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After making Zimbabweans suffer, the ZANU-PF leadership now wants to kill them!
Do those in power really care about us? After plunging millions of Zimbabweans into untold poverty and misery through corruption, misgovernance, and authoritarian rule, the ZANU-PF leadership ...Published: 09 Apr 2025 at 11:08hrs | 720 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chin'ono challenges Jonathan Moyo's view
Who holds the reins of power in Zimbabwe - civilian politicians or the military? The longstanding debate has resurfaced following a fiery analysis by award-winning investigative journalist Hopew...Published: 07 Apr 2025 at 20:23hrs | 2605 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at crossroads: Is it Mnangagwa, Chiwenga, Geza or Chamisa?
1. IntroductionZimbabwe is at the crossroads, again. The country is again being discussed in newsrooms, churches, embassies, business chambers, beerhalls, and social ...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 10:38hrs | 2258 | by Eddie Mahembe, PhD
Mnangagwa missed one fact: Unlike Mugabe, he has never been genuinely respected within ZANU-PF
Who can deny that ZANU-PF is teetering on the brink? As factional fighting within the ruling ZANU-PF intensifies - and even threatens to get ugly with the so-called "uprising" slated for 31st ...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 22:52hrs | 984 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Does Mnangagwa learn anything from witnessing the smooth transfer of power in other countries?
History has a tendency of repeating itself. Yesterday, Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa attended the inauguration of Namibia's newly elected president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, ...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 20:39hrs | 561 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa faces his waterloo
he Zanu-PF succession battle between Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is reaching a critical juncture as the confrontation escalates ahead of the March 3...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 09:12hrs | 4926 | by Staff reporter
Military cog undermining democracy in Zimbabwe
A recent report from the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) highlights the growing influence of the Zimbabwean military in undermining democratic processes and manipulating the country's electoral sys...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 11:58hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tightens army grip amid succession manoeuvres
ZIMBABWEAN Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga - a politically ambitious retired commander of the defence forces - has formally tightened his grip on the military as new Air Force of Zimbabwe boss Air...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF now needs a leader chosen on merit!
For as long as Zimbabwe has existed as an independent country, we have only known ZANU PF as the ruling party. In spite of several attempts at removing the party from power through democratic ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:12hrs | 21 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa miserably failed to utilise the coup d'état dividend
Robert Mugabe on Herbert Chitepo (and a Rejoinder on the Missed Opportunity of the 2017 Coup)Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 16:49hrs | 36 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Politics of ethnicity: Jumping from the pan into the fire
BELOW is a book excerpt from In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas and Solutions) by Professor Arthur Mutambara.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet shocked many b...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:31hrs | 22 | by Arthur Mutambara
Chamisa name drops Ndabaningi Sithole to woo votes in Manicaland
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has promised to honour the late revered nationalist Ndabaningi Sithole through championing development in Manicaland province.Ch...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sithole, Chikerama honour a Mnangagwa vote buying ruse'
Renowned political analyst and publisher Ibbo Mandaza has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's belated honour bestowed on Ndabaningi Sithole and James Chikerema as a vote buying gimmick targeted a...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 18:05hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Politicised military threatens 2023 poll
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is abusing state institutions, including the military, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and judiciary, to maintain his tight grip on power ahead of the...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Zanu-PF came into existence
The born-free generation, born after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, has grown up knowing a political system run by the Zanu PF party.Unbeknown to many people, the ruling party, is a...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Irvine Sibhona
'The path had to be set for Mugabe'
Last week, Farai Tafirenyika claimed there were Zipra cadres eliminated by Zanla combatants at the front during the ZIPA era. Levi Mukarati continues to seek answers on events surrounding the ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Malema attacks war veterans
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema says War veterans must stop ransoming Africa by saying they fought for it therefore they deserve special recognition. In a fiery speech Malema sa...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dabengwa: Zimbabwe's intelligence Czar
On the night of August 15, 2011, I attended the launch of Wilfred Mhanda's (nom de guerre Dzinashe Machingura) memoir, Dzino: Memories of a Freedom Fighter in Harare. Mhanda was an important figure in...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Blessing Miles-Tendi
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight divides Zimbabwe army?
The political fight between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and General Constantino Chiwenga over the control of the party and state apparatus has sharply divided the Zimbabwe National Army i...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:42hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa and Mugabe are both puppets of the military
Political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former President Robert Mugabe as both puppets of the military."Both Mugabe and Mnangagwa were given power...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa hits back at Chiwenga
At the launch of Zanu-PF's election manifesto on Friday, Vice- President Constantino Chiwenga devoted the bulk of his speech to attacking MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa, describing...Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trapped in Machiavellian Moment
LAST week as Zimbabwe turned 38 amid the Junta's self-indulgent claims of a "transition" and a "new dispensation" on the back of the illegal military ouster of President Robert Mugabe last November, t...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Prof Jonathan N Moyo
Mugabe ouster, there is nothing new
The replacement of errant leaders who violate the founding principles and constitution of the ruling party is not something new in Zanu-PF as former president Robert Mugabe would want the world to bel...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 20:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Angry soldiers hit back at Mugabe
Some angry soldiers have written a letter to former President Robert Mugabe attacking him for claiming that they were illiteracy and could not expect to be paid equal amount to the central intelligenc...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Momentary celebrity cannot erase Zimbabweans' common sense
There is a growing belief amongst the political elite that Zimbabwean voters are devoid of a political soul. That they can be shunted from one political deception to the next, exchanged between elites...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 08:43hrs | 9 | by Brian T Kagoro
Army's vested interest in Zanu-PF
" … the military will not hesitate to step in. Zanu-PF's standing political virtues are a product of faithful adherence to the founding values, decorum, discipline and revolutionary protocol in the ...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 14:50hrs | 2 | by Innocent Batsani Ncube, Scholar
The rise of a liberator . . . and fall of a tyrant
BROUGHT into the nationalist movement reportedly because of his eloquence and clarity of thought, former President Robert Mugabe's legacy as one of the most ruthless tyrants of modern times will remai...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Generals Statement, its meaning and implications
Yesterday, the Generals held a press conference at KGIV in Harare. The message they delivered was essentially directed at only one man, President Robert Mugabe, nobody else. The Generals only recognis...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 12:26hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Msipa
Mugabe throws Jonathan Moyo under the bus?
