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Mnangagwa's govt steps up Old Bulawayo restoration
GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts in restoring King Lobengula's original capital, Old Bulawayo, which was gutted by a veld fire 10 years ago, with the reconstruction of 10 beehives among other civil w...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:17hrs | 279 | 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 | 328 | 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 | 756 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1839 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa trashes govt critics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lashed out at government critics, describing them as "renegades" bent on derailing the country's economic recovery, the Daily News reports. Addressing the nation...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:59hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to immortalise Mtshana Khumalo, Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo, Mgandani Dlodlo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the Government is engaged in a programme of erecting statues of eminent liberation icons from the First and Second Chimurenga/Umvukela to immortalise their supreme s...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
'We must unite to fight against detractors'
ZIMBABWEANS must remain united and resolute in the fight against renewed glaring, and unjustified attacks by the country's perennial detractors, both inside and outside our borders, said President Emm...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 17:12hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
July 31 will definitely come
Well, July 31 is now five days away; it will come and go largely without incident, but it simply represents the largely mutating strategies of the country's sworn enemies.EONS ago, on one fine...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1975 | by Bishop
So the capital will be in Mt Hampden after all
THE decision to locate Zimbabwe's new capital at Mount Hampden will indeed go down in history as the only decision that deserved poetic justice in memory of an episode whereby African nationalism and ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1577 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Kwekwe to name street after Tsvangirai
KWEKWE is mulling naming one of its streets after the late main opposition MDC founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, after councillors moved a motion at a recent full council meeting.The develop...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 06:10hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Post-Mugabe confusion unfathomable
The reality of it is inescapable; whether one is a child, youth or an adult, we all feel it. The intensity of the impact may differ from person to person depending on circumstances but generally Zimba...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1324 | by Learnmore Zuze
Mnangagwa peeps into immortality
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent decision to rename 10 streets in key cities in the country portrays him as a leader desperate to cleanse his tainted record, while immortalising his name in the a...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:52hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara attacks Mnangagwa over street names
Former Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of National Unity Professor Arthur Mutambara has hit out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the change of street names saying the "incompetent" Zanu-PF...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 09:21hrs | 10764 | by Staff Reporter
Mtukudzi's secrets revealed
The late jazz icon Oliver Mtukudzi had planned to make this year more special for his fans by holding a national tour and setting up a museum at Pakare Paye Arts Centre, Standard Style can exclusively...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:32hrs | 6020 | by Staff reporter
Whodunnit? And Why?
Two of the country's dumbest and dummest criminals — Alexio Chibwana and Obvious Tembo — will not only be in the slammer for the next two years, but they will definitely be immortalised ...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:25hrs | 383 | by Bishop Lazi
Preserve rather than bury RGM's good
In the play Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, unarguably Britain's greatest playwright, pens lines that must serve as humankind's guidelines while still in this carnal world. In his eulogy a...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 07:07hrs | 174 | by Stephen Mpofu
Rest in peace, Robert Mugabe: Hero, villain, human
Robert Mugabe has died.May he rest in peace. He was one of the engineers who built the foundations of modern-day Zimbabwe. If you ever get the chance, please visit Zimbabwe. It is home...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 11:59hrs | 998 | by Elsie Eyakuze
Ndabaningi Sithole immortalised
In a show of common purpose never experienced in Chipinge district for years, thousands of people of different statuses poured at Freedom Farm at Mount Selinda for the official launch of the Friends o...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:53hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Tererai Trent 'humbled' by New York statue
A Zimbabwean-born academic who taught herself to read from her brother's schoolbooks says she was shocked to learn that a life-size statue of her would be unveiled in the US."I'm just so humbl...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 20:21hrs | 2474 | by BBC
John Nkomo Museum stalls due to funding challenges
FUNDING challenges have stalled the completion of the John Landa Nkomo Museum located in Bulawayo City Centre despite work having started in earnest in 2016.The museum, which is situated along...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
'Road should be named after Zvobgo'
Masvingo Province should consider recognizing the late national hero Edison Zvobgo through naming a street after him, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information Nick Mangwana has said....Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 11:23hrs | 1940 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe now worse off after Mugabe
ABOUT a month from today, Zimbabwe marks about 20 months after the departure of former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the liberator once upon a time, who turned an oppressor of his own people. In No...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | 856 | by Learnmore Zuze
Road to be named after Mnangagwa
Ministry of Information Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwana has requested Zimbabweans to assist in the identification of a road that should be named after the President of the country Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 8379 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Murisa honours Ali 'Baba'
FORMER Soccer Star of the Year and Caps United legend Stewart Murisa will this year donate all his birthday gifts to one of the best junior coaches ever to emerge in Zimbabwe, Ali 'Baba' Dube, who has...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:45hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Queen Loziba lecture series at gallery
A lecture series for, Queen Loziba, senior queen in the Ndebele Kingdom will be held at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo as a way to promote female narratives and profiling powerful histor...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt failing to honour Joshua Nkomo'
ZAPU believes government has not honoured its late leader and father Zimbabwe, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, by failing todeclare the day he passed away a national holiday.Nkomo, who was born on June ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo postpones celebrations to honour Dabengwa
The Mayor of Bulawayo Solomon Madlala Mguni has announced that the City fathers have postponed the birthday celebrations of the City which were supposed to be held on Saturday. He said the postponemen...Published: 28 May 2019 at 11:56hrs | 1171 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Make corruption suicidal
Time seems long overdue for the Second Republic to supplant with dizzifying actions rhetorical denunciation of maggots fattening themselves on what does not belong to them so that Zimbabweans are spar...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:28hrs | 424 | by Stephen Mpofu
MDC congress: Does real democracy exist?
