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'Mnangagwa, Chamisa must talk'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government and opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa have warmed up to South Africa's calls for an inclusive approach in solving the political and economic crisis in Zimb...Published: 3 hrs ago | 372 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube ready to launch book
ALL is set for former Cabinet Minister, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube's much-anticipated 'Quiet Flows The Zambezi book launch. The autobiography will be launched at the National Art Gallery of ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 801 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans reject further military coups, but demand genuine electoral reforms to freely choose own leaders
If there is anything that Zimbabweans should have regrettably learnt the hard way, over the past years, is never to support or celebrate ZANU PF internal factional fighting, especially when this culmi...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4877 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'It takes an active and informed people to keep a republic' - Zimbabweans were never given a chance
There is a story, often told, that upon exiting the Constitutional Convention Benjamin Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, was approached by a group of citizens asking what sort of government...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:17hrs | 491 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ex-minister pens book on Gukurahundi, Mugabe ouster
GUKURAHUNDI could have been avoided if the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo had accepted the post of ceremonial president at independence, former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has said.In...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 3029 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube pens explosive book
VETERAN freedom fighter and former Cabinet Minister Retired Colonel Tshinga Judge Dube has penned his autobiography which is set to be launched at the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo on Friday....Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:22hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
14 Nov 2017 - a dark day that moved Zimbabwe to another level of suffering and oppression
I remember - as if it were just a few hours ago - waking up as usual at dawn on the morning of 15 November 2017, then routinely checking my WhatsApp, only to be greeted by a barrage of messages to the...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 13:48hrs | 1862 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's Cabinet reshuffle fails to impress
PRESDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet reshuffle last Friday, where he retained tired and incompetent ministers, including those tainted by corruption allegations, and assigned supposedly fresh minds t...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:18hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
'G40 using maids to poison ministers' says Mutodi
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi has warned ministers to be on high alert because a faction of ZANU PF called G40 was now recruiting house maids to poison them.Mutodi said the G40 ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 11:03hrs | 6899 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cain Mathema's appointment as Education Minister a disaster for Mthwakazi
The recently announced changes in the cabinet by Mishack Sibanda effected by Emerson Mnangagwa government leaves a lot to be desired.Cain Mathema is a former member of the Froliz party which l...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 3597 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President.
Ex-Zipras dismiss Jonathan Moyo on Cain Mathema
Former Zipra fighters have dismissed Jonathan Moyo's protest over the removal of Cain Mathema by President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the Home Affairs Ministry as spitting on the 1987 Unity Accord....Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 17:34hrs | 7312 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo steps in the heart of Mnangagwa
The fugitive Jonathan Moyo made a bold step in Mnangagwa's heart with guns blazing accusing ED of nepotism and Tribalism. He took no prisoners in his twitter accusing ED of sidelining the Ndebeles fro...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:05hrs | 34659 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's Cabinet reshuffle raises eyebrows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Friday Cabinet reshuffle has raised questions about the ruling party's intentions on the Unity Accord and pacifying Matabeleland, analysts have said.Mnangagwa re...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:56hrs | 3074 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora Perspective of Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe
Something big is happening to Emmerson Mnangagwa he has come to realisation that his approval ratings have slumped. With the public confidence at its lowest. The mega deals have not materialised...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1665 | by Mirriam Gasho
Zimbabweans must shut up: Tribalism is no better that racism
There has been a strong debate amongst South Africans on whether or not the sport is capable of uniting a nation this follows the world cup win by the South African Rugby Team popularly known as Sprin...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 09:42hrs | 2225 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
'Perence Shiri repented of Gukurahundi sins'
The notorious former Commander of the Fifth Brigade Perence Shiri repented of the Gukurahundi atrocities that he Commanded during the early years of Zimbabwe's Independence. This was revealed ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 14:24hrs | 6940 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt abuse and bullying of own citizens pushing them right into the arms of the USA
