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'SANDF has been turned into a Mickey Mouse force' - top general speaks out
"South African borders are porous because you, the politicians, have decided you want a Mickey Mouse defence force," SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Lieutenant-General Peter Ntshavheni Maphaha said....Published: 24 Feb 2025 at 12:10hrs | 2833 | by Staff reporter
Geza revolution re-setting the political agenda
Zimbabwe's political climate and weather patterns are shifting like a tornado.The majority of Zimbabweans are currently upset over the revolutionary party's leadership shift and are hoping tha...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:18hrs | 3630 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Fifa foil Zifa refs scam
FIFA have rejected ZIFA's controversial bid to register, for the first time, ageing match officials, with the world soccer governing body turning down six referees from the list that had been submitte...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'MDC must avoid inter-party fighting to win 2023' - subtleties of rigging are a mystery to simpletons
The one thing Zanu PF apologist and propagandist have done well since the 2008 to 2013 GNU is convince the brain-dead MDC leaders and their supporters that the democratic reforms SADC leaders set out ...Published: 20 May 2021 at 07:56hrs | 3 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe opposition politics needs radical paradigm shift
A RADICAL paradigm shift is necessary to extricate opposition politics of this country from the doldrums of extinction and annihilation as the status quo is fraught with "owngoals" that gift the rulin...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Canisio Mudzimu
MSU lecturers threaten to resign en masse
MEDIA lecturers at the Midlands State University have threatened to resign en masse in protest over curriculum changes they say were unilateral and without their input.NewsDay gathered that mo...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
De-listing wave hits ZSE
FIVE counters have announced plans to de-list from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), precipitating fears that a new forex-denominated bourse planned for Victoria Falls could ground one of Africa's ol...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC run Harare city's 2018 audit in jeopardy
The Harare City Council's 2018 external audit lies in limbo amid a row between the local authority and BIQ billing software developer over a US$75 000 debt. This has jeopardised the city's chances of ...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The case for the compensations of former white farmers
Last week Government announced the commencement of the process of identifying and registering the former white farmers, who lost land during the land reform programme, in an exercise which is being co...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 11:33hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Lumumba undresses Fadzayi Mahere
William Gerald Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) on Friday engaged in a heated Twar with human rights lawyer Fadzayi Mahere over the announcement by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe that Mutumanje had ...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 14:36hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Does Zimbabwe need deputy ministers?
There is consensus among Zimbabweans that the improvement in the country's economic fortunes will hinge on the Cabinet to be appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.We agree with Zimbabweans...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 13:32hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zim state broadcaster played cartoons during Chamisa's presser
Some Zimbabwean viewers did not get to hear Chamisa vow to prove that he was the true president, because ZBC decided to prioritise cartoons instead.The Zimbabwean state broadcaster found a way...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe list of externalisers includes Panama papers shell companies
Zimbabwe published a list of more than 1 800 individuals and companies last week that the government said illegally transferred money abroad, including several who appear in the Panama Papers....Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Will Fitzgibbon
Biti dismisses Mnangagwa's 'Mickey Mouse list'
Former Finance Minister and Harare lawyer Mr Tendai Biti has called President Emmerson's Mnangagwa's of companies and individuals who externalised funds and have not heeded the Mnangagwa's call ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 17:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The first 100 days
It finally had to come to this. Kudos to the generals some are saying. I say not so fast wait until someone else who is not ZANU wins the next year elections, but in the short term open your eyes wide...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 22:17hrs | | by Ste Mzanywa:
Zimbabwe is happy, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, following the success of the youth interface rallies that we are now winding up, I suggest we move to mothers' interface rallies, then to fathers' i...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 16:38hrs | | by CZ
Many accept it is 'madness' contesting flawed election - they lack the guts to walk away
"It has been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Zimbabweans cannot, must not, participate in another ZANU PF controlled election. That woul...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai et al learnt nothing, forgot everything from 2013 debacle
IN 2013 I watched as a seemingly defeated President Robert Mugabe emerged from a Sadc meeting in Mozambique, his body language and his demeanour betrayed his frustration, things had not gone his way....Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 11:37hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Umthontiso Festival (Inkonzo Yokuchinsa Lokubonga Izulu Ku Jehovah)
A speech presented by HRM King Mzilikazi II at the Service Yokuchinsa held in Bulawayo eGcekeni leNxwala (ezibayeni) on Saturday the 25th March, 2017. The ceremony was conducted by the King with the h...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 09:24hrs | 28 | by G.Sibanda
It's Tsvangirai versus Mugabe
There was all-round agreement yesterday that the much-anticipated 2018 presidential election would be another titanic contest between popular opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robe...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rip-off
The dead parrot sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus says everything we need to know about the new bond notes.. For those who are not familiar with this old BBC television comedy, the sketch is ab...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 20:58hrs | | by zimvigil
The final nail in Zimbabwe's coffin
