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Smith & apartheid regimes were angels compared to 44-Year-Old 'independent' Zimbabwe
Talking in terms of segregation, oppression and savagery towards those considered as foreigners or political undesirables, no present or past government in Southern Africa matches the black Shona supr...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:56hrs | 19 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe govt bans mine registration applications
GOVERNMENT has issued a ban on the applications for registration of mines due to chaotic scenes characterising the sector since the proliferation of Chinese and indigenous miners in the extractive ind...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shona youth that attack Matabele possessed by the demon of gukurahundi
Shona youth that drive all the way from Mashonaland to Matabeleland armed with machetes and fire arms to invade Matabeleland and violently attack and kill...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 23:53hrs | 35 | by Israel Dube
Shona-speaking youths invade Insiza, abuse locals
VIOLENCE has erupted in Theleka area in Insiza, Matebeleland South province, after a machete-wielding gangs reportedly from Mashonaland and Midlands provinces, notoriously known as Mashurugwi or Mabha...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 18:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguk...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Teenage 'Mashurugwi' nabbed for gold heist
Two machete wielding teenage illegal gold panners were arrested by police together with two others after allegedly attacking and robbing a fellow panner of US$300 cash and 1.5 grams of gold.Po...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over Mnangagwa ally's mining operations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Scott Sakupwanya's company Better Brands (Private) Limited's operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga is under the spotlight amid concerns over gold leakages and po...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete now a weapon of choice for armed robbers
THE emergence of machete gangs in Zimbabwe's mining towns has given birth to a new breed of armed robbers who use machetes as a weapon of choice since the broad blade, which is traditionally used as a...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
The tragic price of forgetting: Pre-independent Zimbabwe questions still need answers
Zimbabwe is beset by a serious crisis of governance. Infact the same questions we wanted solutions for pre-independence still remain unanswered.We are still in a crisis.This crisis has...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 12:46hrs | 10 | by Taruberekera Masara
Presumptive patriotism reversing the Second Republic image building
The on going assaults on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are a regrettable obtaining of the second republic. Political analyst and free market advocate Rejoice Ngwenya quizzed where the Zi...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 13:44hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara
Zanu-PF provoking citizens
The murder of CCC members in Kwekwe has incensed Inhlokomo YeSizwe. How can political parties and civic bodies let Zanu get away with such lawlessness. An attack on one is an attack on all of us. We m...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 16:58hrs | 9 | by Inhlokomo YeSizwe
Mnangagwa warns 'name-droppers' in bloody clashes over gold claims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has distanced the Zanu-PF leader from the bloody clashes over the control of one of Manicaland's richest gold mines.Pedzai Scott Sakupwanya, a gold dealer...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shanyawugwe, a stock theft headquarters that needs dismantling
IN the past two weeks, there has been sad news circulating in the media relating to massive stock theft incidents in Matabeleland South Province, specifically in Gwanda District.In one story f...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinese in massive looting of Zimbabwe's minerals, says Chief Chiweshe
A TRADITIONAL leader in Mashonaland Central province has in a rare show of bravery stood up and accused Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe of being behind massive looting of the country mineral resources....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs resurface
THE infamous MaShurugwi machete gangs have reportedly resurfaced in Guruve, Mashonaland Central province, where they recently attacked and injured four villagers.The return of violence prompte...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs resurface in Guruve
FOUR people from Mudhindo,Guruve are nursing injuries from machete gangs who are terrorising Mudhindo in search of gold.The gangs who a...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dispelling the idiotic myths and stereotypes against Matabeleland
Although myths and legends have been useful tools of African philosophy for raising children since time immemorial, the way it has been used to enhance Shona supremacy and denigrate the people of Mata...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:49hrs | 12 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi & related matters
Greetings to all Mthwakazi citizens! On 2 April 2021, I brought to your attention our preparations for the establishment of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. In doing so, I also invited you t...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Dr. Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Is Mnangagwa a lost cause?
