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Teaching Ndebele in Zimbabwe schools will have helped Shonas
There are times when you think you are spitting someone, when in fact, you are destroying yourself.One such instance was when Robert Mugabe and his colleagues in ZANU (before it became ZANU-PF...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:21hrs | 280 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Mnangagwa took brother-in-law to China-Africa summit
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's huge entourage during his week-long trip to China included his son and brother-in-law, ZimLive reported.Mnangagwa flew to China on August 28 aboard a Boeing Busi...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 10:20hrs | 8501 | by Staff reporter
Decoloniality - a necessity in Zimbabwean Universities
Colonialism in Africa is not over, rather it is all over. One of the things that has given colonialism this staying power is the education system in Africa that largely mirrors the virtues of imperial...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:54hrs | 300 | by Dr Aribino Nicholas
Zimbabwe currency crisis: Time to face the truth
THERE is, of course, no such thing as "a shortage of foreign currency".In open and disciplined markets, all that such a claim reflects is an over-valued local currency, whose managers resist t...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:26hrs | 1 | by Obert Nyandoro
Chiwenga's wife takes over Miss Universe Zimbabwe
MINIYOTHABO Baloyi-Chiwenga, the wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was announced as the new chairperson of the Miss Universe Zimbabwe.After a long hiatus from the international stage...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi tried to avoid Zanu-PF
AT the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe's government introduced what it called "galas", where top musicians performed at different national events to mark important events in the country's history....Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Mexican firm expands to Zimbabwe
MEXICAN biogas technology leader Sistema.bio has expanded to Zimbabwe through a partnership with three firms as it spreads its tentacles on the continent.The strategic partnership with Lanforce En...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
The real risk of Chamisa's temporary solutions to permanent problems
THE political arena has had rich pickings for pundits in the past few days. On the one hand, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) circus of recalls of its elected members continues.It start...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:47hrs | 11 | by Ntando Dumani
Insights into Chiwenga's lavish wedding anniversary
ONLY few close relatives and friends might have had the privilege to attend Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and wife Miniyothabo Baloyi Chiwenga's first wedding anniversary, but thanks to social m...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigumba resists political pressure over delimitation
IN the days leading to 17 February when the final delimitation report was supposed to be gazetted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:38hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana relents on dirty political chicanery over delimitation report
GOVERNMENT spokesman Nick Mangwana has apparently relented on his sinister plot to campaign - with the assistance of Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman Georg...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teaching Jobs in UK: Eligibility criteria amended as application period opens
Zimbabwe was among the four source markets recently added to list countries targeted for teacher recruitment by the United Kingdom, including Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.The opportunity fo...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC is a Twitter party of celebrity influencers and shadowy regime change outfits
As MDC-T President, Nelson Chamisa was MDC-A 2018 candidate. MDC-A won 63 Parly seats. In 2019 he became MDC-A President. In 2020 he lost MDC-T presidency in court; @DMwonzora recalled some MDC-...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 19:18hrs | | by @ProfJNMoyo
Jonathan Moyo congratulates General Chiwenga on new wife
Exiled Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere, and PatrickZhuwa have congratulated Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on his new marriage to Colonel Miniyothabo Baloyi.Ch...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 13:01hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sought Magaisa's support after coup?
Chiwenga chases Schroeder's record - The Lord of RingsZIMBABWEAN Vice-President retired General Constantino Chiwenga seems to be chasing former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's record in seri...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga settles down, marries army Colonel
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has settled down with army Colonel Miniyothabo Baloyi after an acrimonious divorce with former model Marry Mubaiwa, it has emerged.In a leaked video seen by...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kuda Mahachi in the news again
SuperSport United striker Kudakwashe Mahachi is facing possible criminal investigation for gender-based violence (GBV) after he allegedly assaulted and broke the hand of his ex-wife.He is also...Published: 23 May 2022 at 19:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Surely, there is no honour among thieves
NO honour among thieves is a universal truth, a biblical saying that has found resonance globally to denote the actions of robbers who usually double-cross each other, never mind the perils involved i...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chinese will cost Zanu-PF votes
The history of Zimbabwean elections would never be complete without a loud enough reference to one big patch on our map. This place they call Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe (UMP) in Mashonaland East province....Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:52hrs | 9 | by Tawanda Majoni
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 | 16 | by Israel Dube
Chinese language gaining popularity in Zimbabwean schools
THE Chinese greeting phrase "ni hao" - which translates into English as "hello" - is becoming widely understood by many school children in Zimbabwe as more schools introduce Chinese language classes t...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa badly lacks performance legitimacy
THE Zanu-PF politburo convened in Harare on Wednesday this week, creating a grotesque spectacle in the middle of a devastating Covid-19 pandemic as focus shifted to politicking instead of addressing d...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Banana Republicans criminalise criticism
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has criminalised the statement "Zanu-PF Must Go", taking it to mean inciting public violence.The curious case of legislator for Binga, Prince Sibanda, who was this...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe wants Jehovah's Witnesses delegates to enjoy a rich & diverse spiritual programme
The Love Never Fails annual convention of Jehovah's Witnesses gets into high gear, with a bumper three-day programme beginning today in Harare and Chitungwiza, respectively.The spokesperson fo...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UZ introduces Arabic language
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe, in partnership with Harare based Islamic organisation — New Hope Foundation — is set to introduce Arabic language as the institution's fifth language after Mandarin, French...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Saff reporter
Stakeholders call for language policy
PARTICIPANTS at the International Mother Language Day workshop in Harare last week called on government to formulate language policy to solve some of the language problems bedevilling the education se...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T statement on fuel increase and labour crisis
CONSIDERING the challenges that our nation is facing, the press conference by the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa last night, showed the world how our current government is detached from real...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Africa And The Look East Facade
When former Zimbabwe despot Robert Mugabe was shunned and ostracized by the West he turned to the East. China in particular promised him funding which would be a slap in the faces of former erstwhile ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 11:00hrs | | by AT Kadada
Zimbabwe highlights for 2018
January ED visits sick TsvangiraiApart from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to the home of the late Morgan Tsvangirai, another highlight for January 2018 was the arrest of se...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga suffers from a rare condition
Zimbabweans in the social media have taken chances to cartoon the Vice President Cde Chiwenga because of his unique pronunciation of the words with letter "L" in English. Most people have found joy in...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 14:45hrs | 17 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa for life president?
