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Zimbabwe steps up new city efforts
ZIMBABWE is stepping up efforts to build a new city in Mount Hampden by working on the requisite infrastructure, with President Mnangagwa having led a delegation to Switzerland last week on a familiar...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Putin and the Wagner mutiny
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)On 23rd June 2023 the Western media became delirious with joy when the heard that there was a ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:39hrs | 11 | by Ian Beddowes
The International Criminal Court a ridiculous organisation
The world has recently been surprised to hear that the ICC has issued a ‘warrant of arrest' for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The central charge against him is that he is responsible for the abd...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Ian Beddowes
White skin, black masks!
Two developments caught my attention this week. One is a Brenthurst Foundation scholarship invitation to young Africans intent on pursuing postgraduate studies.Brenthurst Foundation is owned a...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:08hrs | | by Jamwanda
US, NATO masters of double standards
Speech by Vassily Nebenzia, Russian Permanent Representative at the UNAt the meeting on 10 October, Russia already provided a clarification of reasons t...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
The dangers of a long colonialism
Walking the last mileBY the time you read this piece, Queen Elizabeth II, late sovereign of the United Kingdom and titular head of the pizza-like Commonwealth, will be two days away from her f...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Jamwanda
Precedent that undermines credibility of Human Rights Council
On April 7, the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia's membership in the Human Rights Council. This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Cou...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Alfred de Zayas
Russia optimistic on Zimbabwe investments despite war
RUSSIA is bullish about its investment prospects in Zimbabwe despite the current economic restrictions triggered by the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine by Russia. The Zimbabwe Independen...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 17:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the biohazard threat in Ukraine?
From the very beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the United States has unleashed a massive campaign to accuse Moscow of all sorts of crimes.Protecting the civilian population...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party says to the USA, NATO and their allies hands off Russia!
Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has challenged the right of the USA to implement regime change through the use of extremist groups, terrorism and media manipulation and then establish ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:46hrs | 29 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
US drafts plan for government-in-exile, guerrilla war in Ukraine - reports
The US and its allies are quietly working on "contingency plans" in case Russian forces succeed in their operation in Ukraine and force the current government into exile, the Washington Post reported ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia/ Ukraine crisis is a manufactured one to sabotage ties
THE Russian Defence ministry on Thursday morning announced that it had taken on Ukraine's air defences and its Air Force with a series of precision attacks, after airports and runways across the count...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
US recalls official memo that hammered nations for being 'in Russia's camp'
The release of a strongly-worded instruction was an "error," according to the State DepartmentThe US has recalled a diplomatic cable that instructed its envoys to tell their Indian and UAE cou...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We're defending ourselves from threats
CITIZENS of Russia, friends, I will begin with what I said in my address on February 21, 2022. I spoke about our biggest concerns and worries, and about the fundamental threats which irresponsible Wes...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by President Vladimir Putin
Drax execs US$2,9m richer
AFTER the High Court this week ruled that the controversial US$20 million Drax Consult SAGL deal on medical supplies and sundries that cost former Health minister Obadiah Moyo his job was valid, Drax ...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma is not to blame for South Africa's mess
At the time of going to press, over 100 people had been killed and hundreds hospitalised after riots and protests related to the imprisonment of former South African president Jacob Zuma.Don't...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Top 100 Leaders in Transportation Award adds our very own native Zimbabwean to the great automotive world stage
ZIMBABWEAN serial-entrepreneur, artist and technology aficionado Devine Mafa recently received Global Honors for being a Top 100 World Innovator at the International Transportation and Automotive Summ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 13:13hrs | 13 | by Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter
Warriors seek revenge
Warriors coach Zdravko Lugarusic says he will approach tomorrow's clash against Algeria with the same positive intent that served his team so well in the second half of the two teams' first meeting on...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni, Nkosana Moyo emerged from defeat far, far better than Chamisa
I HOPE Chamisa's simmering and smarting hordes are now settled, after what by now should be a long enough cooling period. He is himself showing signs of recovering from zealous political Pentecostalis...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | | by Igomombe
Chamisa is not a factor in parliament, which is good
Since there are so many impious hands on Zimbabwe's internal affairs, so many hands challenging its sovereignty, I thought my opening paragraphs should address those meddlesome, self-righteous foreign...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | | by Igomombe
Ubuntuism and Mnangagwa's new trajectory
STANLAKE Samkange, a historiographer, educator, journalist, author and African nationalist, sought to outline an African theory of knowledge in Ubuntuism or Hunuism (1980). He is widely credited for p...Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Limukani Ncube
How Rhodesia ended tribes
The year 1970 saw the birth of a publication titled "The Passing of Tribal Man in Africa". Edited by a Canadian academic, the late Peter C. W. Gutkind, the publication challenged entrenched Anglo-Saxo...Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 10:03hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Farai and the Forest Dawn take band to new heights with star performance at London’s prestigious Rich Mix Theatre
LONDON - From the centre stage of Islington's prestigious O2 arena to the heart of one of the biggest theatre venues in the UK, Farai and the Forest Dawn (FFD) have joined the hub for real artists fro...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 22:54hrs | 1 | by Tidi Kwidini
Jonathan Moyo stop dabbling in Zanu-PF succession politics
In history and to the outsider, Zimbabwe has always been a fabulous illusion. An Ophir. An El Dorado, a home to the Queen of Sheba. If the wishes of early European "pathfinders" were horses, Zimbabwe ...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Ukubambisana sisakha umuzi wethu wakoMatupula
Matupula Primary SchoolP O Box 16Tsholotsho23 December 2016Kini Matupula OmuhleRef: Ukubambisana sisakha umuzi wethu wakoMatupula....Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 20:53hrs | | by Lameck Zapu Ncube
So how was America on November 9, and thereafter?