Despite the government's last-minute hesitation, the Reserve Bank has announced that it is to release its monopoly money on Monday - widely seen as the final nail in the coffin of the Zimbabwean e...Published: 27 Nov 2016 at 16:34hrs | | by ZimVigil
Chiyangwa's Zifa just unprofessional
Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs, who could be affected by the Zifa assembly's decision to relegate four teams instead of two at the end of the season, came out guns blazing yesterday.Winners...Published: 01 Nov 2016 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Is at a Tipping Point: a Close Anatomy of Zimbabwe Politics
From whichever way you look at it, Zimbabwe is at a tipping point. The level of discontent with the political class has reached a crisis point thanks to the betrayal of the people by Zanu Pf a...Published: 18 Sep 2016 at 20:54hrs | 2 | by Sipho Phani Sibanda
Malema vows to seize white-owned land
The leader of South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has launched his party's campaign for the upcoming local elections, promising to rescue citizens from poverty, unemplo...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:49hrs | 7 | by Sapa
Affirmative Action Group engages Wicknell Chivayo
THE Affirmative Action Group yesterday plunged into the drama which saw Wicknell Chivayo pulling the plug on his sponsorship package for the Warriors by engaging the Harare businessman and asking him ...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi
WATCH: Car video systems eclipse side mirrors
BEFORE engineers dreamt of eliminating drivers in cars, they imagined eliminating side mirrors. The protuberances are ugly and create aerodynamic drag, and their associated blind spots are the bane of...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 07:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Statement on partisan distribution of food aid
The MDC condemns in strongest terms the partisan distribution of food aid by government across the country, particularly in rural areas whereby, food aid is being given to ZANU PF card carrying member...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Kurauone Chihwayi - MDC National Spokesperson
Ambitious Chiyangwa eyes Fifa presidency
Zifa presidential aspirant Phillip Chiyangwa is eyeing Fifa top post claiming that his family is shocked by his Zifa move.The talkative Chiyangwa also said former president Cuthbert Dube never...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 08:46hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Chiyangwa ready for Fifa job
"I am a Zimbabwean, have the qualifications hence I'm in the race. I don't live in a cocoon, a small little vessel sailing on its own, destined for nowhere"A QUESTION I'm being asked a lot sin...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Phillip Chiyangwa
Kingston Nkhatha rated better than Adam Ndlovu
KickOff.com's Lovemore Moyo is counting down the top 30 foreign strikers to have played in the PSL, with Kingston Nkhatha coming in at number 23.Some sections of the Kaizer Chiefs fans are alr...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 16:12hrs | 1 | by KickOff
NCA is lying, Tsvangirai is not a coward - Social commentators
Social commentators have dismissed claims by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) party that MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai is a coward by boycotting elections saying the former labour movem...Published: 28 May 2015 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Malema in bid to shut down businesses in Johannesburg
Cape Town - Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema is planning a mass action big enough to shut down businesses in Johannesburg when his supporters return to protest against the ban on overall...Published: 27 Jul 2014 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Reforms overdue in the MDC-T
A stolen election and all hell went loose!!! But what exactly should have been done and what should be done to salvage the opposition formation and by extension, the change agenda? Firstly the MDC...Published: 02 Mar 2014 at 06:50hrs | | by Khumbulani Thusani Dube
Makosi's talk show lights up Zimbabwe television
Lately, local television has been hit by a lack of well defined locally produced lifestyle talk shows.Several socialites have attempted to produce talk shows but could not stand the heat....Published: 24 Jan 2014 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF plunges Zimbabwe into an economic crisis,' says Biti
Tendai Biti, the MDC-T Secretary General and the party's Shadow Minister of Finance today said the July 31 sham election has plunged Zimbabwe into a crisis of legitimacy, leadership, governance and a...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 11:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Realignment of Zimbabwean politics
The 2013 general elections are approaching us at a furious pace often laced with dosages of dramatic twists and turns. The controversies surrounding the political marketplace leading to this crucial p...Published: 11 Jul 2013 at 09:31hrs | 4 | by Mso Ndlovu
Buyanga's witnesses seized by cops
HARARE - A Hamilton Property Holdings Limited (Hamilton) employee Lloyd Hama was on Friday seized and questioned by the police - the second such action in a week - for daring to testify on behalf of ...Published: 15 Jun 2013 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T rallies cancelled at the last minute
MDC-T rallies which were scheduled to take place over the weekend in Mashonaland West were cancelled at the last minute after police reportedly ordered the party to seek clearance from chiefs and head...Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three years on, no justice for murdered Kaizer Chief's Dlodlo
According to the Department of Justice, "Non availability of the Attorney on several occasions, absence of the Assessors and absence of the Prosecutor" has led to the delay of finalisation of the case...Published: 11 Jul 2012 at 18:49hrs | 9 | by Mkhululi Chimoio
Will Mugabe's health and his call for elections make him the joker of the year 2012?
Last year ended in style. Of note were the results of the Daily News and Zimbabwe Independent performance ratings of government ministers for the year 2011. Although it was not clear how they conducte...Published: 04 Jan 2012 at 17:43hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Zimbabwe Herald's attack on South African president Jacob Zuma in it editorial comment
The article goes like this.President Jacob Zuma's erratic behaviour is the stuff of legends.Bemused people have often asked: how does the disaster-prone Zuma manage to run Africa's...Published: 03 Apr 2011 at 19:59hrs | 2 | by Byo24News
President Zuma is now tainted beyond recovery: Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe's official newspaper The Sunday Mail attacked South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday, calling him an erratic liability after he called on Harare to end a crackdown on the opposition....Published: 03 Apr 2011 at 17:53hrs | 2 | by Byo24News
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