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Let's promote patriotism and not a personality cult in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has increasingly alienated its audience by subjecting the few remaining viewers and listeners to relentless propaganda promoting President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:17hrs | 51 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe never acted like a maniac as Sadc and AU Chair
I am still struggling to wrap my head around this madness. What is it about hosting a SADC heads of state and government meeting in Zimbabwe that can drive the host leader to go off the rails?...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 16:56hrs | 511 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Please stop lying over Zimbabwe's SADC chairmanship!
To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I was dumbfounded. In fact, I was filled with indescribable revulsion!I came across a video of an address by an unnamed ruling ZANU PF ...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 20:42hrs | 1081 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Are we cursed as Zimbabweans?
Let us not pretend and lie to each other. We need to be brutally honest.Have we not, at some point, asked ourselves or one another this question?Are we cursed as Zimbabweans?...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 08:13hrs | 1286 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe authorities mix charm with force to shore up ZiG
THE introduction of the world's newest currency in April inspired a reggae artist to record a song praising the ZiG, or Zimbabwe Gold.The catchy tune, titled "Zig Mari," received generous play...Published: 27 May 2024 at 09:56hrs | 4 | by Associated Press
Mambo Dhuterere, wife scam church
The Dare Guru frontman, Darlington Mutseta (popularly known as Mambo Dhuterere) and his wife have been facing numerous threats of imminent arrests following their alleged failure to either allocate re...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:07hrs | 21 | by Paul Ndou in South Africa
Allow artists to perform without censorship
Winky D born Wallace Chirumiko popularly known as 'The Big Man or Gaffa' deserves that respect amongst his peers. We have freedom of expression in the country so people should be allowed to air their ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 20:09hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF activist drags co-tenant to court
A Zanu-PF activist has approached the Harare magistrates' court seeking a peace order against his co-tenant that he accuses of hurting his feelings with her anti-ruling party statements.Willar...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Rough campaign for opposition as election nears
AS Zimbabwe gears for the polls, opposition members have been arrested, dozens of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) events blocked and the party complains of being given little airtime on national t...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by AFP
Umzingwane organises cultural, arts fest
UMZINGWANE district in Matebeleland South province has set Africa Day (May 25) as the day for its annual cultural and arts festival.Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the founding of th...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Writing's on the bright yellow wall
The Bishop is back.What a restful, restorative and therapeutic sabbatical it was!Once in a while, it is quite helpful to extricate ourselves from the maddening rush of our manic lifest...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Mukanya's open letter to Mnangagwa
DEAR President MnangagwaMy name is Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo the Chimurenga Music King. I am writing to you at this desperate hour to give you my free point of advice about the conditions in Zi...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 4 | by Doctor Thomas Mapfumo
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
Brand Zimbabwe campaign launched
THE Brand Zimbabwe campaign, designed to enhance the country's domestic and international appeal to investors and tourists was launched in Harare yesterday backed by a wide cross section of many busin...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec abandons polling station at Zanu-PF torture base
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will no longer be using a polling station in Kwekwe situated in an area where there is a traditional Zanu-PF torture base manned by the party's violent terror s...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Ngaapinde Hake Mukomana' is game-changer" - Yeah right, sun will rise in West
You can read through all the available Zimbabwe 2018 elections reports, none has ever attributed Zanu PF's landslide victory to slogan. NewsDay, is claiming MDC A's new slogan for the 2023 elections i...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:55hrs | 11 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Ngaapinde hake mukomana' slogan has caused panic in Zanu-PF
Those who may not be aware of this slogan, must be living under a rock somewhere out of Earth. Well, the phrase is ngaapinde hake mukomana (NHM), a slogan recently introduced by the MDC Alliance led b...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Nexus of politics, music and snoozing masses
A FEW weeks ago, the country's social media streets were abuzz with what I call the "resurrection act" of one self-styled prophet and, to some folks, a sacrilegious poseur.This act was the act...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:09hrs | | by Addy Kudita
Goodwood Festival: A recap of 2020's Sussex Stakes Day
The prestigious Goodwood Festival is on the horizon, and with England recently lifting the majority of their coronavirus pandemic restrictions, the five-day meeting will be one of the first major hors...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:01hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
Fierce jostling for positions erupts in Zanu-PF
FIERCE jostling for positions has emerged in Zanu-PF, ahead of its annual conference set for October, with the latest episode in the soap-opera style factional battles playing out in the volatile Zanu...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec June exams cancelled
The June 2021 Zimsec public examinations for both O and A-Levels have been cancelled following disruptions caused by Covid-19 and the resulting lockdown with those who had wanted to sit in June now jo...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa speaks on Zimbabwe sanctions
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said the government was using sanctions to divert Zimbabweans' attention from its failure to deliver on promises to improve citizens' lives.The gov...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi and MDC's Daniel Molokele square off
It was refreshing to listen to this debate, Zanu PF and MDC shared a platform without trading insults or chiding each other. The debate was mature and showed signs of a growing democratic media space....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC needs to rethink by-elections strategy
An inquest was inevitable following the opposition MDC's loss in the weekend by-elections, particularly the Lupane East constituency, with finger-pointing predictably being the order of the day. For m...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
It's not that Mugabe was a better leader
It's an illusion that former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was a better leader than his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa.The ex-President was not as competent a leader as the world would wan...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
POPULISM is ahead of COMPETENCY in the African Context
In Africa one is prepared to die for a politician, and people can go to the extent of kneeling down before political mastitis for favors and bootlicking. One may fail to construct a proper English sen...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'Mugabe likes Leonard Zhakata's music'
Zora music star Leonard Zhakata, 51 says former President Robert Mugabe is a genius and everyone knows that. At the peak of his musical career Zhakata used to grace the annual 21st February Movement m...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 17:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa solidarity march to cost $1 million?
