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Villagers relive horrific battle
FOR 88-year-old Mrs Bhikhayeli Moyo (nee Dube), reliving the events of February 1979 is like recalling a gruesome scene from a horror movie, as it is the day her village of Ratanyana in Kezi ran red w...Published: 1 hr ago | 120 | by Staff reporter
Mgagao clashes: A ZIPRA narrative
COMRADE Joseph Sibuko Mbedzi whose Chimurenga name was Joseph Sibuko was born in 1951 in Beitbridge. He grew up in a family that was heavily involved in politics. His big Brother John Mbedzi was expel...Published: 1 hr ago | 128 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA reluctant to return until polls
JOHANNESBURG - Most Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa are ready to heed the call by the government to return home and take part in the economic revitalisation efforts, but many first want co...Published: 2 hrs ago | 353 | by African News Agency
2018 must, first and foremost, deliver free elections - forget ED's dogma saying otherwise
"Mhembwe rudzi inozvara mwana eneruzhumu!" (Each individual buck species has its own distinct marking!) so goes the Shona adage. Ever since President Mnangagwa took over from Robert Mugabe he has cert...Published: 17 hrs ago | 634 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe, the land of thieves
If you are on social media there are a couple of home truths.Munyaradzi Mitchell Gumbo must have a secret degree in gynaecology – we see his posts to that effect once in a while. Prince Nobl...Published: 20 hrs ago | 382 | by Robert Mukondiwa
ED means business and Zimbabwe is on the path to recovery
Six months ago, the Zimbabwean people with the military keeping peace intervened to replace Robert Mugabe - the country's long-time leader - with the former vice-president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 18:59hrs | 2733 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
British loan, compliment China's mega deals, soften Zanu PF vote-rigging - China's new acolyte
The report that StanChart, a British multinational and financial services group, is extending a US$100 million loan facility to Zimbabwean private sector; will be seen as the British are down-playing,...Published: 18 May 2018 at 17:26hrs | 982 | by Nomusa Garikai
British govt banking on Mnangagwa
EVIDENCE of Britain's meddlesome support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration and that he is their preferred choice to lead Zimbabwe after this year's general elections in July is mountin...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:21hrs | 2676 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa survives frenzied London propaganda storm
MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa must be celebrating. For months now, Zanu-PF and its attack dogs have virtually ignored Chamisa until he gained the irresistible political momentum. It was so bad that the ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:20hrs | 3196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa desperate to engage Dabengwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has renewed efforts to lure Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa into Zanu-PF structures and government, this time sending a top military commander to engage the ex-home affairs...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:19hrs | 6038 | by Staff reporter
Why Mugabe's Sekeramayi project failed
FORMER president Robert Mugabe's project to appoint former defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi as his successor failed due to an array of reasons: his lack of gravitas, weak support from the deposed ve...Published: 18 May 2018 at 08:15hrs | 6468 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T in fresh poll demands
POLITICAL parties participating in this year's general elections might be forced to sign a "peace pledge" in the presence of respected African personalities as a measure to "disinfect" Zimbabwe's pois...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
'Military might decree Mnangagwa's victory in upcoming presidential election'
COLOGNE/VANCOUVER - Hardline military securocrats aligned to the ruling Zanu PF party, may reportedly ignore any presidential election outcome that disfavours incumbent caretaker, President Emmerson M...Published: 18 May 2018 at 06:55hrs | 2517 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya
Mnangagwa court papers vanish
