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Zimbabwean problems need a military solution
To solve problems brought by genocidists in a country, the route can never be through the popularly known ballot box but a military intervention, if indeed prosperity becomes the ultimate goal wanted ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:35hrs | 3414 | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
From Mnangagwa's oil and soup dripping hands, to Chamisa's naivety
BESIDES pulling down an outdated calendar and hanging up another on the wall each year in Zimbabwe, has anybody ever asked themselves if really we are going anywhere as a country? I say this with ever...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:26hrs | 1574 | by Robert Sigauke
A new oppostion front stronger than MDC threatens ZANU PF
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that the government is aware of a new opposition front led by market manipulators which seeks to overthrow the government. In an intervie...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 11:02hrs | 21715 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A very good lesson from Malawi
It is possible in theory to distinguish revolutionary parties, from those parties working within the mandate of temporal popularity. But the distinction is not always easy to make, because the same pa...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 3186 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mobile money suspension will bury Zimbabwean economy'
THERE is a debilitating mixture of chaos, confusion and panic among both consumers and businesses across the country, after the government made a surprise announcement late on Friday evening that it w...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:41hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter
From Zanu's Oil and Soup Dripping Hands, to the Opposition's Naivety
Besides pulling down an outdated calendar and hanging up another on the wall each year in Zimbabwe, has anybody ever asked themselves if really we are going anywhere as a country? I say this with ever...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:54hrs | 4868 | by Robert Sigauke
Of ugly vultures and bad wolves in good sheep's clothing
I shall begin with our own fathers and ancestors, it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of mention, for handing free to us this country, augmented by valiant valor, their blood an...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 00:25hrs | 1541 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Mnangagwa extols US, Donald Trump
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised United States President Donald Trump for allowing an American company to supply farming equipment to Zimbabwe in support of the country's agricultural mechanis...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:16hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches US$51 million John Deere mechanisation facility
President Mnangagwa has launched the US$51 million John Deere Mechanisation Facility that is expected to transform the agriculture sector and ensure the industry becomes the pathway out of poverty and...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:19hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to fire Obadiah Moyo
A FORMER Cabinet minister says President Emmerson Mnangagwa should stop paying lip service to his "zero tolerance to corruption" mantra and dismiss from government, Obadiah Moyo as Health Minister wit...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 2665 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records Foreign Direct Investment growth
Zimbabwe recorded an average 8 percent ($452 million) growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows over the past 6 years, with 2018 recording the highest inflow at $745 million ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
MDC and politics of denial psychology and deflection
WE are a pretty impressionable people. We all like to say that we are independent, free individuals who make up our own minds, but the reality is that we are heavily influenced by the company we keep....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1699 | by Jonathan Chando
The need for a Social Contact
"The old is dying and the new cannot be born,in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." The above famous quote by Antonio Gramsci best captures how a citizenry finds...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 11:52hrs | 327 | by Evangelist Sendekai W. T
A monumentally fatal proposal for Bulawayo: Khami Dam water for drinking?
The Bulawayo community read with a shock in The Chronicle about the City's proposal to use decommissioned Khami Dam water to supplement the City's potable water supply. The City of Harare's current wa...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 6359 | by Prince Zwide Khumalo
Grain millers must put food security before profits!
The government, through a recent Statutory Instrument (SI) 119 of 2020, suspended customs duty on maize and flour for six months with effect from May 22 to November 21, 2020.The SI allows "any...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 19:19hrs | 821 | by Pembe Ncube
Drax scam: New indictment on Mnangagwa's regime
THE controversy surrounding the recent awarding of a US$1 million procurement contract without going to tender to Drax International, whose beneficial owner has close ties with President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:18hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s when the economy was stable and end poverty. He discu...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa administration failing to deliver on promises
Nurture rather than nature is more influential in moulding an individual's behaviour and character.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF regime have consistently displayed a DNA, which ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:44hrs | 226 | by Moses Julias wekwa Chibaya
All hope is not lost for Chamisa
On the 14th of February 2018 Morgen Tsvangirai died in South Africa.Although he has been ill for some days his death came as a shock because many had hoped that through him democracy was going to be r...Published: 30 May 2020 at 21:39hrs | 8163 | by Etiwel Mutero
'Zimbabwe in gridlock under Mnangagwa'
THE ruling Zanu-PF has failed to deal with Zimbabwe's multifaceted crisis as the socio-economic situation continues to deteriorate since 2018 elections, a survey has shown.According to a repor...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu blasts 'blood sucking economic vampires'
SACKED Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu has launched his Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ) pressure group he says will champion the fight for empowerment among poor locals....Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2257 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa running out of time
PRESSURE is mounting on the country's political leadership to put their differences aside and hold much-needed dialogue to help end the country's deepening economic crisis.This comes as life f...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:03hrs | 11153 | by Staff reporter
There is a method to the MDC's antics
If personal emotional disposition lingering on the vile side could miraculously turn into reality, then the world must stand ready for an implosion that will usher in the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 765 | by Ranga Mataire
Please help, our daughter has been brutally assaulted by Zimbabwe Secret Service: Joanne Mamombe our girl-child!
