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Major events turn Bulawayo into hive of activity
Bulawayo is witnessing a surge in activity as the city prepares to host two significant events this week: the 21st Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference, set to begin tomorrow, and the 5th SADC ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:42hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa headlines Anti-Sanctions Day commemorations
Zimbabwe will commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Anti-Sanctions Day on Friday, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, as the chairperson of the regional...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:16hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
The Power of Nonviolent Resistance in Zimbabwe
No to third term. Zimbabwe's political landscape has long been dominated by fear and violence. For decades, the ruling party, ZANU-PF, has maintained its grip on power by instilling fear through a wel...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 16:09hrs | 367 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
UZ Vice Chancellor frog marches lecturers to SADC Summit clean-up campaigns
Despite having employed a legion of general hand cleaners as part of its neatening labourforce, the University of Zimbabwe's Vice Chancellor, Professor Paul Mapfumo has this Friday summoned and frog m...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 12:22hrs | 2409 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa should know that demonstrations at international events are nothing new
First of all, let's get one thing straight.There is a huge difference between a demonstration and a riot.I felt that I needed to clarify a misconception that, in my book, has been deli...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 10:40hrs | 891 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthwakazi says SA strategically placed to push agenda
THE opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has described South Africa as a strategic country to push its revolutionary agenda based on the democratic space accorded by its government compared to Zi...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans chase elusive IDs
AN icy wind whips through the deserted streets, stinging the faces of the figures huddled together outside the Registrar-General's office.They clutch worn backpacks and thermoses, a makeshift ...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:16hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Masaraure to lead Sikhala solidarity project
Incarcerated former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has mandated trade unionist Obert Masaraure to organise the movement meant to put pressure on the government to release the opposition political...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans call for sanctions removal
Zimbabweans from diverse backgrounds assembled in numerous locations across the country to protest against the damaging, illegal sanctions imposed by Western nations.Remarkably, primary and se...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC, AU denounce Western imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe
The African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have both lent their voices to the call for the unconditional removal of Western-imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe. Thousands o...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa headlines Anti-Sanctions Day
On October 25, President Mnangagwa will lead the Anti-Sanctions Day commemorations, featuring solidarity marches, speeches, and musical performances. This announcement was made during a post-Cabinet b...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC mulls full withdrawal of MPs
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was on Monday discussing a full withdrawal of MPs and Senators from parliament after 15 lawmakers were controversially recalled.Speaker of Parliament Ja...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
U.S. sanctions take center stage in Zimbabwe elections
When Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-time despot, lost power in a 2017 military coup, many Zimbabweans took to the streets, celebrating what they hoped would be the beginning of a new chapter.M...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF frog-marches vendors to Chiwenga rally
RULING party Zanu-PF frog marched vendors in Mbare Monday to attend a rally that was addressed by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga.It was business unusual in Mbare as several vendors and sm...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to capitalise on CCC multiple candidates?
Zanu-PF is expected to win in perceived opposition strongholds and consolidate its dominance after the CCC fielded two or three candidates in constituencies and wards in areas where it has traditional...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should be the last person to speak about patriotism!
These days I am eagerly following a documentary on the Nat Geo (National Geographic) channel entitled, 'Hitler - The Lost Tapes'.This chronicles the heinous Nazi Fuhrer's (Adolf Hitler) li...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe needs a peaceful, credible, free and fair election
ELECTIONS in our country have tended to be hotly-contested over the past 23 years. Ordinarily, they must be a contest of ideas, but in a number of cases, the contestation has degenerated...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bow out gracefully, respect voters
IT was refreshing to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling United States President Joe Biden that, "Israel does not make policies guided by pressures from abroad." This was after Bide...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Chamisa's CCC holding underground campaigns
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has resorted to undisclosed campaigns and mobilisations ostensibly to protect the electorate from political violence.This follows a series of events...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to go hang
INFORMATION deputy minister Kindness Paradza says government will not succumb to Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's demands for electoral reforms."If Chamisa wants ele...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions illusion as Sadc babysits Zimbabwe
Last week was full of the usual drama with several marches and gatherings condemning the West and calling for it to lift sanctions. This comes after the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) d...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:54hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zanu-PF should not hide under sanctions
The late former President Mugabe was much stronger when he started talking about the removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West but nothing chan...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Leonard Koni
SADC's foolish tous pour un, un pour tous over sanctions must NOT spill into 2023 Zanu PF rigged elections
Zanu PF is blatantly rigging the 2023 elections and the party knows that there is real danger of SADC and AU condemning the process and deny Zanu PF legitimacy as happened after the 2008 elections. Th...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 22:09hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
