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Shepolopolo: Zambia's Copper Queens Conquer African Football
The Zambian women's national football team, affectionately called the Copper Queens or Shepolopolo, have been making giant strides in African football over the past decade. From qualifying for their f...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 20:59hrs | 58 | by Staff Reporter
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 6 | by Innocent Mpoki
Zimbabwe's longest electoral season
IN exactly two weeks, Zimbabweans are going to the polling booth again, as the silly season that began last May stubbornly refuses to end for various reasons — single-minded pursuit of power by oppo...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Dollar deals' cripple bars, nightclubs
ILLEGAL alcohol sellers that have sprouted across the city are crippling the business of registered nightclubs and bars while Government has set high standards of operation to bring sanity to the dist...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'fringe' presidential candidates still in hibernation
The 2023 presidential election is shaping out as a three-horse race between President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and independent Saviour Kasukuwere while the other eight cand...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:20hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa failed to improve Zim's economic prospects
IT is now more than five years since President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power with a mandate from his backers to improve the country's economic fortunes, the nemesis of his predecessor, Robert Gabri...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:29hrs | 12 | by Martin Majaji
Was Rhodesia safer for civilian activists than under a brutal blood-thirsty Zimbabwe regime?
When I was a little boy, we loved listening to "Chimurenga", or liberation struggle songs, that our gallant Zimbabwean musicians belted out, as a way of e...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 07:40hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr Gambakwe, Nomathemba wants to know where Albert Matapo is?
Dear Mr Gambakwe,I hope I find you well Mr. Gambakwe and that you are recovering from the Covid 19 virus that nearly took your life. We thank your ancestors for refusing to let you in so early...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 22:13hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Malaba bounces back
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba Tuesday made a surprise return to office Tuesday as he presided over the swearing in of newly appointed Judge President Mary Zimba-Dube after a two-month hibernation fo...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 18:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF heavyweights bounce back
ZANU-PF senior party members who have been lying low in the second republic under President Emerson Mnangagwa have bounced back to reclaim their political clout within the party structures.Bus...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Snake bites require urgent medical attention
WHEN summer comes, many animals that have been in hibernation or rarely seen during the winter, come out. These include snakes. As a result, cases of snake bites are often high during summertime....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Cimas iGo
Mthuli Ncube not different from the greedy MPs
If the unverified media reports on Finance Minister, Ncube's perks are true then why should we be surprised he is defending the MPs demands for vehicles. Scarce foreign currency will be made a...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 19:55hrs | | by AT Kadada
Chmaisa mustn't underestimate the electorate
Despite efforts by the opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, to tarnish the image of Zanu-PF, the revolutionary party has remained the party of choice. The MDC has no policy and no selling...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints two acting presidents in four days
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed two different acting presidents in a space of only four days when he was out of the country - a development described by critics as devoid of wisdom.When...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru urged to join Chamisa
Former vice president Joice Mujuru's ex-ally Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has called on the National People's Party (NPP) president to dissolve her party and join the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC.Bhasikiti ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sex-for-jobs culture prevalent in arts'
CERTIFIED model, actress and upcoming producer Joyline Chiedza Basira said although women have made significant inroads in the film industry over the years, many traditional and cultural bottlenecks s...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic recovery is possible but whilst the country remains a pariah state, it is IMPOSSIBLE!
"AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, told journalists in Johannesburg this week that while Zimbabwe is making progress, its economy and relations with lenders are still a way from being repaired," repor...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mugabe goes into hibernation
Former president Robert Mugabe has retreated from his grand public life often characterised by first-class privileges of armed security escorts and helicopter jaunts across the country.Since h...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume's statement on the recent developments in Zimbabwe
Good day Zimbabwe.After months in hibernation, Grace Mugabe resurfaced at her late mother's funeral to pay her last respects. Nematambudziko. I am really sorry about her loss. In 2015 I lost m...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 15:24hrs | | by Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume
I'm beginning to doubt Jonso's IQ
Dear Editor, Fellow countrymen I salute you in the name of love, peace and harmony. Honestly I say to you let us love one another irrespective of our differences, let us disagree to agree for ...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 19:50hrs | 1 | by Munya Shumba
Anti-venom remains in short supply
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has said 24 cases of snake bites were recorded in one week countrywide at a time anti-venom continues to be in short supply.Snakes are coming out of hiber...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Masarira, and Gutu bad loosers
Dr Khupe, Masarira and Obert Gutu failed to achieve their sponsored mission to distract the course of democracy. This is a party that claims to have the mandate of the people which failed to w...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by Isaac Nkomah
Mangudya's colourless phishing joke
I miss Gideon Gono. That's only because John Mangudya, his successor at the central bank, is that turtle you can't pick out from the rocks, which when it strays onto the road, looks and sounds like a ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Wolves in sheep's skins
Sometimes the world is left shocked when a very small country like Zimbabwe registers 133 opposition parties to contest in a general election. Interestingly, most of these cropping up parties ...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Nkomah Isaac
Campaigns kicks off at a slow pace as political parties gears for 2018 elections
As the clock ticks away to the 2018 harmonised election watershed where the the former President's name will not appear for the first time in Zimbabwe's political history since his ouster from active ...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 20:37hrs | | by Leonard Koni
President Mnangagwa's government charms the United Nations
The United Nations has commended Zimbabwe for its commitment to rebuild the economy and wish to normalise the international relations. This is so refreshing after such a long time in the chaotic econo...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 10:05hrs | | by Leonard Koni
I will be back in my job, Cdes!