ALL through history, the word democracy has been immortalised and evidently viewed as the greatest desire of the political world. Democracy is worshiped and viewed as sacred and sacrosanct. Virtually,...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 270 | by Learnmore Zuze
Of Wilfred Mugeyi, Boateng and MDC
Up until May 6 2015, arguably the most embarrassing episode in world football history was that last-gasp miss by Wilfred Mugeyi on January 25 2004 at Zimbabwe's first appearance at the African Cup of ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2040 | by Bishop Lazi
Call to declare Mungoshi national hero
The Zimbabwe Writers Association (ZWA), through the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ), has petitioned government to declare the late prolific and multi-award-winning writer Charles Mungoshi a n...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Where are Zanu-PF's meaningful thinkers?
FOUR months after claiming to have won a general election, Zanu-PF is already chanting bizarre campaign slogans in preparation for 2023.When will the party snap out of this perpetual election ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:44hrs | 92 | by Brezhnev Malaba
'Zimbabwe a beacon of democracy,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the country is moving towards becoming a beacon of democracy on the continent where citizens can enjoy their freedoms without the fear of being victimised.In...Published: 26 May 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1243 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa and Biti: Hubris personified
HUBRIS is defined as excessive pride or over-confidence. It is epitomised by arrogance. It often indicates a disconnection with reality and overestimating one's own competence. It is a disease that af...Published: 15 May 2018 at 06:52hrs | 2055 | by Nick Mangwana
Strategic street to be named after Tsvangirai
THE Masvingo City Council is proposing to rename one of the city's busiest streets in the Central Business District after the late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, NewZimbabwe.com reported.The ...Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:09hrs | 2030 | by Staffr eporter
Silence Gukurahundi purveyors
The way things are trending with Gukurahundi enterprise fundis strenuously casting a small dark cloud to discolour the armed revolution that brought uhuru to the motherland in 1980 — and...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 10:14hrs | 391 | by Stephen Mpofu
Maridadi exposes Mnangagwa bootlickers
A motion to eulogise President Emmerson Mnangagwa by Zanu PF MPs last week backfired when Mabvuku Tafara MP James Maridadi changed the course of debate and exposed their bootlicking tendencies....Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 07:40hrs | 1524 | by Staff Reporter
God did it all for Zimbabwe
KUDOS to God's handiwork in using the military in this country as a primary tool in wrenching open a strong-room door to release a political stabilisation intervention latent with unlimited opportunit...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Stephen Mpofu
Street carnival heralds Intwasa
The Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo roars to life today with a street carnival where up to 2 000 thousand people are expected to parade showcasing their various acts and artistic costumes.The...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:23hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is no demi-god
NOW that the push by the Zanu-PF youth wing has yielded results after government declared President Robert Mugabe's February 21 date of birth a national holiday, multitudes of them may be asking thems...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 08:47hrs | 1909 | by Newsday Editorial Comment
Lest we forget
Zimbabwe yesterday remembered its national heroes and heroines who selflessly contributed their lives, limbs or properties for the liberation of their fatherland, which is now in the hands of the Afri...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:33hrs | 89 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
13th Civil Society Forum conference set for Johannesburg, South Africa, 13-16 August
The Southern Africa Civil Society Forum (CSF) has announced that it will be hosting its 13th consecutive year conference at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa from...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 10:10hrs | 150 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Soccer Star latest
The question lingering on the lips of many football followers countrywide is who will be crowned this season's Castle Premier Soccer League Soccer Star of the Year?But the question will, h...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 14:48hrs | 2035 | by Staff reporter
I come from #ThisVillage of Ntabazinduna (Hill of Chiefs)! - Part 1.
On the outskirts of #ThisCity, KoBulawayo, is situated a village like no other! It's about 40km from #ThisCity of Kings and Queens in almost the eastern direction to the city which is now a shadow of ...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 09:26hrs | 1540 | by Mthokozisi Ndiweni
Gambling an addictive, bad habit
THE Gambler, that song immortalised by legendary country musician, Kenny Rodgers, was playing in the background as a man with faded jeans, white takkies and matching T-shirt walked into the city casin...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 05:40hrs | 1218 | by Yoliswa Dube
Why Dr Tsvangirai is Zimbabwe's best foot forward
Some commentators and competitors have sought to place doubt on the suitability and ability of Dr Morgan Tsvangirai to lead the Zimbabwean opposition to victory over Zanu-PF, arguing, among other thin...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 12:05hrs | 2902 | by Douglas T. Mwonzora
Why Dr Tsvangirai Is Zimbabwe's Best Foot Forward and Face of the Struggle
Some commentators and competitors have sought to place doubt on the suitability and ability of Dr Morgan Tsvangirai to lead the Zimbabwean opposition to victory over Zanu PF, arguing, among other ...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 05:42hrs | 4715 | by Douglas T. Mwonzora
Mugabe's birthday date to be declared a public holiday?
CALLS to declare President Robert Mugabe's birthday a public holiday are growing loud with the ruling Zanu-PF's Youth League secretary Pupurai Togarepi demanding that the 91-year-old leader be immort...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Removing Rhodes' grave won't change history
SOME Zimbabwean print media recently published stories to the effect that some members of the Zanu-PF Youth League were stopped by an arm of the national security machinery from removing the remains ...Published: 04 Apr 2015 at 08:56hrs | 3420 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Mugabe's ego bruised, but power very much intact
On Wednesday, a very old man tripped down some stairs, and the world laughed and laughed and laughed.The tumble made headlines everywhere - The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, the New York Ti...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 17:53hrs | 4023 | by Simon Allison I Daily Maverick
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