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Nehanda's bones not yet risen - as she didn't die for White Rhodesia to be replaced by Black Rhodesia!
Yesterday, the 7th July 2020, I took time to watch the usual post-Cabinet media briefing, beamed live on state television - whereby, several government ministers update the nation on their deliberatio...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 15:51hrs | 761 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Was Chamisa punished for belittling Mbuya Nehanda? stranger than fiction
Last week the disputed president of the MDC A belittled Mbuya Nehanda. In his response the erection of a statute in honour of Mbuya Nehanda Chmisa said Mbuya Nehanda was not an important person and as...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 21:55hrs | 11579 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Nkomo joined Zanu-PF to stop Mugabe's killings'
THE late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo and his lieutenants only joined the Zanu-PF government to stop the Gukurahundi massacres that were being perpetrated by then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe.T...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:04hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
So much lies and distortions in Zimbabwean history - the true story needs to finally be told
When renowned pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey famously said, "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots", he had a very valid point, as indeed,...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 14:27hrs | 1829 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?
Zimbabwe is at crossroads, the economy is in decline, deprivation continues, with ordinary citizens yearning for reprieve from the challenges to do with daily survival.Grace KwinjeThis is ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:06hrs | 3038 | by Grace Kwinjeh
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2752 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
Dr Nkomo: The triumph and paradox of the liberation agenda
Early career timing and ideological wiringTHE nationalist anti-colonial movement in modern Zimbabwe directly intertwines the ideological efforts and political charisma of the late Vice-Preside...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 166 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Rhodies wanted Gagisa for a war trophy
I first met Stanley Nleya (Elish Gagisa), who died in Bulawayo on 16 June and was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Wednesday last week, at Morogoro in Tanzania in 1969.I had tra...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 318 | by Retired Brig-Gen Mazinyane
Zimbabwe suspends phone based mobile money transactions - Fulltext
The Statement of Suspension on Monetary Transaction on Phone-Based Mobile Money TransactionsThe government of Zimbabwe has with immediate effect suspended all mobile money services and trading...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 19:41hrs | 7714 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF paranoia a threat to us all
As Zimbabwe mourned and buried another gallant liberation struggle hero, stanley Gagisa Nleya at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Wednesday one could not help listening, with a very heavy and sor...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 248 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Vultures of progress will never win!' declared Mnangagwa - 'You are that vulture!'
"We shall not allow a situation where our people live in chronic insecurity, lack and deprivation. It has become apparent that in our midst, there are wolves in sheep clothing, vultures. The end is co...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 19:07hrs | 3955 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa warns his corrupt aides
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned key figures in his government involved in corruption that they would be dealt with mercilessly, the Daily News reports.This comes as several senio...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:17hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames 'vultures' in his govt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday conceded that all was not well in his administration, accusing some of his lieutenants of sabotaging him and calling them "wolves in sheep clothing".Face...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:12hrs | 3068 | by Staff reporter
Genuine liberation heroes never fought for Zanu-PF's unpatriotic institutionalized oligarchical corruption
As Zimbabwe mourns and buries another gallant liberation struggle hero, Stanley Gagisa Nleya - at the National Heroes Acre in Harare today - one can not help listening, with a very heavy and sore hear...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 19:24hrs | 508 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
General PV Sibanda slams Zimbabwe leaders for becoming 'corrupt'
Gen Philip Valerio Sibanda, commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), says the level of corruption displayed by some of the country's leaders is tantamount to selling out.Speaking in a r...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 18:49hrs | 6295 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges Zimbabweans to be patriotic
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to be patriotic and work towards achieving the national vision 2030.The President made the remarks at the National Shrine where the late ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:34hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires warning shots