A BID by three human rights and opposition activists to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa's right to hold office has reportedly hit a brickwall after their Constitutional Court application was cl...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:26hrs | 5892 | by Staff rpeorter
Vote Mnangagwa for economic turnaround, says Chiwenga
ZIMBABWEANS must vote for President Mnangagwa in the forthcoming harmonised elections as he is the only one with capacity to turnaround the economy through cleaning the mess created by his predecessor...Published: 17 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa court papers vanish
A BID by three human rights and opposition activists to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa's right to hold office has reportedly hit a brickwall after their Constitutional Court application was cl...Published: 17 May 2018 at 06:46hrs | 3415 | by STaff Reporter
Zanu-PF govt sabotaged construction of Tsholotsho Stadium
Residents of Tsholotsho North and South who attended Mthwakazi Republic Party's four campaign rallies and a road show in Tsholotsho Centre, said ZANU PF has been neglecting them in many ways.T...Published: 16 May 2018 at 09:21hrs | 2223 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa, only candidate with chance of ending military rule
I AM back from the United Kingdom, having accompanied MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti.In the course of four days, we met the British Foreign secretary Boris...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1243 | by David Coltart
Chamisa's bully boys go after the media
MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa's paramilitary movement "The Vanguard" is used to pushing people about and intimidating critics of their boss. These bully boys have had some success in quelling dissent...Published: 15 May 2018 at 18:50hrs | 3523 | by Innocent Dube
US and the Zimbabwe elections
What the US government should know Before Zimbabwe Elections in July 2018 who is the true Democrat President Mnangagwa vs opposition leader Nelson Chamisa The US government is one of the key o...Published: 15 May 2018 at 17:18hrs | 2939 | by Simplisio Muvunde
The dilemma of the electorate in Zimbabwe's 2018 polls
The Zimbabwean electorate have a real dilemma in the coming elections. There are a lot of candidates from a plethora of political parties as well as independent candidates to choose from. It can be ar...Published: 15 May 2018 at 17:12hrs | 1598 | by Nicholas Mlamuli Ndebele
Chamisa vs Mafa Sibanda
"The similarities of Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda to advocate Nelson Chamisa :an unbiased analysis"Chamisa did not rise to power through kissing some people's asses. He never asked for handouts...Published: 15 May 2018 at 17:07hrs | 1404 | by Henry Madiro
Could Mugabe 'stage a Mahathir' in Zimbabwe?
The recent re-election of 92-year-old Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister of Malaysia has got some Zimbabweans wondering if ex-president Robert Mugabe could stage a similar comeback.Mugabe was ...Published: 15 May 2018 at 09:08hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa expecting victory, yet planning defeat
ZANU-PF understands that in every circumstance, if its supporters do not pull the party agenda in one direction, they risk being pulled down. With solid structures with an ideological firmness that is...Published: 15 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | 682 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Mnangagwa saviour face deportation from South Africa
South Africa-based businessman Justice Maphosa - who came to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rescue when Zimbabwe's new leader fled the country late last year, with hired assassins apparently in hot pu...Published: 14 May 2018 at 14:29hrs | 4461 | by Staff reporter
Charamba warns Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson - George Charamba has warned MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa that he won't have an excuse if loses the forthcoming national elections - because governmen...Published: 14 May 2018 at 14:26hrs | 9714 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF manifesto at a glance
The launch of the ZANU PF manifesto at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) last week brought to light the renewed and refined vision that the party has for the country. Anc...Published: 14 May 2018 at 11:44hrs | 1152 | by Ashley Kondo
Chamisa in the eyes of the outside world, could he be the face of the renascence of African democracy?