Is this the rogue government that begged funding for coronavirus from international donors just last month of April, asking for forgiveness from the western donors for their past actions and insulting...Published: 15 May 2020 at 20:24hrs | 5043 | by Nomazulu Thata
Former ZPRA commander forms new party
Renowned journalist and former Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) reporter for The Outpost Mxolisi Ncube has joined hands with former ZIPRA Commander Andrew Nyathi to form a new political party named the ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 15:02hrs | 4846 | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
Mnangagwa is his own detractor
THE deposal of former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017 was welcomed with song and dance. Citizenry thronged streets of Harare in joy, posing for selfies with soldiers and shaking hands with th...Published: 06 May 2020 at 08:01hrs | 1695 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
President Mnangagwa: A whole-brained leader
AS Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence, it is prudent to pay tribute to His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership and his economic blueprint, Vision 2030.The subject o...Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 377 | by Hon Joe Biggie Matiza
'Workers in Zimbabwe are mourning'
"My prospects are useless, the leadership of the country should change because they have failed us as a country, in terms of employment it's their duty to create employment but they have failed. ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1763 | by Daniel Itai
Betrayal of UK returnee proves betrayal is a weapon by some people
The cynical weapon that some Zimbabweans know best is betrayal of one another in various aspects of our lives. The cynical weapon of an African is best described as betrayal of self and the other to g...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:27hrs | 2548 | by Nomazulu Thata
Constitutionalism not populism will take Zimbabwe forward
From the outset, let me make it abundantly clear that I am neither a member of Zanu-PF nor of any permutation of the MDC. If I say anything that you may not like, it is not because I belong to the oth...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 424 | by Moses Chamboko
Why the poor are unwilling to stay at home
Why do you think the poor are unwilling to stay at home?Is it because you think they want to die?Let's open our understanding and analyze within proper context..There are two issue...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 13:02hrs | 1324 | by Anonymous
Biti lashes Mthuli Ncube again and again
Former Finance minister Tendai Biti says there are no prospects of better economic fortunes for Zimbabwe without any political change.Biti, who was treasury chief when the country experienced ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:12hrs | 3410 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@40: Still standing . . . going strong
APRIL 18 marks Zimbabwe's Independence Day.We commemorate this auspicious national occasion heroically fighting Covid-19, a global pandemic that has claimed and is still claiming thousands of ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 106 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 246 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Covid-19 and the bad 'all-weather' friends
THIS lockdown must be logging down Sibusiso Moyo, the Foreign Affairs minister, too bad. When you are used to being out too much, lockdowns are, no doubt, a bad thing to happen to you.You, the...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:33hrs | 421 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe laws don't protect women from sex trafficking
SIMILO Ntuli looks like an ordinary, fashion-savvy woman in her twenties. As a hairdresser and beauty therapist in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, Ntuli has her finger on the pulse of the la...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:06hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Constitutionalism not populism will take Zimbabwe forward
From the outset, let me make it abundantly clear that I am neither a member of ZANU PF nor of any permutation of the MDC. If I say anything that you may n...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:07hrs | 845 | by Moses Chamboko
Chamisa's youths threaten protests after lockdown
Militant MDC youths have threatened rolling protests soon after the 21-day national lockdown to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down and allow the formation of the National Transitional Aut...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2527 | by Staff reporter
Wasted 40 years of uhuru
As we celebrate the country's independence this month most of our faces are gloomy and crying with no hope for the future.When the late former President took over from the colonial system led ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 20:29hrs | 834 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa not the change that Zimbabwe needs!
During the course of my life I heard three stories that I dismissed as mere jokes. Firstly a human resources lecturer once told us that he once came come across a white colour employee that did not kn...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:17hrs | 1045 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
Sneaking in minimum wage is scandalous
HE routinely leaves home daily before day break. His aim is to catch the cheap government-owned Zupco bus at 5:30am so that he gets at his workstation at 7.In his small worn-out satchel is a p...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 730 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe women still vulnerable to sex trafficking
SIMILO NTULI (not her real name) looks like an ordinary, fashion-savvy woman in her twenties. As a hairdresser and beauty therapist in Zimbabwe's second-largest city of Bulawayo, Ntuli has her finger ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 12:56hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Covid 19: Mnangagwa shoots self in the foot
If anything, the exponential spread of Covid 19 across the globe has exposed world leaders and g...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 09:48hrs | 10919 | by Josiah Mucharowana
MDC should be wary of founder mentality syndrome
DEBATE has been raging over the past few weeks over the role former Zanu-PF members, particularly the so-called G40, are playing in the MDC.As usual, views are polarised, with some saying they...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1532 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Biti accuses Mnangagwa of running down Zimbabwe's economy
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of running down the country's economy through dictatorship and corruption resulting in Zimbabweans' living standards plunging to...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 752 | by newzimbabwe
MDC splits again as Chamisa loses grip
MDC A is set to break into further fragments as the infighting becomes intense. Having enjoyed the urban support since its formation MDC is showing signs ...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 07:20hrs | 13593 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe to give back farms taken under land reform programme
Zimbabwe has announced plans to give back land controversially taken over under its controversial fast track land reform programme, which started in 2000.The programme, which was criticised fo...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 15:07hrs | 4057 | by Staff rporter
SADC fed up with Zimbabwe crisis?
FOR nearly two decades Zimbabwe has been reeling under a serious economic meltdown characterised by political upheavals, with the leadership and most African nations blaming these challenges on the ec...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:16hrs | 5597 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is a 42 year old with 2 year old's brain' - folly inviting inside tent hoping will piss out
"There is an old English adage that says life begins at 40. If the adage is true, maybe that's the reason Chamisa is behaving like a toddler. Maybe indeed his life started at 40 and he is now a 2 year...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1961 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa govt has not brought desired change
THE Zimbabwean economy has been teetering on the edge of a crisis for the past 20 years, save for a brief interlude during the Government of National Unity (GNU) between 2009 and 2013.The econ...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 772 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
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