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Botswana's Boko is right: any president who wants to remain in power for more than 10 years has failed
The truth, although unpalatable at times, shall set us free.When Botswana's President Duma Boko recently declared that any president who desires to hold on to power beyond ten years is "instan...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:19hrs | 547 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa arrives in Tanzania
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Tanzania to attend the highly anticipated joint Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and East African Community (EAC) Summit, aimed at fostering a ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 17:23hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Democracy and Elections in an Uneven World
Democracy is often presented as the great political ideal—the fairest system of governance, where people choose their leaders, shape their future, and hold their governments accountable. In theory, ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 10:53hrs | 387 | by Avelina Banda
Malawi orders troops to withdraw from DR Congo
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission in the volatile eastern Democratic of Congo.The Malawian troops are ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:59hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa fails to explain SANDF deployment in DRC
Independent political analyst and senior lecturer at the University of Limpopo, Dr Metji Makgoba, criticised Ramaphosa for not addressing national concerns about the conflict or explaining why troops ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:47hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa issues strong warning to Donald Trump
President Cyril Ramaphosa used his State of the Nation Address to send a strong message to his country's detractors, warning that the South Africa he leads will not cower to bullies.South Afri...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:43hrs | 1731 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seeks to silence guns in DRC
SADC Chairperson and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to depart for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, today to attend the joint SADC-East African Community (EAC) Summit. The high-level meeting se...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:36hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
SADC and EAC join forces to address DRC security crisis
Efforts are underway to restore full control of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to its central government as SADC and the East African Community (EAC) prepare for a joint Extraordinary Summit i...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:27hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to co-Chair joint SADC-EAC Summit on DRC conflict resolution
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will lead a Southern African Development Community (SADC) delegation to Tanzania later this week for an Extraordinary Joint Summit with the East African Community (EAC). T...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:45hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Can Mnangagwa steer SADC through the storm?
As Southern African leaders converge in Harare today to address the escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), all eyes are on Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose leader...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:43hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Kagame's chilling warning to Ramaphosa
In an unprecedented escalation of tensions between South Africa and Rwanda, President Paul Kagame has responded to President Cyril Ramaphosa, with Kagame accusing his Pretoria counterpart of distortin...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 21:49hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
DRC war:- Zimbabwe's military might versus South Africa's Mabhenas
When it comes to military prowess in Southern Africa, Zimbabwe's army, led by General Vitalis Zvinavashe under the able leadership of Robert Mugabe and later President Emmerson Mnangagwa, st...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 21:40hrs | 2350 | by Staff reporter
Kagame accuses Ramaphosa of lies
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has lashed out at President Cyril Ramaphosa.He accuses him of lies, deliberate attacks and distorting their conversation on the DRC conflict.Thirteen SAN...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 21:19hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
More South Africa soldiers die as SANDF surrenders to MK23 liberators
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has reported the deaths of four additional soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), bringing the total fatalities to 13 in the past week ami...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 10:00hrs | 3191 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda donates maize meal to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has received a donation of 1,000 tonnes of maize meal from Rwanda as part of the global response to President Mnangagwa's appeal following the El Nino-induced drought that has affected the co...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:54hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.
It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 22:06hrs | 798 | by Nomazulu Thata
Smelly Dube among top 100 global influencers
Gweru businesswoman Smelly Dube has been recognized as one of the top 100 most influential people globally for 2024. She was honored alongside notable figures such as former U.S. President Donald Trum...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 13:57hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates victorious Kagame
President Mnangagwa has congratulated Rwandan President Paul Kagame on his landslide re-election for a fourth term, securing over 99 percent of the vote. During the 377th Zanu-PF Politburo meeting in ...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:35hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Paul Kagame wins Rwanda's presidential elections
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has won the country's presidential election with 99% of the vote, according to preliminary election results released late Monday evening.Kagame had won 99% of the...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 07:02hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students excel at African Leadership University
Recently in Kigali, Rwanda, President Paul Kagame celebrated the graduation of 431 students from 30 African countries at the African Leadership University (ALU), including sixteen students from Zimbab...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 17:38hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda donates 1 000t maize to Zimbabwe
Rwanda has donated 1,000 tonnes of maize to Zimbabwe to aid in its fight against the El Nino-induced drought, as announced by Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister, Ambassador Fr...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 08:11hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Africa to change its mindset
President Mnangagwa emphasized the need for a fundamental shift in the mindset of African nations, urging them to transition from being consumers to producers. Speaking at the 59th African Development...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
More trouble brewing for Rutendo Matinyarare
Legal trouble is brewing against Rutendo Matinyarare as the chickens come home to roost over unfounded and defamatory allegations leveled against grain millers. In a recent development that has stirre...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 13:38hrs | 12 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Africa's biggest challenge is getting an honest workforce
