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Chamisa et al are hell bent on participating in flawed 2023 out of greed. What's in it for povo?
Zimbabwe's 2008 elections were a watershed elections in that Zanu PF's power to rig elections was exposed in its ugliest and graphic details. Ever since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, the co...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 15:25hrs | 430 | by Wilbert Mukori
Govt 'unleashes' JOC on CSOs
GOVERNMENT has tightened its noose on operations of civil society organisations (CSOs) that have been assisting communities with aid by reportedly subjecting them to strict monitoring by members of th...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Council ropes in army to swoop on defiant Zanu-PF aligned street vendors
THE Bulawayo City Council has approached the Joint Operation Command (JOC), a coalition of State security agencies headed by the army, following futile efforts to remove Zanu-PF activists who have ill...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 2504 | by Staff reporter
UK has new PM, 8th since 1980, Truss too will be booted out if she fail - Zim on 2nd, both way, way past 'use-by date'
The British people have a new Prime Minister, the 8th one since 1980! Liz Truss 2022 - present ...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 10:11hrs | 2313 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF youths take over Bulawayo street, parcel out vending bays
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is losing its battle against Zanu-PF activists who are taking over some streets in the central business district and illegally parcelling vending bays among themselves....Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 13:33hrs | 1996 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa condemns 'chicanery' in Zanu PF elections - hypocrite orchestrated wanton violence in national elections
"Irregularities and political chicanery across party structures must be decisively dealt with and expunged from the party," said President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 23:25hrs | 423 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Army plays decisive role in politics' - Zanu PF fuelled conjecture, without one iota of evidence
"It is beyond any iota of doubt in Zimbabwe that the institution of the military plays a decisive factor in the politics of the country," reported The Independent. "Numerous "clever" politicians ...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:50hrs | 680 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Votes are won by ideas, not intimidation' tweeted USA - how naive and infuriatingly so too
"We are very concerned about reports of rising political violence in multiple provinces," the United States embassy in Harare said in a tweeted statement."As Zimbabwe prepares for the 2023 ele...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 13:34hrs | 8 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF youths besiege flea market
Zanu-PF has been accused of interfering in Mutare City Council operations after the ruling party youths forcibly allocated themselves vending stalls at Chidzere flea market in the city last Thursday....Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:50hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF are cowards, Zimbabwe does not belong to their mothers!' - whilst they enjoy absolute power, it does
"Good pple there is need to teach ZANU PF a big lesson once and for all in 2023. They talk a lot of nonsense as if this country belongs to their mothers. They have got arrogance of a coward.Th...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 17:15hrs | 7 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Arenel invests US$3m, expands export footprint
BUOYED by enhanced production capacity following recent capital investments, diversified food producer, Arenel Private Limited, now targets widening export market beyond Africa while creating more job...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Gukurahundi whitewash
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial biography, A Life of Sacrifice, which trended upon its launch this week – mainly for the wrong reasons – has many shades of grey, but it does not compl...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 18:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Life though the eyes of a Gukurahundi survivor
This week I was back in the village after a week away in the city and as usual to get the best of the news of what happened in my absence the first point of call is the home of my uncle, apart from be...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 14:58hrs | 5 | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
A Gukurahundi genocide survivor's story
Last week I was back in the village after a week away in the city and as usual to get the best of the news of what happened in my absence, the first point of call is the home of my uncle.Apart...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:32hrs | 101 | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
'War veterans must show their unflinching war time vibrancy' - fighting whom and for what
When Robert Mugabe got into power in 1980, he was cocksure his scientific socialism would bring economic prosperity to the masses, "Gutsva ruzhinji!" as he never tired of saying. Instead of build on t...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Jonathan Moyo regrets what he said about Dzamara disappearance
Former Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Jonathan Moyo says he regrets comments he made during his time as Minister of Information about the disappearance of Itai Dzamara in 2015....Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 21:40hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army boss disowns Chikafu
