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'Mnangagwa no different from Ian Smith'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governance has come under fire for being increasingly repressive, drawing parallels to the oppressive regimes of late former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and apart...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:54hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
ANC of Ramaphosa will regret expelling Jacob Zuma
After former president Jacob Zuma was summarily axed from the ANC his younger brother Khanya said the ANC would "regret it", vowing that it would thwart any growth for the once-powerful party....Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 18:06hrs | 1825 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Witness nails Tendai Biti
THE trial of CCC vice-president Tendai Biti on an assault charge resumed at the Harare Magistrates Court on Friday with former Pokugara Properties general manager Michael Van Blerk claiming that the o...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth has appalling human rights record
This written article by Professor Jonathan Moyo, then an academic at the University of Zimbabwe, was published by the Financial Gazette on 10 October 1991, a few days...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malema chides black South Africans for fighting Zimbabweans over crumbs
South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has chided his compatriots for fighting Zimbabweans they accuse of stealing their jobs while sparing white business owner...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 19:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans jailed 8 years each for stealing cell tower batteries
Four men have been sentenced to eight years direct imprisonment in the Klerksdorp Regional Court each on charges of tampering with essential infrastructure.Milton Ncube, 36, Talent Moyo, 26, M...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Azania Azania Azania! You are not an Island
Bulawayo - The first time I entered my primary school, 1988 at the assembly point after singing the national anthem, it was a mandatory to sing a song called Azania sympathising with our fellow contin...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 19:48hrs | 10 | by Enos Denhere
Ramaphosa Covid-19 positive after attending FW de Klerk memorial
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was seen in a video that went viral dancing without a mask, is receiving treatment for Covid-19 symptoms after testing positive on Sunday (12 December)....Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Apartheid leader De Klerk to be burnt
The funeral of South Africa's last white president, Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, who died last Thursday aged 85, will take place on November 21 in a private ceremony, his foundation said in a statem...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwean leaders can learn from FW de Klerk's legacy
WHEN the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe met the last apartheid South African leader Frederik Willem de Klerk, who died of cancer-related complications at 85 this week, in Gaborone, Bot...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
FW de Klerk dies at 85
FW de Klerk, the former president of South Africa and the last white person to lead the country, has died at the age of 85.Mr de Klerk, who was also a key figure in the nation's transition to ...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 11:31hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Families of apartheid victims call for FW de Klerk to face law for involvement
With the National Prosecuting Authority having recently committed a new specialist unit to probe apartheid-era atrocities dating from the 1960s to the 1980s, family members of apartheid victims have c...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 11:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sending Jacob Zuma to jail was not a wise move'
EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu has accused the Constitutional Court of using apartheid tactics to imprison former president Jacob Zuma for 15 months for contempt of court.Shivambu also cr...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PAC wants De Klerk prosecuted for war crimes committed under his watch
The Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) expresses our understanding of the anger, and frustration which followed after the sentencing of the Former President Jacob Zuma. The protest is guaranteed,...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 22:53hrs | | by PAC
South Africans thought they were better Africans than black Africa: Thanks Zuma has set the record straight
"All of us must thank Jacob Zuma for introducing African Republic of South Africa and not some outpost of European values." This comes from a Sowetan column sent to me by a friend. The article is an i...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 16:17hrs | 19 | by Nomazulu Thata
Apartheid leaders in SA must be prosecuted for 'crimes against humanity and genocide'
Former Apartheid regime President De Klerk and his Colleagues must also be prosecuted for Crimes against Humanity and Genocide. These crimes have no statutory limitation or they are not time-limited o...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 21:41hrs | | by Njabulo
On unfair treatment of Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma: A personal view
Zuma and all the ANC chaps are not holy, including the late Mandela. What is at issue or at play here is whether Zuma is being treated fairly in comparison with others! A number of apartheid criminals...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 12:19hrs | 1 | by Thembani Lukhuni Sibhalwa Dube
ISUZU to sponsor Graeme Sharp on his Dakar Rally journey
The ISUZU brand, represented by Autoworld in Zimbabwe, has come on board as one of the sponsors of the athlete Graeme Sharp, who is aiming to be the fir...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 16:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Grace's power grew in inverse proportion to Mugabe's declining health
Chapter 29Shortly before the Zanu-PF conference held at Victoria Falls in early December 2015, the Women's League proposed a resolution to reintroduce a...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa defended
There is debate raging here on social media about what former Zipra commander and intelligence chief Dumiso Dabengwa has said. In short, Dabengwa said Mugabe and Zanu did not help the ANC and MK much ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 13:04hrs | | by Dimisani Muleya
Isuzu bakkies are a favourite in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans love their bakkies. In fact, it is safe to say that Zimbabweans love their Isuzu bakkies - in particular, the Isuzu Double Cab bakkie, ...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 Best Casinos in the World
The first known casino was called a gambling house and it was established in Venice, Italy in 1638, while the first gambling establishments in America were known as saloons. Regardless of their name, ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:11hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
What are the realistic chances for political dialogue in Zimbabwe?
All political transitions (without exception) whether occasioned by revolution, externally driven or resulting from an election, are perfected through dialogue between the contending forces in society...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Brian T Kagoro
British have cut ED adrift, has he even Smith's common sense to admit 'game is up!'