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned that his government will be implementing policies that shall see an end to economic indiscipline that is causing citizens to live in abject poverty. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 16:39hrs | 6967 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gambling in Middle East - 5 facts you didn't know
Even though the Quran forbids gambling in the Muslim world, the entire Middle East and North African region have become more flexible about casinos over the years. The industry is still highly regulat...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 11:49hrs | 939 | by Staff writer
Pray for Mnangagwa, minister pleads
ZimbabWe's leadership needs prayers as the country's socio-economic crisis shows no signs of abetting, a minister said yesterday.The country is undergoing its worst crisis in years characteris...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:30hrs | 9175 | by Staff reporter
Minister pleads with citizens not to shun own currency
ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to shun economic saboteurs who want to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle that National Hero Stanley Nleya and his colleagues bitterly fought to achieve. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1311 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pays tribute to Nleya
ZANU-PF has paid tribute to national hero, Stanley Nleya as one of the foremost contributors to the liberation struggle. Nleya, who died on Tuesday last week was declared a national hero and w...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:05hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Africa celebrated a continent marred by criminality, slavery and human-organ theft
On the 25th of May the African time stood still: The rich continent was celebrating the 57 years of its existence: on this day, the AU acknowledges its successes and challenges. The continent has a hi...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 13:23hrs | 551 | by Nomazulu Thata
Rename Victoria Falls, and Lake, after African luminaries
Fellow Africans and friends of Africa, liberation starts by "Decolonising The Mind," to borrow the title of a must-read book by Ngugi wa Thiong'o the Kenyan intellectual and author. Africans w...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 855 | by Milton Allimadi
National hero Nleya's burial set for Wednesday
NATIONAL hero Stanley Nleya will be buried at the National Heroes' Acre on Wednesday and not on Tuesday as earlier reported. Nleya (72), described as a true soldier, died on Tuesday at the Uni...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's costly heroism
I first suffered the consequences of being a critical analyst and a questioner of orthodox opinion at my early secondary school. In one incident, I totally lost the kind favour of my Bible Knowledge t...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 18:06hrs | 2855 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Tshinga Dube lays into Charamba
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has accused presidential spokesperson George Charamba of ‘'living in the past" and exhibiting a condescending attitude after the former suggested a governme...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 3761 | by Staff reporter
Lieutenant Colonel Sithole dies
Lieutenant Colonel Edson Sithole, who died in Bulawayo on Saturday last week, was declared a liberation war hero and buried at Nkulumane Provincial Heroes Acre on Wednesday. He was 61. ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:10hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget the commander in the Covid war general Dr Obadiah Moyo
As Zimbabwe starts to ease the lockdown sounds of car and bus horns hooting the lockdown silence away. This is the sound of thanks and start of victory in a long battle against coronavirus. Let us car...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1621 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Harvest House is MDC-T citadel, says Khupe
MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe does not harbour a secret mission sponsored by Zanu-PF to weaken the opposition MDC Alliance party and destroy the political career of its leader Nelson Chamisa....Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 16:46hrs | 3225 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa: Remembering a hero
AT exactly 10:55am on May 23, 2019, a colleague, Gerald Mpofu, sent a message through a WhatsApp group, Real Politics, informing us of the passing-on of a liberation struggle stalwart, Dumiso Dabengwa...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 256 | by Edwin Ndlovu
War vets urged to focus on unity
LIBERATION war hero, Boniface Mlungisi Mabhena (63), who died on Thursday last week due to ill health was yesterday buried at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes' Acre in Nkulumane, amid calls for war vete...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga hints on displacement of 2 500 Chilonga villagers
Vice-President Constantine Chiwenga on Wednesday told Chiredzi villagers that changes on their current settlement would be made after the COVID-19 crisis in a clear sign that government was determined...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 18:26hrs | 3728 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Day a celebration of imperialism
THE celebration of June 1 as the anniversary of the declaration of Bulawayo as a city by the colonisers is an insult to the history of the country in particular that of Matabeleland, analysts have sai...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 185 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mnangagwa's govt neglects liberation war pioneer
