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HARARE, ZIMBABWE - The cholera outbreak that swept through Zimbabwe in 2008-2009 killed more than 4,000 people and sickened nearly 100,000. Parts of Harare and its surrounding suburbs were especially ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 10:02hrs | 448 | by Linda Mujuru, GPJ Zimbabwe
India lauds trade prospects with Zimbabwe, projects implementation
The Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, His Excellency, Mr Bramha Kumar, has lauded trade prospects between Zimbabwe and India while reminding that he looks forward for Zimbabwe to implement agenda items a...Published: 28 Feb 2025 at 12:58hrs | 335 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe govt whips errant Chinese miners
The Zimbabwean government has intensified its efforts to combat environmental degradation linked to alluvial mining along the Sanyati River in Hurungwe, targeting two Chinese companies accused of illi...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe decides own international ties'
Zimbabwe is exercising its sovereign right to independently choose its allies, according to Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science, and Technology Development Minister, Professor Amon Murw...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:33hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Communist Party of China delegation, Zanu-PF share notes
The Communist Party of China (CPC) and Zanu-PF are collaborating on people-centered policies for national development, according to Tang Dengjie, a CPC Central Committee member. Dengjie, leading a del...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thanks BRICS for standing with Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has thanked BRICS countries for standing with Zimbabwe to avoid chaos caused by western countries in other parts of th...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 19:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Will the next ZANU PF leader call Mnangagwa a 'dimwit'?
The ruling ZANU PF is always full of drama, which never ceases to amaze, if not bemuse.So, after current President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's monumental failure to resuscitate the country's...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 13:05hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa has failed the youths, through Mutoriro and Kambwa
As far as Zimbabwe is concerned things are not appealing ranging from economic, social to political discourse. The government of Zimbabwe is supposed to start now to lay out robust and effective mecha...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:11hrs | 2 | by General Franco
Mnangagwa's re-engagement drive losing steam?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is serving the last few months of his five-year term, is facing the monumental failure of one of his major goals since he was brought to power by a military coup in 2...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 20:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe embarks on rebranding journey
ZIMBABWE is embarking on a journey to repair its image, which was battered by the Western media over the years through negative publicity.The assault on its image perception by the West follow...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr President, you hold on power through brutality
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, Zimbabwe has long been in socio-economic dire straits. Her citizenry are rendered economic wanderers. Even children of liberation veterans ar...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Colonial hangover will never end as long as racially brainwashed Mnangagwa regime in power
So, the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime is over the moon over the two or so second handshake with former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair!In fact, the president did not waste any time pos...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 21:33hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt stripping assets, claims MPs
LEGISLATORS have accused the Executive of systematically stripping the country of its valuable assets and selling them through opaque deals, which observers say smells of deep-rooted corruption and pl...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube taken to task
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was on Wednesday taken to task by Harare East legislator Tendai Biti (Citizens Coalition For Change) over Chinese-Zimbabwean business deals which could see the country lo...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP demands 'ChineseMustGo' police operation
A Zanu-PF legislator has called for a 'MaChina Ngaande' (the Chinese Must Go!) police operation amid increasing concern over abuse of workers, wanton flouting of laws, and smuggling by Chinese compani...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
US, CCC and local journalists gang up to foment chaos
The US government through its Harare embassy has started sponsoring local journalists to write more negative stories about Zimbabwe, at the same time undermining Chinese investments to create national...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
2023 elections, Mugabe predictive intelligence
THE leader who carries off the remarks by the late President Mugabe will likely win the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe. The leader who does not let the Mugabe decision affect him at a personal level will ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:44hrs | 16 | by Sharon Hofisi
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 20 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Dynamics of anti-Chinese crusade in Zimbabwe
In recent times, a steady stream of anti-Chinese propaganda in Zimbabwe - driven mostly by Western-sponsored media, civil society and the opposition - has grown into a huge tide.On January 20,...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Dr. Obert Mpofu a hero or thief?
The question: What has Dr. Obert Moses Mpofu achieved for Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans has been asked by many people and yet met with different answers. Some have claimed without evidence that Obert Mpofu...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 12:06hrs | 7 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chinese miners' trucks damaging our roads: Mayor
GWERU mayor Josiah Makombe has blamed Chinese-owned mining vehicles for damaging city roads.Makombe said the Midlands capital was witnessing a proliferation of Chinese companies venturing into...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Glasgow trip a missed opportunity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Glasgow, Scotland, was a missed opportunity for Zimbabwe to meaningfully engage world leaders on climate matters, but instead he reduced the all-important summi...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa acquiring more public debt to fund second term bid
WINNING or losing an election is a referendum on the economy by citizens. More often than not politicians are aware of this fact and, therefore, go out of their way, sometimes, contracting huge debts ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 12 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnagagwa and Zanu-pf are defeatable
There is a despondency nationwide about the prospect of unseating a Zanu-PF government together with its leader ED Mnangagwa. It is sad that the ordinary man in the street now believes that Zanu-PF is...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Zakhele Maphosa
China sees third force in huge outcry over its Zimbabwe activities
FOLLOWING months of a huge outcry over Chinese enterprises' "exploitative" strategy in Zimbabwe's mineral resources, Beijing's diplomats in Harare spoke out this week, telling the Zimbabwe Independent...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chidavaenzi captures Mugabe's legacy in latest book
Title: Chasing The Wind ISBN: 978-0-7974-79594-6In November 2017, a "powerful wind" orchestrated by the military chased Zimbabwe's long-time ruler, the...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:45hrs | 3 | by Fungayi Sox
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is sinking in Chinese debt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa admitted on Wednesday that Zimbabwe is choking under Chinese debt, but said the southern African country would continue looking up to the Asian giant for bailout because o...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Unpatriotic, corrupt Zimbabwe govt sells country to China in exchange of 'tang'
"We have turned east, where the sun rises and given our back to the West, where the sun sets," Mugabe told a crowd at National Sports Stadium in 2005. This was a swift shift from one coloniser to anot...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:59hrs | 21 | by Israel Dube
Will Zimbabwe recover and benefit from the AfCFTA?