ZIMBABWE Defence Forces (ZDF) commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda has disowned a woman who once masqueraded as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter to dispossess a Shamva miner, John Maungwa,...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:03hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Corruption, laxity rife at Beitbridge border
It is easy to go to and from South Africa through the official border post without a valid passport and a Covid-19 certificate, legal requirements on both sides, thanks to corrupt officials in both co...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages SA over border commercial chaos
THE Government is formally engaging South Africa to speed up the clearance of both commercial and light vehicles at Beitbridge Border Post. Truckers are experiencing long delays before crossin...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'MDC preoccupied with opposing itself' said Moyo - no substitute for quality, especially with life at stake
"The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways," wrote Professor Jonathan Moyo."This is not new....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 22:58hrs | 19 | by Wilbert Mukori
2017 coup targeted 'criminals around Mugabe' and now it's payback time - we are but mice to these Zanu PF thugs
Three years ago at 04.00 hours local time on 15th November 2017 Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) spokesman, Major General Sibusiso Moyo, addressed the nation and the world at large, live on Zimbabwe Broad...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 20:50hrs | 12 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF MP implicated in gold wars
Shamva North MP Oscar Gorerino (Zanu-PF) has been accused of using machete gangs to forcibly take gold ore using his party and parliamentary vehicle from Wickman 23 mine in Umfurudzi Game Park that is...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
Government's deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe 'war to overthrow is constitutional' just as 'coup is legal' - no wonder we are in a mess
Zimbabwe is in this political and economic mess because our political leaders have no respect for the constitution, the rule of law, the truth, the freedoms and rights of others and not even the sanc...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1517 | by Nomusa Garikai
ZNA used loot-all-you-want platinum concession to secure $500m loan - proof junta resolve to hang on
Last week RBZ Governor, Dr John Mangudya, and Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, were thrilled to announce that the country secured a $500 million loan. The loan would end the shortages of fuel...Published: 23 May 2019 at 18:29hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Ncube, super-duper PAC member, blame povo for fuel price hike - how arrogant
"Presidential Advisory Council member Trevor Ncube has blamed ordinary Zimbabweans for the step taken by the central bank to liberalise the price of fuel by removing the 1:1 exchange rate," reported B...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'ED in fix as prices soar and workers ask for more money' - déjà vu, now it us in fix
"ED in fix …. as government workers want more money" screamed the Daily News Live headlines! "With only less than a month gone after their pay cheques were reviewed upwards, government worke...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 22:58hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Impounded smuggled goods overwhelm Zimra
ZIMRA is overwhelmed by impounded smuggled goods that are piling and taking up space at three warehouses in Mutare.Zimra regional manager Mr Innocent Chikuni told heads of Government departmen...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must make bold decisions to end crisis' - his last one was to rig elections and it has backfired
"Given the mood within the government workforce and the country at large, it would be wise for the government to abandon its bully tactics and take the demands of the workers seriously to avoid situat...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 21:27hrs | 5038 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa sent in killer soldiers: Obert Mpofu
ZANU PF secretary for administration and former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu yesterday told the commission of inquiry investigating the post-election violence of August 1 that the soldiers who al...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff writer
Vendors up in arms with police over confisticated wares
THE Gweru Vendors' Association (GVA) has petitioned Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavhima merchandise belonging to its members that was confiscated by the Joint Operation Command last wee...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is the only democratic party,' boast Mnangagwa - nonsense, have yet to hold free elections
The contemptuous arrogance of President Mnangagwa is soaring to new dizzying heights!"Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF is the only democratic party!" screamed the headline in Bulawayo24."PRESIDE...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 23:20hrs | 1192 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZSD Press Statement - appeal to SADC observers to judge Zimbabwe elections truthfully and follow own advice
Executive Summary Our appeal to Zimbabwe election observers is simple: please judge whether these elections are free, fair and credible as you would wis...Published: 21 May 2018 at 21:56hrs | 860 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe has 'stable political environment,' says Zulu - rubbish, cannot even hold free elections
The Zanu PF propaganda machine is going into overdrive as it tries to give a positive spin out of nothing!"Fortunately, complementing his (President Mnangagwa) economic vision, the country's o...Published: 12 May 2018 at 22:18hrs | 1150 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF home for dinosaurs and criminals,' admit ED apologist - hence need to drain the swamp
