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Sikhala's daily life at Chikurubi
TODAY as you read this article, Job Sikhala would have woken up at 5:30am from the cold concrete floor that he has been sleeping on since his persecution and incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Securit...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 3068 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 4854 | by Staff reporter
From zero to hero without Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known simply as Nero, was the fifth roman emperor and ruled from 54 to 68. For most people who have heard of him, though, all we know is that, in line ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:03hrs | 579 | by Tim Middleton
Finding Zimbabweans in secret mass graves
ONE of my earliest memories is of violence and death.It happened in Harare in 1984 when I was about seven years old.I was supposed to meet a friend to play at a dump site together....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 1615 | by Keith Silika
Mnangagwa says 'crisis only exists in minds of opposition'
President Mnangagwa has shot down claims of a crisis in the country, thanking Zimbabweans for remaining resolute in defiance of machinations by opposition elements bent on fomenting political instabil...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:15hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF announces Shiri replacement
Zanu-PF has nominated Eleven Kambizi to fill the Senate seat left vacant after the death of national hero and former Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri in July. ...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 3306 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Mutsvangwa
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has been appointed the leader of Government business in the Senate by President Mnangagwa.She replaces national hero...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 10641 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere seeks Zanu-PF readmission?
Fugitive former Zanu-PF members, Saviour Kasukuwere and his brothers Dickson Mafios and Tongai Kasukuwere are desperately seeking readmission into the ruling party, which will review their application...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 2231 | by Staff reporter
Inter-city bus services resume
Inter-city public transport will now resume under strict health guidelines following the reopening of examination classes in schools and the resumption of domestic tourism, but operators of long-dista...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 2428 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours General Mtshana Khumalo with National hero status
The Second Republic has been commended for honouring revered General Mtshana Khumalo who has been granted National hero status. Gen Khumalo was the commander of King Lobengula's Imbizo Regimen...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 2973 | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka speaks about war experiences
THE mere mention of the name, Thambolenyoka, who operated as a dissident in the districts of Matabeleland South in the 80s during the post-independence disturbances used to send shivers down the spine...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1612 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa needs more diplomatic muscle to crack Zimbabwe's defiant government
Amid a spiralling economic and political crisis, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the people of his country on August 4. His speech, though sudden - four days after his government's v...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:03hrs | 1932 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
National hero relative denies unleashing state agents on Josphat Ngulube
Prudence Ziyaphapha Moyo, a relative of the late national hero Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo has refuted allegations that she unleashed state agents to attack Mthwakazi activist Josphat mzaca Ngulube at his S...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 05:50hrs | 1757 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF in major climbdown
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa's emissaries yesterday held a closed-door meeting with Zanu-PF officials and later indicated that they would be back in the country "in a month"to engag...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:22hrs | 7134 | by Staff reporter
National hero daughter unleashes CIO agents on Josphat Ngulube?
Exiled activist Josphat Mzaca Ngulube has accused an unnamed daughter a prominent national hero for setting him up to be abducted by suspect Zimbabwe state agents at his Rosebank base in South Africa....Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 11:45hrs | 8373 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe, a year on
Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 893 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Chidyausiku pension row settled
THE High Court has ruled that the two widows of the late former Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku are both entitled to receive the national hero's pension.the determination by Justice Jacob Ma...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:05hrs | 4417 | by Staff reporter
Honouring the war spirit
COMRADE Muchazotida, born Sekai, was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, better known as ZANLA.She died during the 1977 Chimoio Attack by the army of racist Rhodesia....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | 325 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Mnangagwa's govt to restore Old Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT is working on a proper roadmap towards the restoration of King Lobengula's original palace, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago as well as sprucing up King Mzilikazi'...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:31hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa faces Zanu-PF central committee ouster
A COTERIE of Zanu-PF activists is fighting for the removal of maverick businessman-cum-politician Phillip Chiyangwa from the party's central committee.The real estate mogul, who was elevated t...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 6281 | by Staff reporter
Masarira slams Mnangagwa
Linda Masarira, leader of the Labour Economists and Afrikan Democats (LEAD), opposition party, has slammed the country's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, for initiating the land compensation progr...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:49hrs | 3981 | by Daniel Itai
New dispensation used and dumped us: Zipra
Zipra war veterans have complained that they were used by the new dispensation during the November 2017 military take over and later dumped.They also accused the government of squandering an o...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 13:40hrs | 2211 | by Stephen Jakes
Cry for the land again
By land is meant not merely land in the strict sense of the word, but whole of the materials and forces which nature gives freely for man's aid in land, water, in air and light and heat.In Eco...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1056 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Uproar as Mnangagwa promises to give back land to white farmers
Zimbabweans on social media have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of reversing the gains of Independence promising to give some white farmers land. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncu...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 10:31hrs | 11048 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Urgent need for MDC Chamisa to rebrand
The right to choose one's political leaders; the ones that were once chosen, shape the political destiny of a nation, is vested in every adult citizen and enshrined in the constitution. This supreme p...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | 4326 | by Marakia Bomani
Dozens arrested over Nehanda artefacts
AT LEAST 65 people have been arrested in Mazowe for destroying artefacts belonging to Mbuya Nehanda, the police have said. Mbuya Nehanda, also known as Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, was one of t...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 17:15hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Role of government and Matabeleland Collective under scrutiny
For decades, successive Zanu-PF governments have attempted to introduce developmental and political programmes in Matabeleland without consulting the locals. In all instances these programmes ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:01hrs | 742 | by Lovemore Moyo
Chadwick Boseman dies of colon cancer at 43
US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for playing Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero franchise, has died of cancer aged 43.He died at home in Los Angeles with his wife and family by his...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2970 | by BBC
Gukurahundi can only be resolved with the victims
The Gukurahundi sanitisation project fronted by Jenni Williams and her cabal is a dismal failure except for its obscenity and vulgarity of holding vile celebrations in Bhalagwe - a scene of heinous cr...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:04hrs | 1048 | by Lizwelethu Dube
Zimbabwe Minister recovers after testing Covid-19 positive
LANDS, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos who was recently on self-isolation after testing positive to Covid-19, has returned to work after rec...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:09hrs | 3162 | by Staff reporter
The Comrades that saved ZPRA from demise
The political changes that flew in the face of the struggle during the seventies were largely influenced by the governments of front line states which arm-twisted the liberation movements in the name ...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:52hrs | 1402 | by Irvine J. Sibhona
Mujuru: The soldier, kingmaker
LAST week marked the fifth anniversary of the mysterious death of Solomon Mujuru (Rex Nhongo) a war hero, former military commander, politician, business mogul and Zanu-PF kingmaker until his demise. ...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2873 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zpra reignites fight for seized war records
ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (Zpra) ex-combatants have re-ignited demands for their war records that were seized by the government in the early 1980's from the National Archives in Harare....Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:41hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo responds to Bulawayo street names lawsuit
LOCAL Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has filed papers in response to an application by Bulawayo residents who are challenging Government's decision to rename some of the city's street ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:33hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
War veterans warn 'sodomist' Catholic priests to stop playing with fire'
WAR VETERANS have stormed the raging tirade pitting government and Catholic priests with the militant pro-Zanu-PF group telling the clerics to stop "playing with fire".This comes after the men...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 863 | by newzimbabwe
Why should Zimbabweans not open ZANU PF inflicted wounds, but freely open Rhodesian caused wounds?
