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Gukurahundi truth telling demands grow
ZIMBABWE is fast losing an opportunity to effectively resolve the emotive Gukurahundi issue through a truth-telling process as the victims and perpetrators are dying because of old age and other reaso...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:27hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
'Western double standards are flagrant, Israel occupation the highest level of terrorism'
THE ruling party in the Republic of Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF, condemned the successive statements of the occupation state leadership during the temporary truce period regarding its intention to complete the ...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:40hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still squandering massive goodwill
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to break with the past and chart a new path for Zimbabwe after the ouster of long-time leader Robert Mugabe are ringing hollow as the southern African nation fu...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 09:18hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi genocide not taken seriously
Human rights activists in Matebeleland have described the government's purported attempt to bring closure to the emotive issue of Gukurahundi as a joke.Gukurahundi left more than 20 000 people...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:32hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Maybe if there had been no social media, Zimbabwe would be free today!
When I started writing these social justice articles way back in 1989, as a form three pupil, the world was a very different place.Those of us who had chosen this path - of speaking for the op...Published: 05 Nov 2023 at 13:23hrs | 390 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sadc anti-sanctions crusade a lost cause
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) annual Anti-Sanctions Day commemoration held last week was a sham vigil.It was misdire...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | 99 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
'UK fomented Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe'
Former members of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) who served during the post-independence disturbances in Matebeleland claim that the British government, angered by the property acqui...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:20hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Oppression is justifiable when it's by our own race.
We fought for our independence from the British colonialists, who exploited our land, our resources, and our people for their own benefit. We dreamed of a free and prosperous Zimbabwe, where we could ...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 20:34hrs | 111 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Army fights back Mnangagwa
WHEN Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa immobilised the military from running elections as they illegally had done mainly since 2000 at the height of militarisation of politics in fear of bhora m...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:54hrs | 4971 | by Staff reporter
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | 275 | by @Jamwanda2
'Mnangagwa's govt must protect Gukurahundi plaques'
Ibhetshu LikaZulu, a pressure group based in Matebeleland, has called on the government to deploy security personnel to protect memorial plaques that the organization erected on several Gukurahundi ma...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:33hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC preparing for a fight back
Reeling from a heavy blow of losing 15 MPs in parliament delivered behind-the-scenes by its bitter rival Zanu-PF, with the support of the Central Intelligence Organisation-run Forever Associates Zimba...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 10:07hrs | 1790 | by Staff reporter
Regime change is perfectly legal
ONE of the most disingenuous things the Zanu-PF administration is notorious for is its persistent portrayal of "regime change" as some diabolical concept, to be viewed with utter disdain.Whene...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:15hrs | 605 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'GNU is not a local herb: excluding Zanu PF would bring spectre of instability.' So hangs the sword of Damocles!
"GNU is not a local herb!" wrote Jamanda2 in Bulawayo24. "The West also made sure there was no third party or parties with which to enter into a governing alliance that would exclude Zanu-PF f...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:52hrs | 396 | by Wilbert Mukori
Gukurahundi, disputed polls' frustrations manifest in Barbourfields violence
Highlanders' supporters recently shared a poignant story, perhaps a release of pent-up emotions. Allan Bhasvi, tasked with overseeing a much-anticipated match between old rivals Dynamos and Highlander...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:57hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Allen Bhasvi denied Bosso a clear penalty
Dynamos FC 2-0 Highlanders FC(Match abandoned)AGAIN, violence reared its ugly head in local football yesterday.So ugly were the scenes that showed up at the Castle Lager Premiershi...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:35hrs | 2580 | by Staff reporter
Joy as Zapu finally wins council seat
ZAPU finally won one council seat in Matebeleland South during the August 23 election for the first time in three decades.Zapu last won a seat in 1985 when the party was led by the late ...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:59hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF loses grip in Matebeleland
Zanu-PF's support in Matebeleland has shrunk as seen in the recent elections where the ruling party surrendered a number of seats to the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Th...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:59hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party elections observer report for 2023 elections
OBSERVATIONS ON THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONGeneralFirstly, as Communists, we do not confuse democracy with voting.The word ‘democracy' is derived from Greek and means ‘rule by the pe...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | 947 | by Central Committee of the Zimbabwe Communist Party
Ex-combatants now listing title deeds for Zipra properties
EX-ZIPRA combatants have said that they are in the process of listing title deeds of identified properties for submission to Zanu-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi (pictured) soon, as they seek to have t...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:21hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors want closure
A former PF Zapu official, Felix Ndebele, was in tears last week as he narrated how he almost lost his life under the colonial regime and during Gukurahundi in the 1980s.Ndebele, from Silobela...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:19hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland sweeps away big guns
SOME five months ago, Zimbabwe's Finance minister Mthuli Ncube sauntered like a decorated knight in shining armour into Cowdray Park, a sprawling settlement north west of Bulawayo.The professo...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:56hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now 'worse than under Mugabe'?