No surprises for me. Hopefully none for you too, gentle reader, if you didn't miss my September 24 and October 21 instalments. September 24 piece in part read: "However rough one finds him [Donald Tru...Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 18:41hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Interview with musician Lyfe Martinez
Bulawayo24 caught up with Lyfe Martinez, a Zimbabwean musician based in the UK. Lyfe Martinez is currently working on his debut album, 'Life is a Journey', which he expects to release at the end of...Published: 01 May 2016 at 10:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grannies smearing condom lubricants on their knees to cure athraitis
Elderly women in South Africa are reported to be smearing the condom lubricants on their knees after they were misled to believe it heals arthritis.Condom lubricant soothes arthritic joints - ...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks send shivers on foreigners in SA
Cape Town - Foreigners living and working in South Africa have been gripped with fear following a spat of xenophobic attacks in Durban on Monday. These attacks are alleged to have been sparked by ...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 14:39hrs | | by Levie Tsongo, Cape Town
Evil 'White Widow' gunned down in Ukraine
A British female terrorist nicknamed the 'White Widow' has reportedly been shot and killed in Ukraine. Samantha Lewthwaite, 30, was gunned down by a Russian sniper two weeks ago, according to ...Published: 13 Nov 2014 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Seziyosengwa yinkehli inkomo zabokhokho bethu
Omunye umsebenzi oqakathekileyo owawufundiswa abafana ilizwe lisahleli kahle yikusenga inkomo. Eqinisweni babengafundiswa abafana kodwa babefunda ngokukhangela babone okwenziwa ngabafowabo labo b...Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 17:35hrs | 133 | by Velempini Veap Thuthani Ndlovu
Africa's richest musicians named
JUST like Forbes, Huffington post has also released a list of its own version of 10 richest African musicians. See the names of the musicians who made the list.1. Youss1. Youssou N'dourYoussou...Published: 09 Oct 2013 at 03:20hrs | | by Pulse
'West cannot overturn people's choice of leadership,' says Mugabe
Western nations cannot overturn Zimbabweans' choice of leadership no matter how powerful they maybe because it is the people's inherent right to choose who lead them, President Mugabe said yesterday....Published: 23 Aug 2013 at 03:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Olympics team set for final public send off in London
The small squad of Zimbabwean Olympians who are hoping to do the southern African proud at this year's London 2012 games, get a final send off from their diasporian compatriots tomorrow (Thursday 26 ...Published: 25 Jul 2012 at 12:18hrs | | by Henry Makiwa
Beauty Queens to host charity concert
Face of Zimbabwe beauty queens, Tinashe Kamangirira and Nokuthaba Vuma are set to host a charity gig in Coventry, United Kingdom this weekend. The club party is a fundraiser for Zimbabwe's children i...Published: 18 May 2012 at 05:54hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Helping the 'collateral victims' of AIDS
Sitting on an old mattress in front of a small house in Kimukunda village in the Rakai District of southern Uganda, Teddy Nakawoeisi, 60, is waiting for her grandchildren to bring home something for ...Published: 27 Apr 2012 at 20:57hrs | | by Andualem Sisay, Rakai, Uganda
Sean Kingston craze has reached fever pitch in Zimbabwe
Its two days to go before the much hyped Sean Kingston concerts and the craze has reached fever pitch with local artistes on the bill promising one hell of a party.Dancehall prodigy Winky D...Published: 19 Apr 2011 at 05:21hrs | 11 | by Byo24Entertainment
Pane munhu: Shona on 2011 UK census languages
BRITAIN is printing census forms in 57 languages, including Shona, it was revealed.In the most significant acknowledgement of Zimbabwe to Britain migration over th...Published: 25 Feb 2011 at 05:38hrs | | by Byo24News
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