As much as the highly emotive Gukurahundi genocide has never ceased to be one of the most central issues to grip Zimbabwe for the past four decades - being indisputably the darkest blot on this countr...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 18:58hrs | 2049 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa pained by Zvobgo's death
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed his grief on the passing on of academic, author Professor Chengetai Jonas Mudadirwa Zvobgo.In a press statement, Mnangagwa said he was deeply saddene...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 17:18hrs | 5985 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
7 Zanu-PF bigwigs fall sick
SEVEN Zanu-PF politburo members yesterday failed to attend its meeting at the ruling party headquarters in Harare as they are not feeling well.In his opening remarks at the meeting, President ...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 16:17hrs | 17324 | by Staff reporter
Can the Zimbabwe regime please tell the world what's so 'nefarious' about standing up against repression, brutality and corrupti
Having already written an article this morning, and spent the day submerged in other activities, the only thing I was looking forward to this evening was well-earned rest and relaxation - but, hearing...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1620 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Prof Zvobgo dies
ACADEMIC, author and former associate professor of history at the University of Zimbabwe, Professor Chengetai Jonas Mudadirwa Zvobgo, has died. Prof Zvobgo died at St Giles Medical Rehabilitat...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
There is no peace in Zimbabwe, but an intense crisis of paralyzing fear of a ruthless uncaring regime
It never ceases to thoroughly perplex me, if not downright shocking, whenever those in the Zimbabwe ruling elite engage in their usual self-congratulatory delusions of how they have managed to maintai...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 19:28hrs | 735 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mtetwa abdicated her role as officer of the courts
Below is the full judgement of matter where the State was seeking the disqualification of Ms Mtetwa from handling the Chinóno case on the basis that she had abdicated her role as an officer of the Co...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 17:22hrs | 2812 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Monica Mutsvangwa
Dear Mrs Mutsvangwa, You have badly dented the representation of women in the society by your unscrupulous attack of the 'Man of cloth' Archbishop Ndlovu. In sharp contrast, the name 'Monica',...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 12:12hrs | 13378 | by Matthew Dube Esquire
Obert Mpofu warns over regime change agents targeting Former Liberation Movements
Neo-colonial forces were hard pressed to destabilize SADC in pursuit of regime change of all Former Liberation Movements (FLM), ZANU-PF Secretary for Administration, Dr Obert Mpofu, has warned....Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 21:14hrs | 3736 | by David Mwanza
Sikhala: Our Father Zimbabwe
EDITOR,I have known Job "Wiwa Sikhala" since 1996 when I first met him in the revolutionary Complex 5 (Baghdad Student Hostel) at the University of Zimbabwe where his passion for the students ...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 18:48hrs | 4583 | by Charles M. Mutama
Zimbabweans in horror crash
At least three Zimbabweans died after being involved in a three-truck pile up at the treacherous Kapiringozi Escarpment along the Chirundu-Kafue Road in Zambia.The accidents occurred in the ea...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 18:47hrs | 3270 | by Staff reporter
A comprehensive language policy will solve the street naming conundrum in Zimbabwe
I wish to add my voice to the recurrent debate over the naming and renaming of geographical places, particularly streets, in Zimbabwe. The debate over the renaming of physical infrastructure such as s...Published: 17 Aug 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1019 | by Dr Vincent Jenjekwa
Mutsvangwa attacks Archbishop Christopher Ndlovu
Statement by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Hon Monica Mutsvangwa (Senator) on August 15, 2020TOMORROW (today) is Sunday, a holy day on the weekly Christian c...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1074 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
Julius Malema eats a humble pie
The EFF leader Julius Malema was left with egg shells in his face after realising that he backed a dead horse. Malema did not do a fact finding enquiry before he issued puke on Zimbabwe. Juliu...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 22:55hrs | 23836 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Imbiber dies on heroes day
A 40-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin man died on Heroes Day after consuming excessive illicit brew Kachasu.Golden Chimbodza of Manzou village, chief Kandeya in Mount Darwin was lying unconscious by his ...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 18:03hrs | 1822 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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