Last week Professor Jonathan Moyo long a long piece from his hiding in exile admitting that no Zanu PF leader was "legitimate" as the party has been rigging elections. This week it was the turn of ano...Published: 05 May 2018 at 16:28hrs | 2046 | by Nomusa Garikai
Distraught refugees pouring into Zimbabwe - austere reminder of our own bad governance problem
Distraught! Here was this woman, probably in her early twenties but she already three times as old, whose hut had just burnt down with all she had in this world. She and her son were lucky to escape t...Published: 03 May 2018 at 18:10hrs | 1189 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwean politics
This country has been paying war veterans large sums of pensions ever since Mugabe started feeling that Zimbabwe was slipping away from his grip. Some of these so called war veterans were just refugee...Published: 03 May 2018 at 13:39hrs | | by Clement Moyo
Zimbabwean politics
This country has been paying war veterans large sums of pensions ever since Mugabe started feeling that Zimbabwe was slipping away from his grip. Some of these so called war veterans were just refugee...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 18:41hrs | 1349 | by Clement Moyo
Global Witness rule out free elections - not as long as ZDF looting in Marange continues
Global Witness add their name to those ruling out any hope of Zimbabwe holding free, fair and credible elections without first implementing the democratic reforms given the military involved in the pr...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Chinyande, there is no 'new era of democracy' in Zimbabwe - not when ED is blatantly rigging election
Anyone who thanks President Mnangagwa and his November coup posse for deposing the dictator Mugabe only do so out of short sightedness, foolishness or both! It is the Joint Operation Command (JOC) –...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 19:33hrs | 2028 | by Wilbert Mukori
'ED is the only game in town!' - only if he wins free elections otherwise it is North Korea hot air
If President Mnangagwa has been looking for a chief of propaganda of the likes of Professor Jonathan Moyo, he need not look any further, Hopewell Chinono fits the bill. He has hit the ground running, ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 21:18hrs | 2939 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu PF G40 anti-corruption goes into overdrive - ours is political, anti-vote rigging overdrive
Zanu PF is a party of ruthless thugs; once one has been booted out of the party, the party will haunt to the end of the world! "The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is scrutinising a docke...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa, fearful of past demons, cherry picks 'peaceful elections' and ignores exacting reforms
President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF regime had a political boast in their popularity rating as millions of Zimbabweans joined in the 18 November 2017 march demanding the resignation of Robert Mugabe. ...Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1417 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's 'No fighting!' will not end culture of vote rigging and violence
One is getting the impression that President Mnangagwa thinks that he does not need to do anything concrete to ensure free, fair and credible elections as long as he is talking or twittering about the...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 19:50hrs | 1628 | by Nomusa Garikai
'No fighting! No fighting!' twittered ED - 'You sure know how to pickle!' twittered #FL
Change is part of life, we are told but there are some things that are as constant and fixed as the Northern Star! Zanu PF's commitment to the idea that its alone is the party that must rule Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 17:59hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mugabe was in danger of being lynched like Gaddafi,' admits Charamba - may still prove necessary
"Rene manyanga hariputirwi!" (It does not matter how long it takes, in the end the truth will always come out!) So goes the Shona adage. The truth of Robert Mugabe's corrupt and murderous reign of ter...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1486 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
EU demand 'public condemnation' of Rugeje for threatening 2008 violence - how naïve
I can understand why millions of ordinary Zimbabweans have embraced President Mnangagwa and his coup-cabinet as the real thing, the answer to all their prayers to be liberated from the corrupt, vote r...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 20:14hrs | 4156 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Democracy demands E Roosevelt's 'great minds'" and not Zimbabwe's Lewis Carroll's Dodos
It was the wife of US President Roosevelt, Eleanor who said, "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people."Zimbabwe is in a political and economic ...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 22:20hrs | 705 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZEC Magade extending voter registration alone will not end 'disputed elections'!
The voter registration exercise which started 14 September 2017 and chalked to end 15 January 2018 has been extended by a month."ZEC acting chairperson Emmanuel Magade told ZimEye.com in Harar...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 19:56hrs | 777 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Give Mnangagwa long rope to hang himself,' says Masarira - Yeah Mugabe used it to hang povo
Zimbabwe is not in this political and economic mess by accident. We are where we are because we, as a people, have not stopped to think through what is it we want and hence for the last 37 years we ha...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 07:45hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
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