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Sell-outs: are they going to be exonerated if they contributed to the Mthwakazi-begging kitty?
There are three appeals in Mthwakazi region taking rounds: one was done by Comrade Ezra Tshisa Sibanda: he is appealing to the public to contribute to his crowdfunding, the money he is going to use to...Published: 15 hrs ago | 2682 | by Nomazulu Thata
Joshua Nkomo betrayed Zipra, writes Obert Mpofu
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's participation in the 1979 Lancaster House talks was frowned upon by the military element in his-PF-Zapu, Zipra, which felt the negotiations were a "self-c...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 4196 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo doesn't need Nelson Chamisa
Two days after former President Robert Mugabe fired Professor Jonathan Moyo, I received a meeting request from the former information and publicity minister. It was a crazy, unpredictable time....Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:49hrs | 6455 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
The Lancaster Conference and the Build-up to Nkomo's temporary setbackIn 1979, Nkomo's Zapu and Mugabe's Zanu delegations under the PF banner took part in the final push for diplomatic transit...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 246 | by Obert Mpofu
Zimbabwe has lost 40 years, says Catholic bishops
THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) says Zimbabwe has lost an opportunity in the past 40 years to redefine its history, foster national healing and to end corruption, international isolati...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Catholic bishops bemoan wasted years
THE Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) says in the last four decades, Zimbabwe lost an opportunity to redefine its history, foster national healing and to end corruption, international isolat...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 17:15hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF refuses to grant Clark Mpofu national hero status
May Clark Mpofu's soul rest in eternal peace and may his gallant deeds be forever etched in the hearts and minds of those who care to know the truth about his sterling contribution which is a painful ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 15:33hrs | 4244 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Clark Mpofu: Zanu-PF had no reason to declare him a national hero
May Clark Mpofu's soul rest in eternal peace and may his gallant deeds be forever etched in the hearts and minds of those who care to know the truth about his sterling contribution which is a painful ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 18:58hrs | 4189 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Dear King Bulelani Khumalo
Dear King BulelaniKaLobhengula KaMzilikaziMbulazi, Mtungwa wena KaMatshobana, Wena KaNgwalongwalo,In this unfortunate situation of Corona Virus, that we find ourselves in, I wo...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 15:47hrs | 1268 | by Ayanda Manala Sibindi
Top MDC official recounts prison 'hell'
A top MDC official, who was incarcerated together with 11 party youths in connection with protests in Chitungwiza last month, has described conditions under which they were held as hell.Stephe...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1336 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@ 40: Joshua Nkomo and the Liberation Footpath (Part 2)
This is a continuation of the instalment published last week in this paper.It is also believed that Dr Nkomo's decision to take part in Lancaster Conference was largely driven by the advice he...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:30hrs | 305 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Did they receive counselling after the war?
SOME things are just not easy to understand. Just before Zimbabwe registered its first case of coronavirus (COVID-19), we had a whole senior government minister and Zanu-PF official ranting and raving...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 12:58hrs | 2958 | by Tapiwa Gomo
ULoyiko to perform the gukurahundi play in America
Uloyiko is scheduled to have 7 performances at San Diego Fringe Festival from 4 to 14 June 2020 and travel to Hollywood from 18 to 28 June to have 5 performances.We have secured our venue at San D...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 09:19hrs | 760 | by Siphelo Mtshetsha
Obert Mpofu under fire over Nkomo
THE opposition Zapu has said the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo could be turning in his grave because of the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom it accused of persecuting the veteran na...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:38hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
The Shona peoples learning hard facts about Zanu PF mentality
Listening to the video circulating around, young people all from Mashonaland are openly lamenting recent Mnangagwa's hate speech who of late uttered what he knows best: about rounding people up with c...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 13:26hrs | 3670 | by Nomazulu Thata
Molested, caressed and disembowelled by the 5th Brigade!
It all went wrong at the birthing of Zimbabwe, or just before. It is exactly what happens when a cow encounters dystocia during parturition. The calf refuses to come out properly by arrogantly facing ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2033 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Zanu-PF not sincere about reforms and dealing with past atrocities
The Zimbabwean government and the ruling party should be ashamed of themselves following the report released by the United States of America's Harare Embassy. The 48 page Zimbabwe -2019 Report on Huma...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:11hrs | 320 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Another Mthwakazi party to be formed in South Africa
A new political party will be officially launched at Hillbrow Theatre in Johannesburg on Saturday 28 March.Mthwakazi Democratic Alliance (MDA) will compete for the Matebeleland vote with parti...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 06:10hrs | 1063 | by Ndou Paul
Highlanders Football Club and Ndebele Identity Amongst Fans in Zimbabwe
Football is the most popular sport worldwide, and its popularity in Zimbabwe is no exception. It is a game that arouses and inflames passions amongst society and contributes to a polarization within s...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 20:29hrs | 1409 | by Jefferson Ndimande
US warns Mnangagwa over Gukurahundi
The United States government has said failure to address the Gukurahundi issue continues to fan divisions in the country and feeds into animosity between the Shona and the Ndebele ethnic groups....Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:10hrs | 2165 | by Staff reporter
Concerns raised over Gukurahundi reburials
BULAWAYO-based Ukuthula Trust, an independent body of forensic archaeologists and forensic anthropologists, has argued families and not the state must have a say in the exhumation and reburial of Guku...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:06hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is worse than coronavirus
"Gukurahundi" loosely translates from the Shona language (one of the main languages spoken in Zimbabwe, alongside English and Ndebele) to mean "the early rain that washes away the chaff." The killings...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 10:06hrs | 2345 | by Knowledge Hakata
NPRC to bring peace to the victims of Gukurahundi
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has promised to bring peace in the nation targeting the four provinces that were affected by Gukurahundi.This was revealed during the th...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 08:56hrs | 929 | by Stephen Jakes
NPRC slams tribal infested 'inhumane' Bulawayo office
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has slammed the Registrar General's (RG's) Office in Bulawayo for lacking a humane face in dealing with citizens seeking national documents. Thi...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:58hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Special Gukurahundi committee established
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has constituted a special Gukurahundi committee for Bulawayo and similar panels will be established in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in du...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Why I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died!
