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Chiwenga's photo with Mugabe's iconic moustache goes viral
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has become the center of online attention following the release of a photo from yesterday's Politburo meeting, where his new moustache drew comparisons to the late ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 08:36hrs | 4910 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi Ziyambi perhaps does not understand what a manifesto is
'Our work is our manifesto,' says Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi.This is what Minster Ziyambi is reported to have said, which is mind-boggling:"Zanu-PF will not produce a flowery document as...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 10:04hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Zanu-PF justifies not having a manifesto
Zanu-PF will not produce a flowery document as its manifesto ahead of next month's harmonised elections, but is standing on the record of the Second Republic and will let its life-changing development...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere snubs cheerleader Lumumba
PRESIDENTIAL independent candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has named his campaign technical committee headed by ex-cabinet minister Walter Mzembi.In a statement Monday, Mzembi announced a team of f...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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
Prominent UK lawyer gives advice to Zimbabweans going to the UK on carer visas
Prominent UK-based Zimbabwean lawyer Lloyd Msipa who is also the late former Midlands governor and cabinet minister Cephas Msipa's nephew has advised Zimbabweans going to the UK on carer visas to take...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 13:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'ANC does not believe in Zimbabwe regime change'
SOUTH African Police minister and African National Congress secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has drawn brickbats from a section of Zimbabweans for his recent utterances where he said the African ...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to retire ailing Chiwenga
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been urged to retire his ailing deputy Constantino Chiwenga as h is now incapacitated to carry out his duties. Mnangagwa on Friday said Chiwenga was recovering...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 17:26hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Fare thee well Ruth Lemani
The only certainty in a hero's life is that it could end at any moment. As a hero, RUTH LEMANI could not banish dangers, but could banish fears.We mustn't demean life by standing in awe of dea...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 06:31hrs | 10 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - 6 December 1939 to 23 May 2019 - A Tribute
A giant has fallen. Zimbabwe mourns. Dr Dumiso Dabengwa personified the war of liberation. Affectionately known as ‘the Black Russian', in reference to the fact he was one of the few liberation war ...Published: 25 May 2019 at 16:13hrs | 4 | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimbabwe: A presidency under siege, is there a way out?
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now” - African ProverbIt’s only been six months since Zimbabwe held its ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 04:25hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
The Constitutional Court Challenge: Judgement day, my predictions
Today the Constitutional Court sits to pass judgement on the application brought before it by the opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa heard this past Wednesday. The following are my thoughts and pr...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 11:14hrs | 2 | by Lloyd Msipa
Demystifying the MDC Alliance Constitutional petition
As I promised, Zimbabwe here is my critic of the Constitutional petition filed by the MDC Alliance. Everything starts and falls on the founding affidavit. Before going into the substance of his applic...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 20:14hrs | 4 | by Lloyd Msipa
Biti, Chivayo and hypocrisy
THIS week has presented the nation with two high profile cases before the courts, Wicknell Chivayo's and Tendai Biti's.While many are celebrating the incarceration of Chivayo, already convicti...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 19:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance, exercise your rights, don't violate mine
THE right to freedom of expression, like several other rights we enjoy, is enshrined in our Constitution. It is an important right and should always be protected. The right to freedom of expression co...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 15:35hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Deceitful Zanu PF is 'paying tithes in mint but disregarding weightier matters' - trading bronze for gold
My fellow Zimbabweans we are being deceived; ever since the November 2017 coup that removed Robert Mugabe from office after 37 years in power, President Mnangagwa, the junta and the regime's whole pro...Published: 20 May 2018 at 15:43hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
War Veterans and the new dispensation
The other day I watched a conference in which the president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa met the countries war veterans representatives from all the ten provinces in Zimbabwe. Just like the presiden...Published: 13 May 2018 at 13:15hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Legitimacy on trial as MDC-T feud goes to Court
