1005 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Acting President Chiwenga is a 'dangerous cancer' which needs to be suppressed urgently.
President Mnangagwa has been on record telling Zimbabweans to be patient as his government continues its brutal policies of killing innocent citizens by the means of economic hardships which has led t...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 00:50hrs | 20075 | by Knowledge Hakata
Confused Mnangagwa must spare us our hardworking doctors
What a big joke that the junta led government has suspended our striking doctors. Does Mnangagwa and Chiwenga really think well?, these two guys might be in need of mental medical check ups. Suspendin...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 18:23hrs | 2616 | by Knowledge Hakata
'Mnangagwa's globetrotting is an indication of desperation'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's globetrotting is an indication of desperation, the opposition MDC has said.This comes as Mnangagwa this week travelled to Conakry, Guinea for a two-day State vis...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:14hrs | 2387 | by Staff reporter
Austerity begins with the Executive, Mr Mnangagwa
As promised in our previous article, this week we focus on ways in which government can cut expenditure. It is a commonly accepted fact that our government has a weakness when it comes to spending. Go...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 2732 | by Paul Kaseke
Globetrotting and U-turn Minister is Asia begging for funds - no, first sort illegitimacy
One can see why few people would ever refuse to be appointed minister in Zimbabwe; the country is the poorest in Africa and yet it has the most well-travelled officials in the whole world. The...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 09:18hrs | 2110 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's new Cabinet: The raison d'être
Students of politics and philosophy will be familiar with Francis Bacon, who some call the Father of Empiricism because of his contention that inductive reasoning and observation of events were the ro...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:11hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's constitutionalism moves notch up
Today is a momentous day for Zimbabweans as constitutionalism moves a notch up with the Constitutional Court sitting to consider submissions by MDC-Alliance presidential contestant Nelson Chamisa in c...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:02hrs | 160 | by Elliot Ziwira
Enough of Zanu-PF Rigging
Can a leopard ever become a sheep just because it is wearing a sheep's skin? Obviously no. The originally evil ZanuPF is still as it was before November 2017! If not worse. This is the predicament in ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 13:38hrs | 1124 | by Mkhululi Zulu
Wishful vs Thoughtful thinking: The curse of Chamisa
Dreaming is good because one would be imagining what he/she wishes for, but it becomes dangerous when you dream of unreal things, hallucinating and pass them for reality. If you see yourself dreaming ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 08:54hrs | 1756 | by Brightface Mutema
When firing backfires
As tempting as it is to engage in a full-on legal analysis of the government's decision to fire striking nurses, I will keep this piece as general as possible because the legality of the actions can b...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1431 | by Paul Kaseke
How Air Zimbabwe was plundered by chefs
TO put into context and perspective the current problems buffeting Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) amid the dodgy deal involving the new airline Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), whose ownership and relationship w...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:58hrs | 1840 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa knows that Western countries are more interested in business than democracy
When new Zimbabwean president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa ursuped power from then leader Robert Gabriel Mugabe, in a military coup, in November last year, he knew fully well that there would not be an...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:51hrs | 1876 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Dzamara wanted Mugabe to resign, so why is Mnangagwa not acting on his abduction?
Exactly three years ago, on 9th March 2015, journalist cum activist Itai Dzamara was abducted in Harare - and has never been seen ever since - after presenting a petition for then Zimbabwe president R...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 11:33hrs | 1133 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
100 days of globetrotting
MDC acting president Nelson Chamisa yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's first 100 days in office have been a major disappointment.Chamisa told a press conference: "In as far as we ar...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 14:50hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
A basic solution to Zimbabwe problems
Zimbabwean problems were politically created starting from 1980 when the then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe deliberately turned a blind eye to corruption. In the late eighties he lost one of his senior...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 06:48hrs | 1246 | by Chikuni Gaba
'Globetrotting' Mnangagwa in Zambia
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will today visit Zambia on the fifth leg of his tour of Sadc countries to apprise his regional counterparts on political developments in Zimbabwe.He will meet Pres...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:57hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland artists marginalised?
