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Belarus strongman dispatches 'smallhouse' to Mnangagwa's wife
PROFESSOR Irina Abelskaya, the Belarusian envoy recently dispatched to Harare to deliver a donation to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, is a mistress of the Eastern European country's leader Alexander L...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:21hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
A cabal of looters cooling off in Nyanga
According to a report yesterday, the Nyanga jaunt will cost the city ZWL$132 411 577,16 and US$12 000 for eight councillors, five executives, two drivers and one aide to attend the workshop.TH...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 15:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ex - Dynamos and CAPS United player dumps newly born baby , wife and kids
IT was an emotional scene at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday when the players from the Archford Gutu Boys Academy, who have been stranded in the United Arab Emirates after a ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 13:04hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
Company refuses to fund BCC Botswana jaunt, loses tender
A BOTSWANA company had its expression of interest tender to do a dairy farming project at the Bulawayo City Council-owned farms - Aisleby and Goodhope - turned down after they declined to host an 18-m...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Globetrotting Mnangagwa walking in Mugabe's footsteps
IN June 2017, the late former president Robert Mugabe attracted an angry backlash following his trip to a United Nations (UN) conference in Mexico on oceans even though the country is a landlocked sta...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC craving for Ian Smith and his come-again UDI
Craving for Smith, a Second RhodesiaTHOSE who have read big book know what Spinoza saw clearly as the problem which political philosophy could not crack , a problem which Wilhelm Reich rhetori...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Jamwanda
Mnangagwa's Davos jaunt criticised
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of blowing taxpayers funds on a "window-dressing" jaunt while ignoring calls to implement far-reaching reforms to attract capital.Mnangagwa was in...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers splashing on foreign trips, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned Cabinet ministers against globetrotting with no tangible results at a time when the country faces an economic meltdown, with millions swimming in deep pov...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is a hard sell for Zimbabwe
FOR weeks on end, Zimbabweans were told that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Glasgow, Scotland, would be a major breakthrough of historic proportions.It would be the first time a leader...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
COP26 delegation exposes Mnangagwa rhetoric, says Felix Ndiweni
OUTSPOKEN former Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's United Kingdom trip for the COP26 summit last week as extravagant after he reportedly to...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Show us criminals that surrounded Gushungo
My People,Ignatius Chombo, the man who was branded the biggest criminal around Gushungo, is now a free man.Chombo was seized by soldiers on the night of the infamous coup while sleepin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Dr Stop It
Mnangagwa has taken us back to 2008
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is plunging Zimbabwe back into the 2008 era when the regime survived on peddling lies. Let us unpack some of the lies and confront them for answers....Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Isaac
Fact finding mission that never was
We are back to square one... It took six months for Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release the official 2008 election results with Patrick Chinamasa then Legal and Justice Minister insi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:23hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Call for meaningful reforms grow louder for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent jaunt to Japan in search of elusive investment has once again brought to the fore the futility of his numerous trips outside the country without introducing polit...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
When Excellencies grace Chitungwiza shebeen
What a couple of weeks of diplomatic intrigue.Epoch-making, maybe.Hallelujah! Praise be to the living God!We had desperately reckless American diplomats abandoning their airy a...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Jobless and witless Sikhala
Well, when I see jobless and witless Sikhala what comes to mind are Tom and Jerry gimmicks! The MDC-Alliance might have tried hard to openly disown him on his utterances, but we are not fooled...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC slams ED for ‘unnecessary' Rwanda trip
THE MDC has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for spending time and scarce resources on a trip to Rwanda when the country's economy was crying out for urgent solutions from his leadership.M...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 11:13hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa wants a critical friend, not more praise worshippers
Always, there was something inherently evil about that dinner table, authority and truth-to-power. I shall come to that.My maternal grandfather's very name said it all … Ndabakayithethwa! (L...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
Cowardice is using the army on your people Museveni
Have sanctions brought us to where we are as a nation or it is a scapegoat by the Zanu-PF led government? The economy started a spiral down long before ZIDERA came into effect. When war vets, ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 10:14hrs | | by AT Kadada
Cowardice is using the army on your people Museveni
Have sanctions brought us to where we are as a nation or it is a scapegoat by the Zanu pf led government?The economy started a spiral down long before ZIDERA came into effect. When warvets, li...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by AT Kadada
2% tax is right, 'right is not always popular' quoting Einstein - Mthuli Ncube, you are NOT Albert Einstein
"They say you can only know the true state of a car when you lift its bonnet and look inside. And so it was back in September, when I was appointed Minister of Finance, and got to take a look at the t...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:41hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa not worried about 'Chamisa's tourism jaunts'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, says it is not worried about opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's regional and continental diplomatic offensive.In the last few weeks, MDC leader Chami...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:09hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa private jets saga deepens
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of encouraging "state capture" after he revealed that a United Arab Emirates (UAE) prince hired private jets for him.Mnangagwa told the Zanu-PF ce...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jaunts raise eyebrows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's revelation that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) paid for his recent trip to Abu Dhabi has raised more questions than answers.Zimbabweans have been demanding answe...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:05hrs | | 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
A leadership void at the top costing Zimbabwe dearly
THE Zimbabwe government's lackadaisical response to Cyclone Idai, which hit the districts of Chimanimani, Chipinge, Buhera, Nyanga, Makoni, Mutare Rural, Bikita, Masvingo and parts of Midlands between...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:03hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
Mnangagwa should cut down on foreign trips
EDITOR,I am certain that by now President Emmerson Mnangagwa has lost count of the foreign trips he has embarked on since he came into power in 2017.It is an open secret that Zimbabwe ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 11:03hrs | | by Peter K
MDC Alliance dismantling patriarchy towards a people’s movement
Zimbabwe is in the throes of a deep economic and political crisis, further worsened by Cyclone Idai that has ravaged the eastern parts of the country leaving scores dead, hundreds injured and thousand...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 05:19hrs | | by Grace Kwinjeh
Mthuli Ncube should learn from Masiyiwa
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's United States jaunt last week was always expected to yield what it yielded - an empty basket. It's no rocket science.In an article published in this column last...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:08hrs | | by Brett Chulu
Auxillia Mnangagwa goes on three-week jaunt to New York
First lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, increasingly carving out a government role for herself, flew to New York on Monday to attend a United Nations gender summit.The 63rd session of the Commission on...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 11:01hrs | | by ZimLive
Our Ponzi country Zimbabwe
A Ponzi scheme, for those unfamiliar with the term, is a way of creaming off money from deluded investors. They initially receive handsome returns but this does not come from profits on their investme...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by ZimVigil
Zimbabwe fuel crisis: Can someone please say the truth?