The MDC-T feud has escalated with the Mr Chamisa led faction asking the speaker to recall Dr Khupe from parliament as she is part of the trio 'fired' that include Obert Gutu and Abednico Bhebhe. A few...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 15:47hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Roy Bennett 'suffered a lot in his attempt to build a new Zimbabwe'
Zimbabwe's main opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change party's deputy president Nelson Chamisa has described Roy Bennett’s unexpected death in a helicopter crash in the US as "a big loss to ...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 10:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF expulsions, nullifications and reinstatements
Nullification is used as a reason to override or counter the effect or force of something. When an act that is bad at law is carried out, and the adjudicator chooses nullification as a remedy to...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Msipa
Tsvangirai urged to step down
Former Zanu-PF politburo member Kudakwashe Bhasikiti - now opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) top official - has urged ailing MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to hand over power.He suggested M...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 16:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expulsion, the implications for Zimbabwe
Mao Tse-Tung or more popularly known as Chairman Mao, the founding father of the People's republic of China, ruled as chairman of the Communist party of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. His fo...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 15:10hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Zanu-PF youths declare undying support for Grace Mugabe
One of the three critical wings of the ruling party - the Zanu-PF youth league - threw down the gauntlet yesterday, declaring its undying support for First Lady Grace Mugabe to take over the vice pres...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 14:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai and Mugabe holding Zimbabwe hostage
There is a temptation to focus all our attention only on the political dynamics playing out in Zanu PF and ignore the same political dynamics in the opposition MDC-T, as they are big political players...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 08:20hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Zanu PF Congress and the shifting Sands of Zimbabwean Politics
Ignatius Chombo, ZANU PF Secretary for administration is making the case for a special congress citing in the main administrative reasons for calling the big 'indaba'. He dismisses the narrative that ...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 22:03hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Grace Mugabe and diplomatic immunity - Expert
Zimbabweans are currently grappling as to whether Grace Mugabe is entitled to diplomatic immunity following an incident in which she is accused of having assaulted a young lady who happened to be in a...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Lloyd Msipa
Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Bill - an unjust Law in the making
"An unjust law is no law at all" this is a quote from Saint Augustine, an early Christian theologian whose writings influenced the development of politics and law. This quote pretty much sums up t...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 14:34hrs | 4 | by Lloyd Msipa
The Raylton War veteran's Declaration, what it means for Zimbabwe
On the 21st of July 2016 the Zimbabwe War veterans met at Raylton sports club were they decided to revisit The Mgagao declaration of 1975. To highlight the significance of this declaration, we need to...Published: 23 Jul 2016 at 17:42hrs | 7 | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimbabwe: A People's revolution beckons
"We have been conditioned to think that only Politicians can solve our problems, but at some point, maybe we will wake up and recognise that it was the politicians who created our problems" - Ben ...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 22:09hrs | 2 | by Lloyd Msipa
'Is vote leave EU legally binding,' ask Msipa - no true democrat would ask such a question
"Is the UK referendum result to leave EU legally binding?" asked Lloyd Msipa (Bulawayo 24 opinion).Actually, on...Published: 27 Jun 2016 at 15:34hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
The Zimbabwe National Pledge, what a load of tosh
The government of Zimbabwe recently unveiled what it calls "A National Pledge" which according to press reports is meant to be cited by school children as instructed by the education ministry. It appa...Published: 05 May 2016 at 19:19hrs | 5 | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimbabwe and the death of ethical leadership
When President Mugabe stood in front of fellow citizens at the national heroes' acre last week, offering an apology as to the absence of the first lady from the burial of two national heroines. He tol...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 20:38hrs | 5 | by Lloyd Msipa
Watch: Mujuru not clear on homosexuals
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Zanu-PF turns to school buses to transport supporters
ZANU PF has come under fire for allegedly coercing schools to offer them buses to transport its supporters to various destinations free of charge.Recently the ruling party has been accused of ...Published: 28 Oct 2014 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why ZAPU entered into the Unity accord of December 1987
Zimbabweans seem to have developed amnesia over the real reasons why ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People's Union) entered into the unity accord of 22nd December 1987.ZAPU was the main nationalis...Published: 21 Dec 2013 at 04:03hrs | 41 | by LLOYD MSIPA
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