Zanu-PF is proposing to spend at least $1 million on a solidarity march for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with the bulk of the budget going to food and transport.Although the youth league has ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasong Kejecha causes consternation
Little-known Zanu-PF music hype man Admire Sanyanga Sibanda has released Mushana PaJecha in what looks like a bid to discredit dancehall singer Winky D's lyrical state of the nation address titled Kas...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe: In pursuit of a never-coming democracy
IT is nearly four decades after Zimbabwe broke free from the shackles of colonial rule. The bulk of African countries that were under the yoke of colonialism either from the British or the Portuguese,...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Excellence Music a force To reckon with
Bulawayo (Sizinda) based group Excellence Music has managed to abide by its Motto "D.O.P.E" (Dreams Of Potraying Excellence) for the first half of 2018.They have been consistent since th...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Agencies
Billiat bows out after trophy-laden spell
COACH Pitso Mosimane hasn't given up trying to convince Khama Billiat to stay, even though the Zimbabwean forward likely played his last league match for Mamelodi Sundowns.If Jingles can't con...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by IOL Sport
Zanu-PF 2018 election campaign starts
Zanu-PF yesterday launched a massive election campaign for 2018 general elections where it unveiled its manifesto, regalia, jingles and campaign off-road vehicles at a colourful ceremony held in Harar...Published: 05 May 2018 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Born Free Crew dumps Mugabe
IF there is anything that the State broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), has always been disliked for by many, it is the way it is often used as a channel for Zanu-PF propaganda and h...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'hondo yeminda like' jingles back on air
A defiant Zanu-PF has reintroduced its notorious half hourly jingles on national radios and television.The ruling party has extended its monopoly of the ZBC by reintroducing its very partisan ...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 14:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Rambai Makashinga' artiste was exploited
Controvesial artiste Last "Tambaoga" Chiangwa, 46, whose land reform jingles Rambai Makashinga and Sendekera clogged Zimbabwean radio and television stations in the run-up to the 2002 elections, is a ...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 10:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: The bloody end of crocodile politics
Concealed to many of us is that the real misfortunes of a true crocodile pursue Emmerson Mnangagwa and the politics that he represents. The crocodile tears over corruption and crime in Zimbabwe that h...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 15:16hrs | 4 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Christmas without Mugabe in State House. Meet me in Chimanimani
I had everything that I required for an unexpected voyage to green terrestrial ecstasy with me: a bag full of clothes, one sizzling hot music CD and plenty of passion for life. I left Harare at ten o'...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Tambaoga back with anti-corruption song
"Agirimende" hit-maker, Last Chiyangwa, affectionately known as Tambaoga has resurfaced with a new anti-corruption song titled "Mutemo Wavirima".The mbira musician, who made his name in early ...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time for the young people to act
Young Zimbabweans wake up. The Zanu PF regime has been lying for a long time. They talk about the land as if we are the only country with the land. They have talked about sovereignty as if we are the ...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 09:33hrs | | by Leonard Koni
The Election Season
The bible tells us that to everything there is a season. Surely, you do not have to listen to Zanu PF jingles on radio to know that it is election season in Zimbabwe. Just the rate at which new player...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 12:56hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
WATCH: Remember when these were played every 30 minutes on ZBCtv and radio?
WATCH: Remember when these were played every 30 minutes on ZBCtv and radio?You can include any jingle that received massive airplay during that period.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 08:36hrs | | by online
Shona High school headmaster redeployed to a primary school in Matabeleland
THE former headmaster of Tahangana High School, Mr Norman Muvimi, has been re-deployed to Lydeard Primary School in Marula, Mangwe District, by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education....Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF youths arrested after trying to invade Mujuru ally's farm
A group of ZANU PF youths are in custody at Mvurwi police station allegedly after trying to invade a member of Zimbabwe People First's farm in Velvekia, Guruve, Mashonaland Central province.A ...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 23:22hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Zanu-PF supporters continue to idolise Mugabe
IT is Saturday, September 24, as early as 10am and Harare International Airport is teeming with ruling Zanu-PF youths drawn from across the capital to welcome President Robert Mugabe from the Unit...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Herculean task for new radio Skyz FM
BULAWAYO's new radio station Skyz FM is now live. But the station faces more than just the burden of looking for advertisers and revenue to sustain its operations.After nearly 18-months of wai...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 10:14hrs | | by Divine Dube
Mental exam for jingles headmaster
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has ordered the headmaster of Tahangana High School to undergo mental examination. There have been disturbances at the school in Mangwe District for the...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 16:01hrs | 4 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu
Shona headmaster removed
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has withdrawn the headmaster of Tahangana High from the school pending deliberation on his transfer.Parents barred their children from attending...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:15hrs | 5 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu
Parents close school, demand transfer of Shona headmaster
A MOB of angry parents have barred their children from attending lessons at Tahangana High School in Mangwe District, demanding the removal of the headmaster from the institution.The parents o...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube- Matutu
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