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Minister warns against sidelining traditional leaders

Minister of State for Matabeleland South Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Albert Nguluvhe, has called on government departments and development partners to respect the authority of traditional leaders when implementing programmes in loca…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:45hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter

Botswana president rebukes leaders clinging to power

Botswana President Duma Boko has condemned leaders who attempt to extend their presidential terms beyond the established limits, boldly stating that such leaders are failures. His remarks came during the ground-breaking ceremony of the Bon…

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:36hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter

Why is the greed of Zimbabwe's leaders so insatiable - even at the cost of the nation?

Killing the goose that lays the golden egg! There is a peculiar kind of greed that afflicts some leaders - one so insatiable it defies logic. It is a form of acquisitive madness that turns a nation's most sacred resources into disposable a…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:17hrs | 78 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

CJ Malaba calls for legal, ethical training of traditional leaders

Chief Justice Luke Malaba has directed the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to train traditional leaders on legal and ethical standards to ensure that as judicial officers, they treat litigants with dignity and respect, rather than resort…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:31hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter

Some leaders are supported because they're stupid and corrupt!

Leadership is a fascinating subject. Ideally, leaders are chosen because they stand out as exemplary individuals with admirable qualities. These are the people with the organizational skills to manage resources and people effectively, the …

Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 12:35hrs | 329 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zanu-PF youth leaders get motorbikes

Zanu-PF youth leaders from Masvingo's seven administrative districts have received motorbikes from President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a move aimed at strengthening party mobilisation efforts and ensuring the ruling party remains the dominant po…

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 15:22hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter

More leaders jet in for Zimbabwe SADC summit

Four Heads of State and Government from Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Madagascar, and Eswatini arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday to join their counterparts who had arrived earlier for the 44th SADC Summit, which begins today.…

Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:21hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter

Obert Mpofu hits out at incompetent leaders, corrupt police officers

ZANU-PF secretary-general Dr Obert Mpofu came out guns blazing against unscrupulous law enforcement officers in Nyamandlovu, Matebeleland North Province yesterday, as he addressed concerns by villagers that they were allegedly working toge…

Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe going nowhere with delusional leaders

I KEEP being reminded of my younger days when we used to love joking about a guy who had fallen head over heels with a certain girl.In the midst of their intimate rendezvous, the guy would become so love-struck that he ended up promising t…

Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:01hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe's solution not necessarily in regime change but holding leaders accountable

I have often told those around me this fact.If truth be told, I actually do not hate  Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa or opposition CCC party leader Nelson Chamisa.In fact, I did not even hate former president Robert Gabriel Mugabe. Due …

Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 20:32hrs | 16 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

SADC leaders to close ranks on Zimbabwe in New York

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning to hold meetings with southern African heads of state who are currently attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) in New York.This would mark the first time he engages in dir…

Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 13:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

In Zimbabwe, we get leaders we deserve

THE ongoing so-called "star rallies" being held by the ruling Zanu-PF party leave me speechless.As expected during campaign for public office, especially for a sitting president and political party, touting successes achieved is at the for…

Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zanu-PF hounds traditional leaders

Zanu-PF has ordered chiefs to strip village heads and headmen who entertain opposition parties ahead of the August 23 election of their titles.President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently rewarded village heads and headmen with a pay rise ahead o…

Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

The political leaders we want in Zimbabwe

WHEN a system is not producing the results we want, we must change the system to get different results.That system can only change when those in leadership realise and acknowledge that the old ways of doing things cannot create better resu…

Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Vince Musewe

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 Transform Africa Summit (TAS2023).The summit …

Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Commonwealth readmission will not solve Zimbabwe's problems

IT looks very likely that in the near future Zimbabwe will be readmitted into the Commonwealth, the grouping of former British colonies, boosting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts and the country's profile. But the possi…

Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe paying the price for not holding leaders to account

AS much Zimbabwe scares me, sometimes!It is terribly unsettling and outright creepy, to say the least, whenever I watch how some Zimbabweans treat their leaders.I try to imagine if I had been the president of this country, or ruling or opp…

Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | | by Tendai R Mbofana

No leader will serve Zimbabwe without pressure from citizens

WHY do we as Zimbabweans somehow appear to believe that there will ever be a politician who will emerge in our country or possibly has already manifested, who places the interests of Zimbabwe ahead of his own and serves the ordinary people…

Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe needs respectable leaders

IN response to Vote Zanu-PF, Mohadi tells chiefs: Is Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi displaying his complete ignorance of the law or is he displaying complete contempt of the supreme law of the land, the Constitution?Looking at the w…

Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 10 | by A Mbire

Chiwenga set to join global health leaders

Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Constantino Chiwenga is expected to join global health leaders here tomorrow for the 72nd Session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa which started t…

Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Free Zupco transport for traditional leaders