I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died, leaving me discombobulated and severely pained. Indelible, agonizing, stabbing, chronic pain! Pain that eats into my liver, intestines and buttocks. The ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 7001 | by Nhlanhla Moses
NPRC, Zapu hold memorial for Gukurahundi victims
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) at the weekend led political parties and villagers in a Zapu-organised memorial for 11 Gukurahundi victims. Three of the victims were be...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi exhumations process starts
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has said it has started laying the groundwork for the process that will culminate in Gukurahundi exhumations, with President Mnangagwa expected ...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:21hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will pay the price of COVID 19 denialism
Zimbabweans need to be worried, very worried. With the deadly novel coronavirus COVID 19 Osweeping parts of Asia, Europe, North America to a lesser extent and recently spreading into Africa, there is ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:34hrs | 1306 | by Cliff Chiduku
'Gukurahundi genocide victims' exhumations, reburials will bring closure'
THE Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ) has said exhumations and reburials of Gukurahundi victims buried in mass graves in the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces is the firs...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Time to bury Gukurahundi issue
AS peace-loving Zimbabweans, I think it is high time that we bring our heads together and solve the contentious Gukurahundi issue.The more we delay in bringing closure to this issue, the more ...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:52hrs | 646 | by Harry Peter Wilson
Fresh Gukurahundi burials controversy
CIVIL society leaders and churches in Matabeleland have rejected plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government to take leading roles in the exhumation and reburial of victims of the 1980s k...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:40hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo was not the architect of 'Tsholotsho Declaration'
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo says he was not the architect of the so-called "Tsholotsho Declaration" that sought to propel President Emmerson Mnangagwa into the Zanu-PF ...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
EU ready to further review Zimbabwe sanctions
The European Union (EU) is always ready to meet and review the remaining sanctions on Zimbabwe, as relations between Harare and Brussels continue to thaw.The bloc last month removed four indiv...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:46hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa trying to destroy Gukurahundi genocide evidence'
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of attempting to destroy evidence of the Gukurahundi massacres through secret reburials of the victims' remains without ...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 08:01hrs | 2017 | by newzimbabwe
'ZESA committing genocide in Matobo' says Linda Masarira
LEAD Zimbabwe President Linda Masarira has taken ZESA head on over what she called systematic genocide through the continued lack of electricity in Matobo District. Masarira said the company was b...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 14:06hrs | 1738 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Chief Ndiweni recovering from medical operation
Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says he is recovering from an ongoing operation which began some days ago.The firebrand Chief made the remarks when posting a video on Twitter in r...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1372 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why Mnangagwa's handling of Gukurahundi genocide is doomed
This lot do not get it, they probably never will because they are either clueless, unwilling or both.Supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa have been at pains to try and tell us that this ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:21hrs | 362 | by Nqaba Matshazi
'Mnangagwa must know that Zanu-PF is not God'
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he must know that his party Zanu PF is not God and Zimbabwe is cursed because of his hands that are dri...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1664 | by Stephen Jakes
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 15975 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni's hidden agenda to appease his handlers exposed
The collective voice of condemnation of the mischievous statement by the dethroned former Chief of Ntabazinduna must be amplified for the record. In not hidden agenda to appease his handlers in Chamis...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:44hrs | 1368 | by Qinisela Dube
'Mnangagwa unsurping NPRC powers'
THE exhumation and reburial of Gukurahundi victims should be overseen by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) and not the State which is a conflicted party, activists and analysts h...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 20:54hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says committed to reforms
Zimbabwe is committed to implementing political, economic and legislative reforms as part of efforts to escalate sustainable socio-economic development initiatives, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sa...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 20:52hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela demands USD$100 billion from Zimbabwe government
Matabeleland Liberation Organisation leader Paul Siwela says the government of Zimbabwe must pay an amount of USD$100 billion to the people of Matabeleland for plundering the resources of the region. ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 13:27hrs | 9160 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Knives out for Chief Ndiweni
Nhlambaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has come under from Matabeleland activists who have accused him of being off side when he tweeted about Gukurahundi Genocide recently. Ndiweni had po...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 13:02hrs | 4500 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa must stop playing with people's emotions - MRP
Mthwakazi Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling cabal to stop playing with people's emotions by claiming to be committed to resolving the Gukura...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 10:56hrs | 3370 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu hatches a counter plan for the secessionists and the opposition in Matabeleland
A new party is set to be born during the course of the year in Matabeleland in the same way that Zapu was born, some years back. Many people have until this day questioned but without any good answer,...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 10:01hrs | 1367 | by Tongai Zwayisa
Zapu's statement on the issue of Gukurahundi genocide and the Matebeleland Collective
We would like to put in Mnangagwa's 's head and his stooges name Matebeleland Collective, that the Gukurahundi issue was and will never be a disturbance but GENOCIDE. You can run around the country li...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 08:23hrs | 973 | by Godfrey Viki
Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi fast-track programme draws fire
THE recent announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he would soon convene a "consensus-building meeting" with Matabeleland traditional leaders to co-ordinate and fast-track exhumations and re...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:57hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala can lead us to the promised land
One of the few things that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has got right for Zanu-PF, is to normalise a sad state of social, economic and political affairs and receive widespread local and international ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 21:58hrs | 2124 | by Tafi Mhaka
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