President Mugabe is reported to have thrown Jonathan Moyo under the bus after being confronted by General Constantine Chiwenga. A source told an online news website that Gen Chiwenga arrived f...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's greatest opposition is not Tsvangirai's Alliance
AS THE Zanu-PF wars continue to grip the State, amid serious economic meltdown and a disjointed opposition, our reporter Tendai Kamhungira took time to speak to respected political analyst and civil s...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 13:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: Entitlement doth come before a fall
Just like that, Emmerson Mnangagwa has been fired, something nobody could have imagined just seven days ago.That Mnangagwa was probably going to be axed was now a public secret, but no soothsa...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Gukurahundi mastermind claims to have exposed Jonathan Moyo lies
Air Marshal Perrance Shiri says Professor Jonathan Moyo is a liberation war deserter, who had links with an outfit aligned to Rhodesian security services.The Commander of the Air Force of Zimb...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo according to the Gukurahundi mastermind
Nyaya yaanotaura kuti akaenda ku Liberation Centre after he left Mgagao; the fact is Zanu ne Zanla leadership dzanga dzasungwa neZambian government following the death ya VaChitepo.Mind you, d...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Air Marshall Perrance Shiri
Air Marshal exposes Prof Jonathan Moyo lies
Air Marshal Perrance Shiri says Professor Jonathan Moyo is a liberation war deserter, who had links with an outfit aligned to Rhodesian security services.The Commander of the Air Force of Zimb...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai has to be wary of war vets
IN the past week, the buzzword was "coalition", as MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai signed memoranda of understanding with his MDC and National People's Party (NPP) counterparts, Welshman Ncube and Joi...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 15:51hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
War veterans leader takes a swipe at Mutsvangwa
A war veterans leader George Mlala has taken a swipe at the Christopher Mutsvangwa led war veterans grouping accusing them of being disrespectful to the Zanu PF party leadership in pursuing their ambi...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 00:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The independence that never was - MLF
Introduction The 18th of April every year in Zimbabwe, it is Independence day, a holiday decreed by the regime of the day. For [37] thirty seven long ye...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 08:17hrs | 15 | by Chrispen Nyoni
War vets vow to continue backing Mnangagwa
WAR veterans have vowed to continue backing Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to succeed President Robert Mugabe ahead of next year's general elections or else they would vote for "a stick"....Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
War veterans vow to wage a war against Mugabe
War veterans banned from convening a meeting to discuss Zimbabwe's deepening political and economic crisis have vowed to wage a war against President Robert Mugabe.On Wednesday, police ann...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe turns 93
PRESIDENT Mugabe turns 93 today with the ruling Zanu-PF party describing him as a visionary leader, liberator and champion of education and empowerment.Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe will be resisted,' says war vets
WAR veterans' leader, Christopher Mutsvangwa has described President Robert Mugabe as a two-faced leader, who has lost his moral compass due to his association with a faction of the ruling party k...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi architect flies into graft war
Corruption is an "indefensible cancer" that should be dealt with wherever it occurs, Air Force of Zimbabwe Commander Air Marshal Perrance Shiri has said. In an exclusive interview with The Sunday ...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra, Zanla war veterans puts more pressure on Mugabe
Pressure continues to mount on President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF to resolve the current economic and political crises bedevilling the country, as former Zipra and Zanla combatants seek to close ...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is ungrateful, says Mujuru
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru has said her late husband and former army commander, General Solomon Mujuru, was "turning in his grave" in reaction to the recent desecration of his venerated na...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gen Chiwenga gives an overview of the challenges of rebellion
The Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa and Reporter Tinashe Farawo spoke to Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander, General Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga about he joined the liberation str...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:12hrs | 7 | by Mabasa Sasa and Tinashe Farawo
The Raylton War veteran's Declaration, what it means for Zimbabwe
On the 21st of July 2016 the Zimbabwe War veterans met at Raylton sports club were they decided to revisit The Mgagao declaration of 1975. To highlight the significance of this declaration, we need to...Published: 23 Jul 2016 at 17:42hrs | 7 | by Lloyd Msipa
Mugabe faces nasty endgame
JUDGING by his unprecedented attacks on war veterans in Harare yesterday, President Robert Mugabe - wobblingly on his 92-year-old legs - is clearly heading towards a nasty clash with the ex-combat...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 16:07hrs | 1 | by Dumisani Muleya
Mugabe's Zanu-PF has failed, says war vets
In yet another unprecedented attack on President Robert Mugabe's warring Zanu-PF, disgruntled war veterans linked to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa say the former liberation movement has ...Published: 05 May 2016 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Explosion rocks war vets hideout
An explosion, believed to have been the result of a small bomb that went off in the basement of Harare Club Chambers - a popular meeting place in the capital for former liberation struggle fighters - ...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manyadza speaks for himself
The headline in the Dailynews issue of 13 April was quite misleading. If it were the 1st of April, it was going to be the first article to be identified as the traditional prank usually associated wit...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 13:15hrs | 61 | by Rufaro Mufundirwa
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