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came at the time when Zimbabwe is at the verge, struggling economically as seen with poverty elongated with COVID-19 dominating the society. AfCFTA is a pr...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:37hrs | 3 | by Fifteen Theophelous
Suffocating enablers of Zimbabwe's vision is the new plot
When the European Union and its big brother, the US, imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, the central object as the then US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Chester Crocker put it, was to m...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 18 | by Tafara Shumba
China is irreplaceable to Zim, Parly told
CHINA has proven to be an irreplaceable partner to Zimbabwe amid difficult challenges, including the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and poverty, Sadc parliamentarians heard yesterday.Speaking at a...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'No permanent friends but interests' Zim-China relation expedition
Late 2020 China and Zimbabwe launched 5 year policies towards the realization of vision 2030, sustainable development goals. Zimbabwe being an ally to China, one can question if this was due to diplom...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Theophelous Fifteen
Is Zimbabwe-China relationship strategic, transformational?
THE relationship between the two countries — Zimbabwe and China — has been strategic as they have engaged in a number of bilateral agreements which have helped strengthen their different economies...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:32hrs | | by Letwin Mapaike
Sanctions are NOT responsible for economic crisis - just because Zanu PF decrees so does not make it so
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic mess and political paralysis is the failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. The country has been stuck with a corrupt, incompetent and murderous dictat...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:31hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet review
News doing the rounds says the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe has passed on , it seems Chiwenga and Robert Mugabe have one thing in common - they both die in the media and resurrect miracu...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Mnangagwa walks tight rope
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is still walking a tightrope between extremism and moderation as he approaches the end of the first year of his election last July.Perhaps nothing demonstrates his...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Chamisa hoped to tap into the hugely popular Operation Restore Legacy
One false argument which is peddled by the opposition and foreign interests mostly is that nothing has changed in Zimbabwe since November 2017 when the popular Operation Restore Legacy happened. ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by George Charamba
Zimbabwe chaos part of an African plot, claims Charamba
THE recent demonstrations in the country were not a local affair but a way by Western countries to camouflage their goals on Zimbabwe and the African continent in general, Presidential spokesperson Mr...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 22:55hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo engages Australia over twinning
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni has revealed plans by the local authority to engage Australian diplomats towards a twinning arrangement with one of that country's cities.Mguni and other Bulawayo ...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to partner Chinese city
BULAWAYO City Council is set for a twinning arrangement with the Chinese city of Zhaoyuan Tangerang Selatan in a move envisaged to attract investment to the country's second largest city.The c...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ED 'so far so good' but you need Chamisa to resuscitate the economy
It is always good to give an applause when someone in the caliber of President Mnangagwa does well. As much as I don't like the man but I think he deserve a little bit of some thumbs up and respect co...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 09:45hrs | 3 | by Knowledge Hakata
Zanu-PF promises fake, claims MDC Alliance partner
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo has challenged the ruling Zanu PF government to honour its pre-election promises, which he described as "fake"."Towards t...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Stff reporter
Beyond the ConCourt ruling 'Economic Disaster and Disorder' awaits Zimbabweans.
According to political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya's recent interview with Peter Ndoro of SABC soon after the ConCourt hearing on the 22 of August, the respected Human Rights expect articulated well to P...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 20:36hrs | 3 | by Knowledge Hakata
The rise and fall of Robert Mugabe
Book Review Life and Times of Robert Mugabe (1980-2017): Dream Betrayed Kenneth Mufuka and Cyril Zenda, 2018, Afro-media Publishers, South Carolina, ISBN 9-781513-625959 Reviewed by Brian Maregedze Th...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
The tale of a jewel and a giant: Facts about revival of Zimbabwe's economy
The Country, Nation and Our WorldMany have talked, written and caricatured Zimbabwe as a country of educated but inept leaders. A country once a jewel of Africa brought down by corruption, greed a...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | | by Vincent Gwarazimba
The truth about Zimababwe economy
Hopefully by now the nation has realised that the military Government is failing in its attempts to resuscitate the economy. What is even more appalling since the coup-d'état, is the continuity of fa...Published: 25 May 2018 at 11:30hrs | | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma, Political Analyst and Activist
ZCTU slams Chinese violation of labour laws
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has expressed concern over the alleged spike in labour abuse cases at Chinese-owned firms in the Midlands province.Speaking on the sidelines of the Worker...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks place in global village
ZIMBABWE'S foreign policy is geared towards getting the best advantage so that it can be positioned as a key player on the global scene, working and cooperating with others for mutual benefit, Foreign...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Voting for Zanu pf will take us further back
People always make a comparison between Zimbabwe and our neighbours, South Africa, especially after a visit there. Someone will say our country could have been like this Africa economic giant because ...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by AT Kadada
Mnangagwa's China visit to define our future
President Emmerson Mnangagwa left Harare for China yesterday and is expected to arrive in Beijing today for a historic four-day State visit to the global economic powerhouse.China is arguably ...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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