MY Comrades, I still cannot believe that you did what you did to me! I still cannot believe that you betrayed me the way you all did.This week I woke up to tell my wife that I had had a nightm...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 15:53hrs | 1 | by CZ
G40 members 'resurrect' in Parliament
FORMER Zanu PF officials linked to the obliterated G40 faction yesterday resurrected from their hideouts, when they emerged in Parliament, three weeks after the military-led Operation Restore Legacy f...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe allies go into hibernation or fled the #Zimbabwe
Allies of embattled President Robert Mugabe have either gone into hibernation or fled the country altogether.This follows the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF)'s announcement mid this week that th...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 21:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Did Mnangagwa wear a dress when he absconded? Courageous Runaida Mujuru and Coward Dambudzo Mnangagwa!
We have said it before that Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa without Jonathan Nathaniel Moyo is weak and unable to act swiftly to absolve himself from false accusations: or at least to powerfully fight back...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 21:13hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Youthful Lumumba a sleeping giant!
As a teacher I watched Acie Lumumba's video on YouTube with great interest. That video was kind of multi-dimensional in its narrative. It is his youthfulness in relaying several messages that impresse...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Webster Shamu bounces back in Zanu-PF
FORMER Zanu PF political commissar, Webster Shamu has bounced back into the political limelight, where he has been roped into the ruling party's 2018 preparatory team.This week, Shamu was in B...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
The day Mugabe crushed Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe chose the recent Zanu-PF Youth League Bindura interface rally to define for the first time his relationship with Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the context of the liberat...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 11:07hrs | 7 | by Farai Maguwu, Civic activist
Mugabe pleads for land reform financial support
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday pleaded for financial support for the much-hyped land reform programme, which has largely remained underfunded amid lack of productivity at most acquired farms....Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mugabe pleads for land reform financial support
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday pleaded for financial support for the much-hyped land reform programme, which has largely remained underfunded amid lack of productivity at most acquired farms....Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 11:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mutambara elected ZimPF new leader
War veteran and former diplomat, Agrippa Mutambara, was yesterday named the new leader of the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) - amid chaotic scenes which threatened to derail the meeting which had...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zuming' against white monopoly capital
Long after President Jacob Zuma announced his midnight Cabinet reshuffle that claimed the scalps of four ministers and several deputies, South Africa is still ruminating on the possible impact of the ...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
MDC's liability Women's Assembly attack on Zanu-PF ill-treatment of women
The slogan is common, going deep and wide but goes nowhere beyond lip-service. This is a summarised extract from Reginald Thabani Gola's "Operation Save Africa Campaign: The Multi-National Silent Holo...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 11:45hrs | | by Reginald T. Gola
Margaret Dongo walks familiar road
Fired Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) women's league boss Margaret Dongo has found many political homes in her long career which started when she became an MP for the ruling Zanu-PF in 1990 after qu...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 12:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, Tsvangirai clash over land reform and Indeginisation
Former vice president, Joice Mujuru and ex- premier Morgan Tsvangirai's planned political coalition, against President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF in the 2018 presidential ballot, is taking a delay...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Itai Mushekwe, Nancy Mabaya, Malvin Motsi
Human Rights Defender Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo's letter to President Robert Mugabe - 'Am Now Coming Mr President'
Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo, Snr Human Rights Defender and Democracy Activist Rue Royale,195, Sint-Joost-ten Node 1210 Brussels Belgium. Email; sirnemoyo@gmail.com Cell; +3248...Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 13:00hrs | | by Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo Snr
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 | 2 | by Ali Naka
NERA: Much ado about nothing
There are a number of genuine challenges that Zimbabwe has to grapple with and this requires serious dedication of time and effort. However, sometimes fate intervenes amidst serious introspection in t...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 14:38hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Mujuru - A stone they threw away
When she got elbowed by Zanu PF stalwarts in 2014, some thought she had gone into eternal sabbatical. Dr Joyce Mujuru did not give up her political career but she kept on fighting from a corner. ...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 20:55hrs | | by Leonard Koni
The lawful offenders in opposition ranks
The opposition forces fronting the regime change agenda have never embraced the tenets of democracy, at the core of which is the need to uphold the constitution so as to facilitate the prevalence of l...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 11:03hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
G40 in final assault on Mnangagwa
VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa's adversaries in the ruling party are launching a final assault on the beleaguered politician's stronghold – the Midlands Province — in order to dismantle the pol...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru unconvincing
I braved the chilly weather to listen to Mai Joice Mujuru of Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) on Saturday afternoon at her maiden Harare rally. I belong to no existing political affiliation and mine wa...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 15:40hrs | | by Tapiwa Maware
Of gladiator gloves and dimwits
THE lead article, "Mujuru takes off her gloves", as she launches her 2018 election campaign with a star rally in Bulawayo published by a certain private owned daily made interesting reading on two cou...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 11:11hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Mujuru finally hitting the campaign trail
Former vice president and now leader of the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), Joice Mujuru, is finally hitting the campaign trail ahead of the much-anticipated 2018 national elections - beginning with a st...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T fears revival of deadly Chipangano wing
HARARE's politically-volatile neighbourhood of Mbare is on tenterhooks following reports that the leader of a Zanu-PF-linked vigilante group, Jim Kunaka, has dumped the Joice Mujuru-led Zimbabwe Peopl...Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
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