As tensions between the beleaguered Zimbabwe government and the United States of America (USA) ambassador Brian Nichols continue to intensify - especially, in the wake of the latter's recent flat deni...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1968 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zanu PF leaders are clueless' - established this 20 years ago, ask why they're still in power
"It is time that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and finance Mthuli Ncube wake up to reality. Both Leaders do not have a strategic and plausible solution to the economic problems prevailing in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 10:40hrs | 2097 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The Mnangagwa led govt has failed
It is a fact that ZANU PF party has failed this nation since 1980, it is also a fact that ZANU PF is known locally for all the wrong reasons, ranging from gukurahundi genocide, government sponsored tr...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 14:07hrs | 3442 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Banning of cultural weapons in Bulawayo is stripping Mthwakazi of power - MLF
He who is guilty of some stupid acts is he who feels threatened by the carrying of cultural weapons like knobkerries and sticks in the City of Kings. The move to ban these weapons by Superintend...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 561 | by MLF
Jonathan Moyo 'unmasks' CIOs
Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation uses false information in their operations and does not accept true information from credible sources.Sai...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:19hrs | 10600 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why I support sanctions
People should stop falling for this ZANU PF anti-sanctions nonsense.ZANU PF kills people, rapes, abuses us and loots the state to the point of collapse. Then when others, in the community of n...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 18:58hrs | 6084 | by Brilliant Mhlanga
'Zanu-PF believe owned choicest fruits' - with economy in ICU, they still demand pound of flesh
"The new' regime can be viewed from different angles, but the nub of it is this: there's a recognition that the economic fiasco of the last 20 years was suboptimal, but Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fell...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:17hrs | 608 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zapu, MRP clash over Nurses recruitment
Members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) and ZAPU traded barbs during a sit-in at Mpilo Hospital over the controversial recruitment of trainee nurses, with the former accusing ZAPU of 'selling ou...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:47hrs | 2341 | by Staff reporter
Reconciliation is more than just the truth
Not long ago the Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda addressed the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) capacity building workshop held in Bulawayo. In his candid and poignant ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:47hrs | 67 | by Tamsanqa Mlilo
Mnangagwa rejects church's proposal on elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rejected proposals by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) to have a seven-year moratorium on elections saying secular systems are run on laws which are bound ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:36hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the spate of activist abductions in Zimbabwe?
Since the beginning of the year, some 50 people, mainly government detractors, have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be behind these heinous crimes.T...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:51hrs | 285 | by Cyril Zenda
Kembo Mohadi sellout and a liability
As the leader of Mthwakazi Republic Party i cannot let people like Mohadi have a field day on us, surely how can he stoop that low to address Mthwakazi Republic Party at his Zanu-PF rally at Stanley s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:10hrs | 54 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President
Matebeleland tops in undocumented children: ZHRC
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said a number of children in Matebeleland and Masvingo provinces are struggling to secure birth certificates after their fathers abandoned them and skip...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:55hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi chides Zapu on Unity Accord pullout
Vice President, Kembo Mohadi has chided the opposition party, Zapu, for trivialising the 1987 Unity Accord saying the pact was irreversible.The Unity Accord was an agreement signed between Jos...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of trying Gukurahundi tactics
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of trying to use Gukurahundi tactics to clamp down on the opposition party by falsely claiming that they are storing ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:49hrs | 1358 | by Staff Reporter
Impilo student nurse recruitment: A case for regionalism, federalism or cessation for Matabeleland
The recent case highlighting Shona hegemony in student nurse recruitment at Mpilo Hospital has inflamed the tribal conflagration already gripping Zimbabwe. Hiring twenty Shona candidates and only four...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 18:12hrs | 1097 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Botswana to repatriate 620 Zimbabweans
ABOUT 620 victims of Gukurahundi and post-independence political violence who are sheltered at Dukwe Refugee Camp in Botswana will be repatriated back home at the end of the month, the Southern Eye on...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:16hrs | 2431 | by Staff reporter
In Defence of Regular Elections: The Right to Vote and Rubbishing the Election Sabbath