Too much publicity is being given to the western media styles and tastes of who is fit to become a leader and ruler of countries where they have huge historical investments and prospects for more inve...Published: 14 May 2018 at 08:57hrs | 2659 | by Andrew M Manyevere
Chamisa push gathers steam
New MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa - who had his work cut out when he succeeded the late popular opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai earlier this year - is confounding his critics, holding his own where m...Published: 14 May 2018 at 08:02hrs | 3356 | by Staff reporter
'Army has no choice, will salute me,' says Chamisa
MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa has told his supporters that the country's securocrats could find themselves with no choice, but to salute him if he wins this year's presidential r...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:48hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance to craft economic rescue plan
In November 2017, Zimbabwe witnessed Robert Mugabe’s unceremonious departure from power following a military coup staged by his own lieutenants. Having been in power for an unbroken 37 years of dict...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | 346 | by Savanna Skill & Consulting
Mudenda vetoed decision to summon Mugabe to parliament
FORMER President Robert Mugabe might not appear before Parliament for a grilling over the missing $15 billion diamond revenue after the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda reportedly vetoed...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa, Mzila-Ndlovu denied UK visas, blast British embassy in Harare
TWO Bulawayo-based opposition leaders Dumiso Dabengwa (Zapu) and Moses Mzila-Ndlovu (Alliance for National Salvation (Ansa) have blasted the British embassy in Harare for denying them visas to travel ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1790 | by Staff reporter
Army accused of refusing to hand over robbery suspects to police
A SHURUGWI Court on Friday instructed the police to ensure that six Gweru-based members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who are implicated in a robbery of more than 2 000kg of gold ore at a local ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo is a threat to Jah Prayzah
When I watched Andy Muridzo performing live in Bulawayo, it became clear why Jah Prayzah could not tolerate him – the guy is just too good.Jah Prayzah and his Military Touch Movement should ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:40hrs | 427 | by Melissa Mpofu
Mnangagwa's power retention scheme ruinous
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pledge that the government will increase the allowances for war veterans and review their benefits is yet another illustration that, just like his predecessor Robert Mug...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:54hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
ZEC put on the spot over soldiers
A lobby group advocating for free and fair elections has approached the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to disclose the names of officials who were recrui...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:52hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
ZEC boss digs in on ballot
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa raised the ante in the opposition's fight to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to be open about the selection of a printer for ballot papers for the f...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:47hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Zipra operations in Mashonaland
This week we continue our interview with former Zipra regional commander for the Northern Front 3 (NF3), Joseph Mbedzi pseudo name Joseph Sibuko. NF3 was a Zipra military zone that covered mainly part...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:40hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Man hires armed soldiers to rob gold mine
A 33-year-old Shurugwi man reportedly hired six armed members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) stationed at Gunia fowl army base who allegedly robbed a Shurugwi gold mine of its ore last Sunday....Published: 13 May 2018 at 09:23hrs | 2324 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The untold story of ZAPU and the late VP Nkomo
LAST week, Comrade Bulukani Masola (born 13/05/1959) ,whose Chimurenga name was Peter Scotch narrated how Rhodesian forces machine-gunned 226 ZIPRA comrades at Freedom Camp in Zambia during the libera...Published: 13 May 2018 at 08:36hrs | 1921 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's BBC HardTalk performance made vote-rigging, murderous ED look 'mature, responsible and wise'!
Chamisa's credibility has been questioned again and again in the past. On the BBC HardTalk programme he has come through as a someone with a knack to shoot himself in the foot before a race. C...Published: 12 May 2018 at 22:40hrs | 10273 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa's UK trip draws mixed feelings
MDC-T president Nelson Chamisa this week continued his momentum to consolidate his leadership of the MDC Alliance with the high-profile visit to London, where he met United Kingdom senior government o...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:23hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmer's escape from death's jaws
AFTER spending 80 years on the same farm, building a school that the late Defence minister Moven Mahachi once attended, the Smart family thought nothing would uproot them from this property they had g...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:14hrs | 2601 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition leader dies in car crash
AN aspiring Presidential candidate in the forthcoming general election has reportedly died in a car crash on his way from South Africa to Zimbabwe on the eve of the launch of his political party....Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:20hrs | 11255 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is 'new face of the old order', says Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not delivering change in the country after the years of Robert Mugabe, a Zimbabwean opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, has said.He told HARDtalk's Stephen Sacku...Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:13hrs | 938 | by Austin Karonga
Mnangagwa raises war veterans' pension
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has committed to increasing the allowances paid to former liberation war fighters, NewZimbabwe.com reported.Addressing hundreds of war veterans in...Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:11hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: real change possible only 'when I become president'
WHEN Robert Mugabe was ousted in a coup in 2017 after three decades in power, many in Zimbabwe hoped that his downfall would spark a new era of democracy and prosperity in a country wracked by corrupt...Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:10hrs | 340 | by Newsweek magazine
Zimbabwe opposition urged to boycott polls
OPPOSITION parties in Zimbabwe need to create a crisis that will result in international intervention to come up with conditions for a free and fair election, a leading academic has said.Speak...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:53hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA war vets snub Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army Veterans Association's leadership yesterday boycotted a national war veterans meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare, complaining that they were not f...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:44hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
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