UNDER the long and cruel reign of Robert Mugabe, a lot of very bad things happened.But it's not clear that anyone was stoned to death for opposing him or his cronies.On Thursday this w...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's real 'Second Republic' was actually established under Mugabe!
Ever since Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa grabbed power from then president Robert Gabriel Mugabe in a military coup d'état in November 2017, he has sought to portray his government as the 'Second Repub...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:58hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa can't preach peace when his government is doing exactly the opposite!
It is well and good when the president of a country makes a habit of preaching peace and unity whenever and wherever the opportunity presents itself.Surely, what right-thinking citizen would b...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:55hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
David Coltart apologises to Jonathan Moyo
Senator David Coltart of the Citizens Coalition for Change has apologised to exiled Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo for invoking Moyo's father in a political debate.Moyo announced Colt...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 08:26hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo opens up after David Coltart 'insult'
Zimbabwean former minister and MP Jonathan Moyo has written a long open letter to main opposition CCC senior leader David Coltart over his remarks about his late father Melusi Job Mlevu who was ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 08:03hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF way beyond redemption
IT never ceases to baffle the mind what exactly the ruling Zanu-PF party intends to achieve by singing on rooftops about its supposed "achievements".Surely, after authoring the unimaginable mi...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF is way beyond redemption!
It never ceases to baffle the mind what exactly the ruling ZANU PF party intends to achieve by singing on rooftops over their supposed 'achievements'.Surely, after authoring the unimaginable m...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:45hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Malema urges BRICS leaders to boycott upcoming summit in solidarity with Putin
EFF leader Julius Malema has urged prime ministers from the BRICS nations not to attend the upcoming summit in South Africa in solidarity with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Malema was addre...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MRP blasts Zanu PF over Conferment of Guti as National Hero
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has blasted President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa for conferring national hero status to the founder of Zaoga Church who died on July 5 in South Afr...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 15:34hrs | 33 | by Stephen Jakes
LISTEN: Siphosami Malunga discussed the Gukurahundi issue on SA's Radio 702
Zimbabwean human lawyer Siphosami Malunga joined South Africa's Clemence Manyathela on Radio 702 to discuss the ever-sensitive Gukurahundi issue on African Genocides programme.Sipho is the son...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 19:28hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Zanla story on Salisbury fuel tanks is utter fiction
THERE has been a lot of confusion on the role ZIPRA played during the liberation struggle and a lot of twisting of facts related to certain operations that are perceived to have changed the course of ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 08:41hrs | 11 | by Barbatone Irvine Sibhona
Releasing Chihambakwe report key to honouring Joshua Nkomo
TWENTY-FOUR years ago, politicians who caused Joshua Nkomo tremendous grief during his lifetime shed crocodile tears and speechified at his funeral.Their supporters joined in. Two weeks ago, Z...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 9 | by Trevor Ncube
Zimbabweans can elect recycled politicians at own peril
I AM not much of a soccer fan, but there is something that I have always found strange, if not downright weird.Why is it that a coach fired from one team on the grounds of incompetence and dis...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthwakazi presses for Gukurahundi compensation
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) wants the international community to pressure President Emmerson Mnangagwa to compensate Gukurahundi victims.There has been no redress to the 1980s mass kill...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police urged to maintain peace throughout elections period
Police must maintain the highest degree of vigilance to guarantee maintenance of law and order as well as the protection of life and property before, during and after the forthcoming harmonised genera...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Maintain peace throughout elections period'
Police must maintain the highest degree of vigilance to guarantee maintenance of law and order as well as the protection of life and property before, during and after the forthcoming harmonised genera...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC are participating in these elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy out of greed. Will penny finally drop on 24 August!