I am admittedly and violently against the Church proposed and so called Sabbath meant to give 7 years for Zimbabwe to get the political jigsaw puzzle right. The under pinning argument is that too much...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 510 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
NPRC prepares for Mugabe-Mnangagwa victims' exhumations, reburials
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has started preparing for exhumations and reburials of Gukurahundi victims, a senior official has said. NPRC chairperson Retired Justice...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Exhumation in the context of Gukurahundi and Ndebele thought
AS efforts continue to find closure to the Gukurahundi conundrum, hopes are being raised that there might be some light at the end of the tunnel. While people may be speaking freely on the subject, cl...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:01hrs | 211 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Cracks emerge in the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has allegedly been rocked by divisions with some commissioners said to be unhappy over the government's lack of commitment in addressing past hu...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:29hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe was 90% correct and 10% wrong
The legacy of former Zimbabwe President Robert Gabriel Mugabe remains a contested terrain and it ought to be understood within the context of colonialism and neo-colonialism. The deconstruction of the...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 09:48hrs | 1060 | by Jerry Matebesi
Only Zimbabwe citizens themselves have the power to change their lives
Since 1990 - when I was in Lower Six - have been writing article after article - as if singing from the top of mountains - trying to advise the Zimbabwean government and showing them where they were g...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:03hrs | 619 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
An ethnic Genocide is brewing in Matebeleland as Ndebeles get tutsified by Mnangagwa's government
The Zanu PF's Rozvi mambo fraud in which the system is fronting Mike Moyo as their answer to King Bulelani Lobhengula, is the official government response to Matabele efforts to free themselves from S...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2641 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Lozwi/Rozvi Mambo unveiled in the midst of pomp and ceremony at Mawabeni
SPIRITUALITY was a strong component of the whole process from the selection of the rightful candidate who was earmarked for installation. This became clear from the testimony of Gogo MaMoyo the reside...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:27hrs | 472 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Emmerson Mnangagwa's Hypocracy
Dear Editor, Mnangagwa is incapable of making lasting peace in Zimbabwe. South Africa could have been a bloodbath after apartheid if it weren't for the likes of the greats, Desmond Tutu and Ma...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 20:33hrs | 7911 | by Bigboy Sibanda
REWIND: Mugabe: A good candidate for Egyptation
I am still looking and searching for the vocabulary and diction with which to name and describe what I saw in Bhengazi. After what I saw, I believe that God is the people and that the people are God. ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1175 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Good start, bad and sad end: The story of Robert Gabriel Mugabe
It did not have to end this way. It is a story that started well but ended badly. Mugabe was poised to be greater than Mandela or Gandhi. Outside and inside Zimbabwe, Mugabe was revered and considered...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2850 | by Lovemore Gurajena Sibanda PhD
Mugabe: Hero or villain?
THE death at 95 of former president of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (pictured) has evoked varying emotions in the country. On one hand, there are those who revered and deified him and took his word ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 348 | by Simayedwa Moyo
Mnangagwa genuine on reforms, says Mutsvangwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is a genuine and committed reformer keen on seeing Zimbabweans fully enjoying freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution. This was said by Information, Publicity and Broadcast...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:17hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
U.S. told to come clean about knowledge of 1980s Mugabe genocide in Zimbabwe
Human rights groups and activists are demanding the release of CIA and State Department files showing how much the U.S. government knew about what they say was a genocide in the 1980s under Zimbabwean...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 1018 | by Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times
A gentle response to Mr Hanana and Mr Ryton Dzimiri
This article saves to respond and repel the myths raised by the two writers, namely Mr Hanana of Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation and the angry yet incisive firebrand in the form of Mr Ryton Dzimiri. I need...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 09:53hrs | 690 | by Thulani Nkala
Demystifying Robert Mugabe's Pan-African bubble
When the dust settles, it's time to write. I have just watched Ian Bedowes' engagement of Robert Mugabe's legacy, which got me thinking. I was reminded of my very robust, 'no walls barred' WhatsApp re...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 16:18hrs | 1454 | by Dr Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga
Storm over Mambo dynasty
A group of chiefs from Matebeleland has accused Local Government minister,July Moyo of double standard after he allowed the installation of the Lozwi king, a year after blocking the revival of the Nde...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 16:06hrs | 4716 | by Staff reporter
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