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Khupe, Chamisa peace deal on the cards?
THE ugly infighting that has divided the MDC could soon come to an end, amid renewed attempts to unite Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa ahead of the party's planned extra-ordinary congress.A...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:19hrs | 11696 | by Staff reporter
ZiNA seeks army, police, judiciary protection during July 31 protests
The new pressure group called Zimbabwe National Anthem has petitioned the state institutions which include the army, the police and the judiciary to protect citizens from the power-hungry political le...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1208 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa tells mourners that he is unstoppable
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was unstoppable and unfazed by his political woes that saw him lose the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House and the reca...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:24hrs | 7031 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says change was near and Mnangagwa's end was nigh
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was unstoppable and unfazed by his political woes that saw him lose the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House and the reca...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1278 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he is still in charge
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has assured his followers that he is still in charge of the main opposition political party in Zimbabwe, and dismissed what MDC-T leaders Thokozani Khupe,...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:11hrs | 4935 | by Staff reporter
The Ecocash heist - A modern tale of irresponsible corporate behaviour
Sometime in 2013, I applied and became an Ecocash Agent (Agent), and immediately set shop in at least two locations within Harare CBD. The setup and running costs for me as an Agent were high, but the...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 19:27hrs | 6584 | by Tendayi Mudhadha
Zimbabwean embassies in dire straits
ZIMBABWEAN embassies are in dire straits with diplomats not being paid for several months, while living in squalid conditions as the government owes close to US$30 million for services rendered and re...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:23hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo: A dream deferred but still attainable
Joshua Nkomo, perhaps like many great men and women before him saw a dream for Zimbabwe, one that would have seen the country cross over from colonialism to the proverbial Jordan. Born in 1917 he dedi...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 18:06hrs | 897 | by Lt Col JZ Dlamini
Ndabaningi Sithole Foundation salutes Joshua Nkomo
Founding ZANU President Ndabaningi Sithole's foundation has issued a statement remembering the death of the late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo.In a statement released on Wednesday, the Foundati...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 13:29hrs | 1318 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19 scuttles Joshua Nkomo gatherings
FOR the first time in 20 years, there will be no public events to celebrate the life of Father Zimbabwe, the late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Every year on Ju...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:13hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU dares Khupe over congress invite
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has vowed it will not entertain reinstated MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe who reportedly plans to hire the labour group to observe a party elective poll in S...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 3002 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8964 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to RBZ governor Mangudya
Dear Governor,I hope I find you well and in good spirits in your office on Samora Machel Avenue, Harare.My last article, Arresting Inflation in Zimbabwe, a couple of weeks back drew brickb...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 5122 | by Bart Star-James
Mwonzora is moving forward
An internet definition of cheating is 'act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage'. I think you have heard of examination cheating in colleges and universities. In sporting, there is ag...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:34hrs | 4014 | by Etiwel Mutero
Dr Nkomo: The triumph and paradox of the liberation agenda
Early career timing and ideological wiringTHE nationalist anti-colonial movement in modern Zimbabwe directly intertwines the ideological efforts and political charisma of the late Vice-Preside...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 167 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Joshua Nkomo: A globalist, political negotiator and institution builder
FORMER Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's legacy is prominently embedded in the military and radical polemic side of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.This historiography bias towards Nkomo's contribu...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 155 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Zim Government under spotlight over property rights: Paul Westwood saga
During the 2017 episode, one of the key fundamentals which the military reiterated during the seizure of power, was the restoration of legacy, getting rid of the purported criminals around Robert Muga...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 1071 | by Charles Murindo
Malaba's lawyers dress code directive reversed
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has withdrawn Practice Direction (PD) 6 of 2020 banning tight-fitting, body-hugging and colourful attire for legal practitioners appearing before the Magistrates Courts. ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Mounting challenges for Chamisa
THE MDC-Alliance, and the entire legacy of the opposition movement, faces the gravest political challenges it has had to confront since its formation in 1999.This is the result of a combinatio...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 10081 | by Brian Raftopoulos
Zanu-PF paranoia a threat to us all
As Zimbabwe mourned and buried another gallant liberation struggle hero, stanley Gagisa Nleya at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Wednesday one could not help listening, with a very heavy and sor...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 249 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Factionalism not peculiar to Zanu-PF
FACTIONALISM is not a phenomenon peculiar to Zanu-PF. Political parties, the world over, are plagued by "parties within a party" whose members band together to achieve particular goals and advance the...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 134 | by Lovemore Sibanda
Factionalism in Zanu-PF: G40 vs Lacoste
Factionalism is not a phenomenon peculiar to the ZANU PF. Political parties are plagued by "parties within a party" whose members band together to achieve particular goals and advance their agenda wit...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:08hrs | 4695 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
Genuine liberation heroes never fought for Zanu-PF's unpatriotic institutionalized oligarchical corruption
As Zimbabwe mourns and buries another gallant liberation struggle hero, Stanley Gagisa Nleya - at the National Heroes Acre in Harare today - one can not help listening, with a very heavy and sore hear...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 19:24hrs | 508 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa challenges Zimbabweans to be patriotic
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to be patriotic and work towards achieving the national vision 2030.The President made the remarks at the National Shrine where the late ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:34hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3196 | by Mandla Ndlovu
NGOs reject constitutional amendments
RESIDENTS and civil organisations have rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa's proposed constitutional amendments, saying they posed a threat to civil and political rights and sought to revive the leg...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:20hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Minister pleads with citizens not to shun own currency
ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to shun economic saboteurs who want to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle that National Hero Stanley Nleya and his colleagues bitterly fought to achieve. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1311 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa disowns Twitter account
War veteran's leader Chris Mutsvangwa Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa has disowned Twitter accounts in his name saying they are creations of self-exiled G40 kingpin Jonathan Moyo.This comes after ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:47hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
The Undertaker retires from WWE
WWE legend The Undertaker has retired after 30 years with the company.The legendary superstar - who first appeared for the company at Survivor Series in 1990 - has seemingly called time on his...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:44hrs | 1376 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's 5 steps towards fixing Zimbabwe
Professor Jonathan Moyo has listed five key steps that showed be implement by Zimbabwean authorities in order to resuscitate the economy and address the socio-political challenges affecting the countr...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 16:55hrs | 4382 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bring back rule of law to prosecutions
The judgement of the Honourable Chitapi J in the matter of [Saviour] Kasukuwere v Mujayi NO & Others (HH-562-19) (delivered on August 21 2019) is on the face of it scathing to the police, Zimbabwe...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:38hrs | 278 | by Tazorora TG Musarurwa
Komichi spied against Chamisa
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T party chairman Morgen Komichi yesterday unwittingly exposed that he was a spy who worked to destabilise and undermine MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.Addressin...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 7876 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President your own people will soon surrender you to the public!!!