US, UK dismiss Zimbabwe's anti-sanctions marches
UNITED States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) yesterday rubbished anti-sanctions marches that took place on Tuesday, saying the demonstrations will not jolt them into removing them until there is rule of...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sharpening strategies for outright win
THE 7th Zanu-PF National People's Congress, which opened in Harare yesterday, offers the party an opportunity to consolidate national unity, accelerate industrialisation and modernisation, and sharpen...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
If Mnangagwa is unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why?Simpl...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 10 | by Tendai Mbofana
If Mnangagwa unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why? Simp...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 20:54hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zwelinzima Vavi calls on all South Africans to join national shutdown on Wednesday
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) is calling on all South Africans to join their national shutdown on Wednesday.Thousands of workers affiliated with Saftu and Congress of So...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 20:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa charts new inclusive path
THE Government will give a holistic account of the country's liberation struggle by honouring forgotten heroes such as the late Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole and James Chikerema among others for their c...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa marches expose Zanu-PF fights
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is increasingly using parallel structures after some Zanu-PF organs resisted the imposition of his allies ahead of the ruling party's congress, insiders say.Mnanga...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF holds business symposium
Zanu-PF Harare Province has held a business symposium aimed at communicating and equipping its members with knowledge on the developments being undertaken to the Second Republic led by President Mnang...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop govt, Zanu-PF conflation
WHILE corruption and misgovernance have a bearing on the chaos at most parastatals, the main problem is plunder of money and other resources at these institutions by the ruling Zanu-PF party and fatca...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:58hrs | | by Mukunda Chitova
Vandalism costs TelOne US$1m annually
TELECOMMUNICATIONS operator, TelOne, has embarked on a drive to provide wireless or optic fibre network solutions to replace copper installations which have been a target of vandalism across the count...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not doing enough, says US
The United States says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has done little to ensure relations between Harare and Washington are normalised as concerns grow that Zimbabwe might have yet another ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Population census ends today
Counting for the 2022 population and housing census ends today, with those that were not found at home by enumerators being counted in a mop-up exercise which started yesterday.The count is to...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wear black on Friday, says Masaraure
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has urged Zimbabweans to wear black clothes on Friday to mourn the high cost of living that has pushed many into extreme poverty."We wi...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politicians are fuelling hate crimes
ONLY hate and barbarism could have produced the sort of spectacle the world witnessed a few weeks ago when a baying mob of South Africans moved from house to house in Johannesburg's Diepsloot slum to ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Addy Kudita
2022 population census kicks off
THE 2022 population and housing census, which is conducted after every 10 years by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), begins today.Yesterday marches were held in all major citi...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF force-marches Bulawayo vendors
BULAWAYO street vendors yesterday accused Zanu-PF of force-marching them to the Independence Day celebrations held at Barbourfields Stadium.When NewsDay visited 5th Avenue, vendors along that ...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Ramaphosa talks tough on killing of Elvis Nyathi
Dear Fellow South African, Twenty-five years ago, our new democratic Constitution came into effect. In adopting this Constitution, we affirmed our commitment to a society based on democr...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 13:19hrs | 16 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa condemns killing of Elvis Nyathi
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the killing of Elvis Nyathi in South Africa's Diepsloot and described it as immoral, racist" and criminal.In a statement shared on the President's websi...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 16:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'No US dollar comeback'
Government will not re-dollarise the economy because it's not possible to grow it riding on other economies currencies, Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube said yesterday...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec goes after whistleblowers
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday threatened to sue activists and other pressure groups for exposing discrepancies on the voters roll, with the electoral management body saying public ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truckers want to sue Operation Dudula leaders - but can't find them
Legal representatives for the Zimbabwean Truckers Association say they are trying to serve papers on the leaders of the Operation Dudula ('Push away') movement to stop them intimidating and harassing ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is changing the game
Within a few days, President Mnangagwa threw serious warning shots.Some are already calling them silencing shots.The President gave opposition opportunists a teaser of forthcoming attr...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Suspected Zanu-PF activists brutalise CCC supporters
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF activists yesterday allegedly assaulted opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists during party vice-president Tendai Biti's campaign rally in Harare East constituency....Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has no chance in 2023?
ALL odds are stacked against opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and the divided opposition as the country marches towards the 2023 elections, with analysts predicting that Zanu-PF leader, P...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement propaganda hollow, falls flat
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa returned home last week blowing his own trumpet about his purported diplomatic victory at the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow, the reality that he ma...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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