The dust is finally settling concerning the 2017 end of year charts that always trigger debate revolving especially around the voting criterion which different armchair critics across the country beli...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 16:33hrs | 1204 | by staff reporter
Chinotimba blasts Chamisa over US trip
HARARE - Zanu PF MP for Buhera South Joseph Chinotimba has reprimanded MDC legislator for Kuwadzana East Nelson Chamisa, saying as a pastor he must not be globetrotting bad-mouthing the country....Published: 23 Dec 2017 at 08:54hrs | 3164 | by Staff Reporter
US Senators very disappointed by Biti & co failure to answer a very simple question
It was USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe who said, in a Wikileak, Tsvangirai was "a flawed and indecisive character". The Ambassador singled out Tsvangirai as the leader of the MDC but he could have said the...Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 21:09hrs | 5696 | by Wilbert Mukori
'The US can't reform our electoral system' - Mahere
There have been mixed feelings on Twitter following the MDC Alliance move to United States where they reportedly went to seek for international intervention in the looming harmonized elections....Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 08:49hrs | 1520 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tuku's dark side exposed
When Oliver Mtukudzi's former publicist Shepherd Mutamba revealed the dark side of his former employer in his book "Tuku Backstage", many critics treated it as a case of sour grapes.Among othe...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:06hrs | 5258 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe: The mother, wife, leader
Like most today's mothers juggling the act of bringing up children in a maze of dizzying modernity, whirlwind technological advancements, illegal substances and intoxicating influences both global and...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:54hrs | 2153 | by Maggie Mzumara
MDC chides extravagant Zanu-PF
THE Welshman Ncube-led MDC has reacted angrily to Zanu-PF's recent move to send a 100-member youth delegation for a global youth festival in Russia at a time the economy is "burning".Zanu-PF y...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 06:19hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's latest jaunt a disGrace
President Robert Mugabe is in New York on yet another useless jaunt where there are no prospects of him returning home with something that can lift the spirits of a country in economic turmoil....Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 14:01hrs | 1259 | by comment
Mugabe gobbles $10m on UN trip
OPPOSITION parties and civic groups have expressed outrage at reports that President Robert Mugabe's delegation of more than 70 people to the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly will blow over...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:07hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to take bloated entourage to UN summit
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is taking a bloated entourage of more than 70 people, including his family, to the United Nations summit scheduled for September 19 to 23, which has raised the eyebrows of the ...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 17:44hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Our education system weakens our minds
The current education system that we have in Zimbabwe - and even throughout the world - was deliberately designed, decades ago, as a means of weakening the mind, so as to create docile beings who coul...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 10:03hrs | 652 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe the odd one out at UN oceans summit
It is increasingly becoming undeniable that Zimbabwe is now in the clutches of a fully-fledged climate change scourge. The rains have been coming late, with their patterns unpredictable and often resu...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:47hrs | 405 | by CNRG
Mugabe's nepotism stinks to high heaven
The stampede by ministers last week to give President Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona Chikore, positions at boards of state institutions removed any doubt that the 93 year-old is behind the nepotism an...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:36hrs | 644 | by The Standard Editor
Mugabe spends $3.5 million to charter a flight to Singapore and Mexico
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe splurged close to US$3,5 million to charter a Comlux Aviation Boeing 767 BBJ aircraft to Singapore and Mexico from May 7 to 26. This comes at a time government is struggling to...Published: 27 May 2017 at 16:58hrs | 955 | by Staf reporter
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 | 2966 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe is a riddle inside an enigma; we poorest and/because/but we have richest ruling elite
Last week an AfrAsia report confirmed something many Zimbabweans already knew - that we are the poorest people in the poorest continent, Africa, on earth. We are the poorest people on earth! I...Published: 04 May 2017 at 18:04hrs | 418 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe must stay at home, do his job
For almost two months, Zimbabwe has been at a standstill because President Robert Mugabe was on holiday with his family, shuttling between Dubai and China.As has become the norm, governmen...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 09:41hrs | 370 | by The Standard Editor
Mugabe won't delegate authority to Mnangagwa and Mphoko
President Robert Mugabe has come under fire for being "greedy" and failing to cede power to his deputies, with the nonagenarian travelling on official business at a time he is supposed to be resti...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 16:36hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
'Deafening calls for Mugabe to step down' will make us all deaf - it's us who need wake-up call
"As calls from Zimbabweans, including opposition supporters, war veterans and even some in Zanu-PF for President Robert Mugabe to step down get almost deafening, it is becoming increasingly desirable ...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 09:03hrs | 692 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
If Americans erred in electing Trump, they will learn and emerge stronger - the beauty of democracy
In 9 days' time America, will be witness the peaceful hand over of power from President Barack Obama to President-elect Donald Trump. It is this willingness to renew itself that has made America such ...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 20:31hrs | 341 | by Wilbert Mukori
Globetrotting Mugabe back in Singapore after China visit
President Robert Mugabe who left the Country for his annual leave holiday in Singapore is reportedly back in Singapore after he briefly visited China this week.Mugabe who is reported to have g...Published: 06 Jan 2017 at 08:40hrs | 1662 | by Stephen Jakes
Globetrotting Mugabe now in China
The Globetrotting addicted Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who left Zimbabwe at the start of his annual leave to Singapore has reportedly since left that country to his China friends amid complaint...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 10:24hrs | 2254 | by Stephen Jakes
Time to go: Open Letter to President Mugabe
It is with a heavy heart and a trampled soul that i write this letter to you Mr President. Our beloved country that you have presided over the last 36 years was once the breadbasket of Africa but has ...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 12:49hrs | 2151 | by Ali Naka
Mugabe betrayed the "revolution" says Obasanjo - joining melee of African Leaders slagging Mugabe
"The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interrèd with their bones," said Mark Anthony in Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar. The evil that President Mugabe has done has come ba...Published: 01 Oct 2016 at 23:07hrs | 3092 | by Nomusa Garikai
Evan Mawarire - a cry baby or a cry boy?
So Evan Mawarire, who is masquerading as a Pastor is now in the United States of America where he is telling the world that he has gone into "temporary exile after pro-ZANU (PF) government operatives ...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 13:10hrs | 793 | by Chadzimura Mhute
Of protests, puppets and parochialism
NEO-COLONIALISM has and continues to be a stealthy yet salient cancer on the African and in particular, the Zimbabwean political landscape. The West's mantra of the ineptitude of African governments a...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:55hrs | 285 | by Mpumelelo Nyoni
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