Here is a folklore allegory: imagine a man with a huge rural family of 10 children and a wife to take care of.The family knows that the man, as the breadwinner, goes on several hunting expedit...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
'No more forex for education fees' said RBZ - what a savage blow, delivered with heartless indifference
"Foreign currency from the inter-bank market shall be utilised for current bonafide foreign payment invoices except for education fees," said Reserve Bank Governor, Dr John Mangudya.There are ...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Ncube et al on yet another 'global roadshow' to lure investors - whilst Zim remains a pariah state, will lure no one
The real tragedy in Zimbabwe is that we have a regime that knows it will never ever be held to account for anything and so it has said and done as it jolly well pleased. It has made promises only to b...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Avalanche of blunders gives Mangudya guts to challenge 'Tzar' Ncube - another sneak resignation on card
Rumour has it that Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, and the Governor of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr John Mangudya are failing to agree on key monetary policies including when Zimbabwe shou...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 21:04hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa admits hospitals need fixing but cannot say when - rigged elections are milestone round his neck
On Friday 1st February Mnangagwa visited Parerenyatwa Hospital and admitted that everything from the floor, walls, windows, hospital beds and bed linen, everything were in a sorry state and needed to ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 08:01hrs | 24 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe not alone in fight against misinformation
Recent moves by the Facebook–owned WhatsApp messaging company to limit users to forwarding a message only five times, in an attempt to cut down on the spread of misinformation, demonstrates the glob...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:48hrs | | by Sifelani Tsiko
Mnangagwa dismisses rumours of 'palace coup'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed rumours that a coup is being planned after a week of violent protesters against massive fuel-price increases.The local media was awash with reports t...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coup threat forced Mnangagwa to cut short his foreign jaunt
A THREAT of an internal revolt and possibility of a military-led ouster reportedly forced President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cut short his foreign jaunt and return home, as his close allies - ministers a...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's globetrotting won't resolve Zimbabwe's problems
MDC vice-president Elias Mudzuri has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to scale down on his foreign jaunts and look for home-grown solutions to the country's worsening economic woes.Mudz...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is between the rock and a hard place
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is between the proverbial rock and a hard place as he battles to mitigate the country's worsening economic rot — with his impending business trip to Eastern Europe drawi...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's foreign trip ill-timed
TO most Zimbabweans following the unfolding political and economic drama in the country, reports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to fly out next week and will be away for two weeks, came as a ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Editorial - newsday
Mnangagwa's trips to nowhere
President Emmerson Mnangagwa next week embarks on a jaunt to five Asian and European countries, the 26th foreign trip of his short presidency, blowing millions of dollars and drawing comparisons with ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anxious Mnangagwa looking East
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is between the proverbial rock and a hard place as he battles to mitigate the country's worsening economic rot — with his impending business trip to Eastern Europe drawi...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zvimba still has fond memories of Mugabe
Wearing a worn-out cap with former president Robert Mugabe's famous signature and an oversized yellowing white shirt emblazoned with the face of a smiling President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Lovemore Mukwez...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 13:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vs Liberia live on SuperSport 9
ZIMBABWE vice captain Ovidy Karuru says the Warriors are clear on their mission and will not be reckless tomorrow when they face hosts Liberia at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia. A po...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Chamisa is not a factor in parliament, which is good
Since there are so many impious hands on Zimbabwe's internal affairs, so many hands challenging its sovereignty, I thought my opening paragraphs should address those meddlesome, self-righteous foreign...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | | by Igomombe
An analysis of Chamisa's recent trip to Israel
In the midst of a gruelling election campaign, MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa surprised many by posting pictures on social media holidaying in Israel, which he dubbed a private vis...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Chamisa is managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
"Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory," is an ironic reversal of a well-known idiom that sort of sums up MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa's election campaign so far....Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Jealousy Dutiro
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