"Sunday was a bad day to forget for Amos Chibaya in Bulawayo where he was heckled and rebuffed by an angry CCC crowd, after Advocate Nelson Chamisa sent him there to calm down boiling tensions over CC...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 16:35hrs | 8 | by Wilbert Mukori
Statement on Mangaliso Ndlovu's insensitive and violence-laden utterances
The inflammatory, violence-laden and dangerously insensitive utterances by one ZANU PF chairperson for Matabeleland South, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, in which he referred to one opposition party as ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 16:03hrs | 12 | by Freedom Alliance
Opposition members condemn Ndlovu cockroach remarks
Human rights activists and opposition members have condemned Zanu-PF Matebeleland South chairman Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, for referring to the opposition as ‘cockroaches', saying he does not des...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Declare a holiday after Joshua Nkomo'
Opposition political parties and activists from Matebeleland have accused the government of systematically trying to erase the legacy of late nationalist, Joshua Nkomo, by rejecting calls to honour hi...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 09:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections are free 'Musoro wambuya vako!' said irritated Mnangagwa. He's rigging and fears the consequences!
We are one of the most peaceful countries on the continent," Mnangagwa told Miners4ED members in Gweru."We are a peaceful country, we are united and we are democratic. Not even a single (forei...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:44hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans can elect recycled opportunistic politicians at own risk!
I am not much of a soccer fan, but there is something that I have always found strange, if not downright weird - without anyone able to provide a satisfactory explanation. Why is it that a coa...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 08:26hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu PF mercenaries', masquerading as heroes, hunger for power in insatiable to distraction as nation burn to ashes.
Heroes fight because they believe in the cause, mercenaries fight for a reward. Zanu PF thugs are mercenaries not heroes.As much as Robert Mugabe and many of his fellow Zanu PF cronies love to...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 13:09hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa did Me A Huge Favor
He woke me up from my fantasy. He proved to me once and for all that voting for an intelligent president does nothing to stop paid-for politicians funneling all our tax money to their business cronies...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:27hrs | 16 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
'One year under arbitrary detention in my oppressor's prison'
Chikurubi Maximum Security PrisonChikurubi FarmHarareTo My DEAR Zimbabweans,Regional and Worldwide FriendsWhere ever they may be found14 June 2023DEAR Z...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:24hrs | 9 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
WATCH: Gogo MaTshabalala accuses CCC of mimicking Zanu PF's identity and tribal politics
If there is one critical thing that Zimbabweans don't want to openly and frankly discuss, it is ethnicity and how it shapes and influences social, political and economic relations in the country....Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF candidates got new car, judges US$ 400k @, etc. - vote rigging juggernaut has hit overdrive
Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF colleagues and their cronies are loaded and they are using some of their ill-got loot to bankroll the regime's many vote rigging schemes!"The judiciary plays...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 19:24hrs | 11 | by Wilbert Mukori
'In power Tsvangirai will be an albatross round nation's neck' warned USA Ambassador. That is exactly what CCC is!
"Morgan Tsvangirai is a flawed figure, not readily open to advice, indecisive and with questionable judgment," wrote then USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe 2004 to 2007, Chris Dell, in a top-secret cable to ...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:14hrs | 7 | by Wilbert Mukori
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