GOVERNMENT is yet to honour a promise to assist ailing Zipra combatant Moffat Hadebe, an 83-year-old veteran and pioneer of the liberation struggle.Hadebe, who is reported to have fired the fi...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:33hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Radical Economic Structural Transformation (REST) part 2 of 10
"A national vision not shared, not inclusive, not well-articulated, not vivid in or imagination, not fully understood nor clear, unbelievable, hardly motivating, unexciting and not compelling at all i...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 13:18hrs | 607 | by Vince Musewe
ZPRA's Jeremy Brickhill narrates untold stories about Dabengwa
I have chosen to commemorate the life of Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa on the first anniversary of his passing by sharing some recollections of my own involving his less well known role in preserving the le...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2785 | by Jeremy Brickhill
Matemadanda disappointed by the living standards of health workers in Gokwe central
The deputy minister of Defense who is the member of Parliament for Gokwe Central comrade Victor Matemadanda distributed essential commodities to people in his constituency. Speaking on the occ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:59hrs | 1111 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Africans have never enjoyed genuine freedom and prosperity, as yesteryear heroes now modern day demons
As the people of Africa, including those in the diaspora, commemorate the establishment of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May, one can not help feel a deep and heart-rending sense ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 522 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa claims Africa's electoral system is a big circus
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has slammed Africa's electoral system as a "big circus if not an embarrassment to the continent", hence the recurrence of disputed polls.In his 50...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Zim Poet in SA Bongani Mncube pens poem on Mthwakazi Hero Magagula
South Africa based poet, Bongani Mncube has penned a poem as a tribute to the late Author and Mthwakazi hero David Magagula who passed on in South Africa this week.Magagula is one of the pione...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:47hrs | 602 | by Stephen Jakes
Zipra cadres celebrate Dabengwa's life
EX-Zipra cadres have paid tribute to former Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa (pictured) as the country marked the first anniversary of his death.Dabengwa died on May 23 in Kenya on his way back hom...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:01hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Raila Odinga set for Sithole foundation launch
FORMER Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga will deliver a keynote address to honour the late nationalist and one of the Zanu founders Ndabaningi Sithole in a virtual launch of a foundation to honour hi...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Why was Energy Mutodi fired?
Energy Mutodi has been hogging the lime light for all sorts of reasons. He has risen in Politics to be a deputy minister of Information. This was a ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 05:59hrs | 16136 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa of putting people's lives in danger by embarking on unsanctioned demonstrations but was mum on the alleged abduction and assa...Published: 21 May 2020 at 08:06hrs | 7913 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges peace in time of coronavirus
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to remain peaceful during this time of Covid-19 and avoid endangering the lives of other citizens through illegal demonstrations to score cheap political mile...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa castigates illegal demos
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to remain peaceful during this time of Covid-19 and avoid endangering the lives of other citizens through illegal demonstrations to score cheap political scor...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:04hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
The Death of David Magagula
The untimely passing of David Magagula is a stark reminder to us just how mortal we all are as human beings on this earth. It also serves to keep us on check as to the contribution we have made in sha...Published: 19 May 2020 at 14:44hrs | 2883 | by MLF President
Absolom Sikhosana to be buried in Harare this Wednesday
THE late national hero, Absolom Sikhosana will be buried this at the national heroes acre in Harare this Wednesday.A representative of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, William C...Published: 18 May 2020 at 21:26hrs | 3487 | by Staff reporter
Zapu scorns 'useless' ex-secretary general Absolom Sikhosana
OPPOSITION Zapu has slammed late Zanu-PF politburo member Absolom Sikhosana for being a "useless and harmless" man who did not deserve to be conferred with the highest honour of the land.Sikho...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1272 | by newzimbabwe
Brig-Gen Masuku declared national hero, buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery
ZIMBABWE Defence Industries (ZDI) general manager Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku who died on Wednesday at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has been declared a national hero. He was buried at Lady Sta...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:20hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
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