I used to criticise African companies like Dangote Group who hire so many Indians while there are many unemployed Africans, but now I understand their painful decision.The biggest challenge in...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:14hrs | 4 | by Karim KONE
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Benson Matinyarare a threat to national security
In a recent series of claims made by Rutendo Benson Matinyarare against Innscor, Simbisa brands, and Zed Koudounaris, it is imperative to critically analyze the validity of these assertions. These ren...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 12:43hrs | 4 | by Trevor Nhamburo
Mnangagwa can rescue legacy by simply following the constitution
THE overriding theme of this week has been the drive by elements of the ruling Zanu PF party to push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to run for a third term at the 2028 elections. Bikita Sout...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Felix Tshisekedi declared landslide winner in DRC
President Félix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of the Democratic Republic of Congo's election, which has been condemned as a "sham" by several opposition candidates demanding a rerun....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's third-term bid up in smoke as army moves in
WHILE Zanu-PF is gradually inching towards a two-thirds parliamentary majority through a by-elections opened by CCC's Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls, the army has made strategic...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 09:39hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will cause political instability in Southern Africa
Without modicum of doubt, failure to run the economy and political affairs of the Zimbabwe government due to over four decades of unfettered large scale looting, corruption, economic mismanagement, Ma...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:12hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa sworn in as President of Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as the president of Zimbabwe at a ceremony held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare.Mnangagwa was sworn in by Chief Justice Luke Malab...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 20:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
700 buses dispatched for Mnangagwa inauguration
GOVERNMENT has dispatched about 700 buses countrywide to ferry people to the National Sports Stadium in Harare for President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration ceremony today.On August 26...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd
WITH all the drama of the Pentecostal preacher that he is, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd.He will now put that charisma to the test in the general election o...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will only change when you change
EVERYDAY I reflect on what it would take for Zimbabwe to change. Much of what I look at during my daily commute screams: "Change me!" As I reflect on what my surroundings are asking of me, I have chan...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 13 | by Trevor Ncube
The International Criminal Court a ridiculous organisation
The world has recently been surprised to hear that the ICC has issued a ‘warrant of arrest' for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The central charge against him is that he is responsible for the abd...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Ian Beddowes
8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Musa Kika
Mnangagwa to engage creditors on Zimbabwe debt
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to travel to the United Arab Republic of Egypt, where he has been invited by his counterpart, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and will take advantage of the Africa Developme...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reportetr
Mnangagwa ally's diplomatic flaws exposed
A UNITED Kingdom-based commentator says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to London for the coronation of King Charles III exposed the weakness of the Foreign Affairs ministry in diplomatic planning...Published: 09 May 2023 at 19:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa engaged junior British officials
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa is meeting junior British government officials like Andrew Mitchell, minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, his Rwandan counterpart P...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa missing from King Charles III's historic picture with state leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was Saturday conspicuous by his absence in a historic picture of recently coronated King Charles III and state leaders who attended his Saturday function in the UK....Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Elections key for Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission'
ZIMBABWE'S elections in the next four months will decide the country's chances of being readmitted into the CommonwealthZIMBABWE'S elections in the next four months will decide the country's c...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes early returns from the UK
ZIMBABWE is edging closer to rejoining the Commonwealth as the bloc warms up to the Second Republic's re-engagement and engagement drive with President Mnangagwa using his visit to the United Kingdom ...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's UK visit fails to thaw relations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa did not meet any high-level official of the United Kingdom administration when he visited London for the coronation of King Charles III.In contrast, the likes of R...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hosts regional heads of states in Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, along with the presidents of Zambia, Rwanda and Malawi and the King of Eswatini will this week meet in the resort town of Victoria Falls for the three-day Transf...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
NetOne upgrades Victoria Falls network
TELECOMMUNICATIONS service provider, NetOne, has started to beef up network connectivity in Victoria Falls ahead of the Transform Africa Summit (TAS) that kicks off on Wednesday.Close to 3 000...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
King Mswati III arrives in Zimbabwe for State visit
King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Eswatini arrives in the country on Tuesday for an official State visit, which begins on Thursday, where he is expected to hold talks with President Mnangagwa....Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
King Mswati heads to Victoria Falls
TWO more heads of state, King Mswati III of Eswatini and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema have confirmed their attendance at the Transform Africa Summit (TAS) in Victoria Falls next week.T...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
EU diplomats brand Chamisa a dictator over failure to hold primary elections
Representatives of various countries have condemned the CCC for not holding primary elections ahead of the 2023 plebiscite in Zimbabwe.On 10 March 2023, the DailyNews quoted Nelson Chamisa as ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 14:44hrs | 18 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Al Jazeera and relations between Zimbabwe and Qatar
Last week CCC aligned opposition activist, Hopewell Chin'ono announced that the Qatar government-owned global television company, Al Jazeera would release a video on money laundering and resources loo...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 14:13hrs | 14 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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