One of Barack Obama's contribution to US foreign policy was the encouragement of a class of liberal whites and blacks with absolutely first-class brains, but above everything else, loved their subject...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Ken Mufuka
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | | by crisisgroup
Mine in Mashurugwi deal to end violence
DURATION Gold, proprietors of infamous Gaika Mine in Kwekwe have gone into a win-win partnership with artisanal miners at part of their Athens Mine in Mvuma in a bid to permanently end bloody battles ...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Chair's son killed by Mashurugwi
THE son of Zanu-PF Midlands provincial chairperson Daniel Mackenzie Ncube was last week killed by a suspected machete gang, popularly known as Mashurugwi, in the gold-rich Zhombe district.Ncub...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF should be removed as they're not prepared to apply the rule of law
Zimbabweans stop barking and start biting. This rogue regime openly breaks the international laws, who holds them to account? They continue pushing the boundaries and no one fights back. They should b...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 15:31hrs | | by Bigboy Sibanda
Chamisa's faction speaks about 'MDC guns'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has denied reports that it is smuggling guns into the country in preparation to violently overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime. State Security Mi...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mashurugwi' lord minister cannot speak against violence, says MDC
MDC Alliance says State Security Minister Owen Mudha Ncube's links to a violent vigilante group in his Kwekwe backyard placed him in an awkward position when he starts making utterances of an intended...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US media has become the true opposition
LISTEN ye men of Dzimbahwe, even those foolish MaShurugwi, to these wise words.Over the last 30 years, the power of the media has grown out of all proportion to its intended purpose, which was...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:59hrs | 11 | by Ken Mufuka
'Artisanal miners should stop being nomadic'
ZIMBABWE Christian Alliance (ZCA) executive director Useni Sibanda said artisanal miners should desist from being nomadic and work within their confines to avoid clashes with rival gangs.Speak...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold panners terrorise villagers
TENDESAI Muzinda* balances a bucket full of water on her head with a baby strapped on her back.Muzinda is in a hurry to go home and prepare supper for her family before sunset so that they can...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
The oldest profession is no profession
Reports of two members of the ZNA dying in Bindura at the hands of gold panners is very sad. Some got injured during the fracas in which machetes, knives and an assortment of weapons were used...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:00hrs | | by Tondorindo
Machete terror gangs spreading mayhem in Mnangagwa's home province
Murder and violence are spreading in the mineral-rich Midlands - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province - as armed militias reportedly sponsored by politicians wreak havoc with impunity....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
How the mighty have fallen, Bosso held by Nichrut
Nichrut 0 - 0 Highlanders BATTLING Nichrut poured scorn on Highlanders chances of landing this season's league ultimate prize after holding the visiting Bulawayo giants in an engaging Castle Lager...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politiccal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state-controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsatis...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 16:37hrs | 72 | by MRP
Ngezi Platinum keep 100% record
Nichrut 0 - 1 Ngezi Platinum CASTLE Lager Premier Soccer League early pacesetters - Ngezi Platinum - maintained their 100 percent start to the season with a hard fought win over new boys Nichrut b...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex, cash, booze galore at Eldorado
THE normally quiet and poor surroundings of the Hunyani area just outside Chinhoyi was temporarily turned into a hive of activity following a gold rush triggered by Zanu-PF meddling at the gold rich E...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politiccal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsatis...Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 07:24hrs | 20 | by MRP
Origins of Mthwakazi Republic Party and its political views
Mthwakazi Republic Party is a politicVcal institution that was established in 2013 soon after the Zimbabwean government and the state controlled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission conducted the most unsati...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 14:11hrs | 10 | by MRP
No turning back on Mthwakazi Kingdom revival- MRP
Mthwakazi Republic Party Secretary for Foreign affairs, Ackim Mhlanga Gasela has said the time for the restoration of Mthwakazi kingdom has come to a point of no turning back even the oppressors would...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 04:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi Republic Party leadership visits Nyathi area following tribal war over mine
Mthwakazi Republic Party delegation led by its President Mqondisi Moyo with its Matabeleland North provincial chairperson Prince Moyo visited INyathi village Bubi district Matabeleland North pro...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 05:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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