A section of the ruling party is gingerly pushing for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rule Zimbabwe for life to spite ambitious cadres within his party who are burning the midnight oil, plotting again...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kunaka's Zanu-PF died last November
WHO does Jim Kunaka think he is fooling and for how long? For those who do not know who he is, Kunaka, was the leader of the infamous Chipangano, a gangster group based in Mbare that caused untold suf...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:47hrs | | by Tendai H. Manzvanzvike
Zimbabwe teachers to boycott Zanu-PF businesses
Unions representing teachers are threatening to lobby their members to boycott businesses and products linked to the ruling Zanu-PF elites.Leaders of the country's biggest teachers' unions - t...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 13:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
USAid funds abusers push for Zimbabwe GNU
A GROUP of NGOs is contriving reports of State-sanctioned post-election human rights abuses in an effort to get Western countries to pressure President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa into forming a "Governm...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Shady NGO caught offside on violence
A group of NGOs is contriving reports of State-sanctioned post-election human rights abuses in an effort to get Western countries to pressure President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa into forming a "Governm...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pushing for full-scale SMS-Gate investigation
The rift between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the country's opposition parties taking part in the forthcoming polls has widened in the wake of the short-message service (SMS) saga that ...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF badly exposes ZEC
The rift between the Zec and the country's opposition parties taking part in the forthcoming polls has widened in the wake of the short message service saga that erupted on Monday. This comes ...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fretting over G40 threats
Ahead of next month's decisive polls, Zanu-PF is fretting over threats by the Generation 40 (G40) faction, which has openly thrown its full weight behind the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa of the ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu manifesto a botched attempt at party renewal
Under "normal" circumstances, one would have expected the programme line-up for Zanu-PF's manifesto launch to feature a cameo appearance by its long-serving former first secretary, Robert Mugabe....Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Enocent Nemuramba
Zanu-PF primary elections: Success wrapped in chaos
Last week I focussed on unpacking the Zanu-PF primary elections, which have now come, but have not gone as they still dominate the news cycle.There is a prevalent view that the commissariat (o...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Innocent Batsani Ncube
Jonathan Moyo speaks on his 'return'
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo remains one of former president Robert Mugabe's most vocal supporters, five months after the veteran ruler was ousted following a military-l...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's zero-sum game
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has suggested a meeting with other political leaders to discu...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 12:26hrs | | by Innocent Batsani Ncube
Grace Mugabe PhD: Zacc got it all wrong!
In early 2014, after being tipped off by staff, I broke the story that Grace Mugabe, then first lady, had just enrolled for a doctoral degree in the Sociology department at the University of Zimbabwe ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:36hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
The hypocrisy of Zanu-PF is utterly suffocating
Morgan Tsvangirai's death has exposed the breath-taking hypocrisy of Zanu-PF politicians and their henchmen.They were trying to kill him just yesterday, were they not? But today they convenien...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 16:23hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
Mnangagwa's major headache
Mnangagwa faces a major headache following revelations that a number of legislators linked to the Generation 40 (G40) faction are mulling shifting their allegiance to former vice president Joice Mujur...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko under corruption probe
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is scrutinising a docket alleging abuse of office and obstruction of the course of justice by former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko while he was still in go...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 13:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
An encounter with Grace Mugabe
The year was 1997 and the setting was the foyer of the world famous Ritz Hotel in Paris, France.Zimbabwean government officials, diplomats and the media were lounging in the vast and opulent l...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:26hrs | | by Foster Dongozi
I will be back in my job, Cdes!
MY Comrades, I still cannot believe that you did what you did to me! I still cannot believe that you betrayed me the way you all did.This week I woke up to tell my wife that I had had a nightm...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 15:53hrs | 1 | by CZ
Our chiefs can now campaign for us, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am glad that as we prepare for the upcoming elections which we have no excuse not to win by the 98 percent margin now standardised by peer d...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by CZ
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