To me the loot, reflects racing against time. There is something fishy around this kind of looting. It looks like there is a deadline, or there are fixed targets which must be met, and the whole drama...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 12:23hrs | 8523 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Police brutality Why the Zimbabwe, US outrage is different
THE past few weeks have seen unprecedented global outrage at the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while Floy...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 726 | by Dzikamai Bere
Oxford college wants to remove Cecil John Rhodes statue
Oriel College in Oxford has announced that it wants the controversial statue of Cecil Rhodes to be taken down.The governors of the Oxford University college voted on Wednesday to remove the st...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 21:34hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's costly heroism
I first suffered the consequences of being a critical analyst and a questioner of orthodox opinion at my early secondary school. In one incident, I totally lost the kind favour of my Bible Knowledge t...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 18:06hrs | 2858 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Mnangagwa's new dispensation turned into piracy
I THOUGHT the 2017 Operation Restore Legacy was meant to rescue our sinking ship, but only to be surprised when the "saviours" turned out to be pirates.The question is: was the operation a gen...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:02hrs | 523 | by Fanuel Gwete
Tshinga Dube issues a stinging response to hardliners in Zanu-PF
Former Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube has issued a stinging response to some hardliners in the ruling Zanu-PF who have questioned his loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership following his ...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 15:10hrs | 8899 | by Staff reporter
The children of politicians should not be judged on their parents' actions
Political leaders are always under the eyes of the nation. Moreso in politics politicians are constantly watched by those who wish them bad so that they can faulter, they are equally watched by those ...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 2774 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Open letter to the First Lady of Zimbabwe
Dear First Lady,I am writing this letter to Mrs Mnangagwa on behalf of our girls. I understand you have children that you love so dearly, l am kindly asking you to use the position that yo...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 8539 | by L. D Mungwari
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1182 | by Siphosami Malunga
Death has robbed us of our affable Raymond Njanike
INSPITE of the many bereavements I have had over the years, nothing prepares me for the loss of dear and close friends. Not even the fact that I do my fair share of laying to rest a number of those we...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 2061 | by Philip Mataranyika
UK appoints Zimbabwean songbird Anna Mudeka to lead African choir online to help ease isolation
Zimbabwean UK-based singer, songwriter, dancer, musician and artistic director, Anna Mudeka, has been commissioned by the Hostry Festival in Norwich to lead The African Choir of Norfolk. Anna is invit...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 19:43hrs | 652 | by Agencies
Kasukuwere's brother released without charge
FORMER Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman Dickson Mafios, who was arrested soon after his release from Harare Polytechnic quarantine centre, has been released without charge.Mafio...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:37hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada dumps Chamisa
MDC Alliance faces dramatic revolt as more MPs appear to be deserting the camp led by Nelson Chamisa.The former Cabinet Minister and Hatfield legislator Tapiwa Mashakada becoming the latest to...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 7866 | by Staff reporter
More cash donations for debt-ridden Bosso
HIGHLANDERS have received a cash donation of $100 000 from a Highlanders FC debt clearance campaign initiated by the club's South African supporters led by chairman Nodumo Nyathi.The money was...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths fight for the Mugabes, want IOC to expel Kirsty Coventry
MDC Alliance youths have implored the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to expel Sports minister Kirsty Coventry from the organisation over her alleged farm grab.Coventry, who was elected ...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 2469 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to 'Stop these guerilla tactics'
Your Excellency,RE: FRANK BUYANGA SADIQI V CHANTELLE TATENDA MUTESWA: CUSTODY MATTERSAs the current President of Zimbabwe, it is prudent that I disclose information relating to the unw...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 8708 | by Staff reporter
MDC A resorts to smear campaign to soil Mnangagwa's legacy
The social media was awash with news of corruption purported to be unearthed by Hopewell Chin'ono and his MDC A handlers. It was a big surprise that the target of the so called corruption was none oth...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 14:30hrs | 5111 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Highlanders start settling legacy debt
HIGHLANDERS have started settling their legacy debt in installments after receiving $100 000 from a crowd-funding initiative spearheaded by fans. The $100 000 was raised by Bosso fans in the f...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:37hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
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