TRADITIONAL leaders will no longer have to pay transport fares on all Zupco buses across the country, Vice-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga told mourners at the homestead of the late Chief Nhlamba in Gwanda yesterday.Chief Nhlamba, who di…

Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

CCC to impose leaders

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is embarking on new processes to elect its national leaders, thereby possibly ditching the traditional congresses.This follows recent reports that the party, formed in January this year ahead of the …

Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF must stop abusing traditional leaders

WITH a few days to go before the by-elections, Heal Zimbabwe has witnessed an increase in cases of human rights violations.The traditional leadership institution continues to be at the centre of abuse by the ruling party elite ahead of the…

Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Heal Zimbabwe

Leaders should put Zimbabwe first

ZIMBABWE is reeling under the brunt of political polarisation and electoral hangover.Its ripple effects are hitting the person on the street and scuttling efforts to revive the economy.It is paramount that in whatever we do, let us put our…

Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Mukunda waChitova

Zimbabweans' unquestioning belief in their leaders a retrogressive weakness that prevents accountability and development

One would be forgiven for believing that questioning one's leaders, and holding them accountable would be a given - a normal part of everyday life, whereby a country's citizens, or city's residents, always keep close checks and balances on…

Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 20:27hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Jabulani Sibanda bounces back as Zanu-PF provincial leaders announced

Zanu-PF yesterday announced 10 provincial chairpersons who emerged victorious following successful polls held this week with new office bearers being elected in seven provinces.Minister of State for Mashonaland West Province Mary Mliswa-Ch…

Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Let's all register to vote and kick out our leaders

IT is not fair to say Zimbabweans deserve the leaders they have. Whether through fear or otherwise, many in this land voted Zanu-PF into power.If there was any rigging or intimidation, it was done by Zimbabweans. And so is the stealing tha…

Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Revai Dani

The era of strongman politics over in Africa

THE era of damaging personality-driven politics in Africa, including Zimbabwe, may soon be coming to an end due to democratic reforms by the African Union and changing political dynamics fuelled by a bulging youth population in the region …

Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

If church leaders don't speak truth to power then they don't represent God or Christians

I am a bondservant of Christ Jesus, and faithfully abide by the Holy Bible in what it commands us to do.One of those things is that, a good Christian, submits to authority - of which, I humbly do.Submitting entails placing oneself under th…

Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Do we need more diseases that freak out our leaders for them to finally attend to crumbling health care system?

It is really strange, in fact, creepy, how people appear freaked out and terrified by the thought of death and dying.Honestly, as much as most of us are not suicidal, and not actively seeking death - but, endeavor exercising a healthy life…

Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 17:37hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe leaders who have nothing to show for 40 years of misrule now find glory in liberation struggle tales

"Matakadya kare haanyaradzi pwere" - that is the saying that I always think of whenever our leaders in Zimbabwe launch a book glorifying their liberation struggle exploits of more than forty years ago.Inevitably, I find myself wondering wh…

Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 10:04hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Covid-19 crisis: Can corporate leaders stand up and be counted!

Zimbabwe has undergone several crises over the years and each time disaster strikes, citizens have been known to put aside their differences - real or imagined - to put out the fire. It is through this unity of purpose in the face of a cri…

Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 20:21hrs | 3 | by Nathan Chikara

What leaders? No more than tortoises sitting atop lamp posts

I decided in the new year to return Kuumba, my beautiful pet tortoise, to his wild, natural habitat of Matojeni.Besides my amazing wife, few sights and few life experiences have left a greater impression or ever etched as permanent a place…

Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 3 | by Zifiso Masiye

Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting capture by industrial lobby groups.These…

Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Brian Sedze

MDC-T Matebeleland leaders jockey VP post

MDC-T leaders in Matebeleland have started jockeying for senior party posts including the deputy president's post which fell vacant following the expulsion of Thokozani Khupe.Khupe was last month expelled from the opposition party alongsid…

Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

Church leaders speak against tax

CHURCH leaders in Manicaland have come out guns blazing against the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's move to collect income tax from churches and other religious institutions regardless of the types of transactions that take place within the c…

Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe challenges Zanu-PF leaders

PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday called on the senior party leadership to work towards fostering unity within the ruling Zanu-PF and take after the liberation's founding fathers who did not accept divisions.Addressing thousands of party supporte…

Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

No hope for Africa: Next generation of leaders learnt from the best, could yet be the worst

Kenya's former Director of Anticorruption Commission, Prof Lumumba, warns that the younger generation is even more dangerous to Africa because they have learned from the older generation. Structures such as Student Representative Councils …

Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 11:42hrs | 1 | by Phillemon Sithole (Khuluma Afrika)

'I am smart individuals' masquerading as leaders are a disease time will cure: Zimbabwe experience, lessons and a tough way forw

1 Corinthians 1:26-27 (NIV) "For you see your calling brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble but God choose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. Go…

Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 09:15hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere

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ZANU-PF official jailed for stealing

Maswerasei blasts Chamisa

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