South Africa's then president F W de Klerk and the man who would succeed him, Nelson Mandela, were co-recipients of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.Nelson Mandela's citation for the prize was easil...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 00:30hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwean man killed in SA
Several houses in South Africa were reportedly damaged, while cars were burnt on Monday following the arrest of nine taxi drivers after a Zimbabwean man was attacked and killed in his tuckshop in Kler...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
None of us should want to be Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
A story that is not often told about the weekend of Nelson Mandela's release from prison is the one about the desperate quest to find his wife the night before he was freed.When then president...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Mondli Makhanya
Mandela forgave apartheid criminals & never could pardon his wife Winnie!, Is that forgiveness?
In 2001 the Archbishop Desmond Tutu chair of South African's Truth and Reconciliation said verbatim: "Reconciliation means that those who have been on the underside of history must see that there is a...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 20:02hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
'Mugabe's fast-track land reform a great mistake'
AGRICULTURAL and Rural Development Authority (Arda) board chairman, Basil Nyabadza, has described former President Robert Mugabe's fast-track land reform programme as a "great mistake" which drove awa...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
An open letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa
Dear Mr President, Nothing will last forever and power is very sweet, just ask uncle Bob. But for how long will you succeed in deceiving the whole nation and the world by creating fake scenari...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 07:55hrs | | by Chikuni Gaba
ZANU PF merely changes wrapping, but contents still the same
I do not enjoy being the only pessimistic voice in a room full of over-joyous people, whose optimism is merely based on fantasy - yet, reality would be painting a far different picture.Most li...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 07:49hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will Mnangagwa be an Idi Amin or FW De Klerk
Former Zimbabwean cabinet minister, David Coltart, told a South African radio station, Power 98.7, that Zimbabwe President-designate, Emmerson Mnangagwa's history shows that he was Robert Mugabe's poi...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born Williams lights up English rugby
Watch Mike Williams on the pitch and you'll see a physical, hard-working forward hitting rucks and making tackles.Off it though, the Zimbabwean-born Leicester Tigers flanker has developed a lo...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 05:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mandela mocked Mugabe and Mugabe also mocked Mandela
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's verbal barbs on Nelson Mandela have a historical context, which both men helped accentuate.South Africa's first majority and black President Nelson Mandela...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:05hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Gender mainstreaming for socio-economic development key - Mphoko
Vice President Hon Phelekezela Mphoko has officially opened the Local Government Investment Conference today. This will Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe second three-day Local Government Investm...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 12:03hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai - The Norton Post
Politics of our lives
This is cool. In South Africa President De Klerk has found his voice yet during his time as National Education Minister he continued the principle of segregation at universities and in 1993 his govern...Published: 05 May 2017 at 17:56hrs | 1 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
The time for compromise and accommodation in South Africa is over
Many years ago we were discussing our future National Anthem in the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC. On invitation from President Mandela, Professor Mzilikazi Khumalo's proposed renderin...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 11:34hrs | | by Carl Niehaus
White Propaganda: Hellen deZille, and Colonialism's intra generational theft and insult
The world heard Helen DeZille premier of the Western Cape province of South Africa stand up for white supremacy when she tweeted early inn the morning on 16th March 2017 that "For those claimi...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 09:57hrs | | by Bhekuzulu Khumalo
South Africa facing moment of reality
South Africa is currently engulfed in political and economic storms whose magnitude are threatening to tear the governing Tripartite Alliance apart, over and above the threat to the tenure of incumben...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Tererai Danga
South Africa facing moment of reality
South Africa is currently engulfed in political and economic storms whose magnitude are threatening to tear the governing Tripartite Alliance apart, over and above the threat to the tenure of incumben...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Tererai Danga
Tremors have hit Zimbabwe
A magnitude 6.5 tremor has hit Botswana - with the effects felt in Johannesburg, Pretoria, North West and Zimbabwe on Monday evening.According the US Geological Survey, an earthquake was r...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 19:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Claims that transformation has been slow are dangerous, says SA billionaire
Cape Town - Retail tycoon Christo Wiese is fed up with the rich getting the blame for South Africa's problems, ...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 19:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Chris Hani had to be killed,' says unrepentent Derby-Lewis in last interview
Johannesburg - Former Communist Party leader Chris Hani had to be murdered because he was an uncontrollable radical who was targeting civilians, according to Clive Derby-Lewis in his last intervie...Published: 15 Nov 2016 at 13:32hrs | | by Netwerk24
Julius Malema vows to lock up de Klerk
The last apartheid-era president‚ FW de Klerk‚ would be jailed if Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema was the leader of the country."De Klerk must pray that I don't become presi...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Apartheid monster dies
Clive Derby-Lewis, a South African politician jailed for the 1993 assassination of Communist Party leader Chris Hani, has died at the age of 80.Mr Hani led the military wing of Nelson Mand...Published: 03 Nov 2016 at 17:04hrs | | by BBC
Zuma, ANC leaders attacked
Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma was heavily criticised at the funeral of the late Reverend Makhenkesi Stofile on Thursday.High-ranking members of the African National Congress joined mour...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 08:05hrs | | by Sapa
Zuma blasts opposition leaders
President Jacob Zuma has taken a swipe at the opposition leaders, saying their parties do not have what it takes to lead South Africa.According to SABC, Zuma was addressing scores of African N...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Coltart: (Hi)story and our story as Africans
As I sit down to write this piece, it is February 18, 1978, and David Coltart has just taken off for South Africa, to start his university studies at UCT, the University of Cape Town. He leaves behind...Published: 07 May 2016 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwean karatekas win six gold medals in SA
A team of Zimbabwean karatekas won six gold medals at the annual and 5th Matlosana Club Shinkyokushin karate tournament in Kerksdorp South Africa on Saturday.The Zimbabwe full contact karate t...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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