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Zimbabwe's very own Emperor Nero is burning down povo's hovels to build palatial villas for filthy rich few
"The closer the collapse of the empire, the crazier its laws" Marcus Tullius Cicero. Well we in Zimbabwe are witness this first hand. Zanu PF introduced the new local currency insisting ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 126 | by Wilbert Mukori
FIU sufficiently resourced to fight ZiG saboteurs
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a division of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), is well-equipped with skilled personnel and advanced hardware to tackle financial crimes. Recent recruitment ef...Published: 15 hrs ago | 16 | by Staff reporter
Why is Zanu-PF opening branches and office in South Africa?
Out of all liberation parties in Africa, Zanu PF is the only one that is opening offices and branches in all major South African cities and beyond. For an independent country like Zimbabwe, an embassy...Published: 17 May 2024 at 13:45hrs | 181 | by Israel Dube
Smith & apartheid regimes were angels compared to 44-Year-Old 'independent' Zimbabwe
Talking in terms of segregation, oppression and savagery towards those considered as foreigners or political undesirables, no present or past government in Southern Africa matches the black Shona supr...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:56hrs | 651 | by Israel Dube
'No one will starve!' Zanu PF has never accounted for 40 000 + political murders much less indirect deaths
"As I stated in my recent declaration of a nationwide state of disaster due to the drought last week, our Zanu-PF government will not let anyone starve," Mnangagwa said."Our government is capa...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:47hrs | 166 | by Wilbert Mukori
On what basis is a law school named after Mnangagwa?
So, the MSU (Midlands State University) in Zimbabwe named its law school after President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. This institution is currently under construction in the city of Kwekwe. ...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 16:37hrs | 1732 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Heavily Militarised government is the reason for economic meltdown
I am compelled by love of my country to delve deep into the core issues that hinder progress and meaningful development including but not limited to the abuse of power and intimidation of citizens by ...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 22:25hrs | 841 | by Sithembiso Hadebe
Zimbabwe finds a way to turn paper into gold long live Gushungo!!!
Money, the market, free enterprise, free trade, law, and justice, among others - existed in other forms before the colonialists introduced paper currency. The natives had their own functional institut...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 16:58hrs | 2673 | by Sam Wezhira
Military blocks Mnangagwa third term?
Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and the military's post-election political strategy blocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa's third-term ambitions.This forced him to come out clean...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 21:10hrs | 6219 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he will not be running for a third term in office
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stated unequivocally that he will not seek a third term in office, adhering to the provisions of the Zimbabwean Constitution.Currently serving his second and f...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 18:54hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Zelensky plans trip to South Africa
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to pay SA an official state visit in the next few months as part of his African charm offensive amid a debilitating war with Russia. International re...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 11:27hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has no third term aspirations?
PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA says he does not have intentions to run for a third term, emphasising that there is "no iota of evidence" where the ruling party, Zanu-PF, has pushed for something that violates th...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:36hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health minister bemoans skills flight
HEALTH and Child Care minister, Douglas Mombeshora, has admitted that the brain drain has left the health sector on its knees, denying patients access to primary medical attention.Mombeshora r...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:09hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Africans should unite, maximise on trade opportunities on continent
Recently re-elected President of the Pan African Parliament, Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira, emphasized the need to raise awareness among Africans about the trade opportunities available to them....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 09:59hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Diplomatic tiff between Botswana and Germany: the magnificent ELEPHANT
The president of Botswana was not angry per se. He should never be angry if he is aware of the global positioning of states: which country is at the top of the other: who is the big brother and what a...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 18:10hrs | 954 | by Nomazulu Thata
Charumbira to rebrand PAP
NEWLY re-elected Pan African Parliament president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, has pledged to unite and rebrand the continental legislative assembly and help end conflict in Africa as he returns to the ...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 12:42hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
'Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's case is political'
Embattled former Speaker of Parliament has been released on R50,000 bail after she appeared before Magistrate Anna Oosthuizen in a packed Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Thursday morning.The St...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:50hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Comedians target 'wealth' around Wicknell Chivayo
COMEDIANS Doc Vikella and Bhutisi, known for their ties to Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu-PF, are trying to get a piece of the action from big spender Wicknell Chivayo. Doc Vikella is known for ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics is a rat race and the antagonists' trump cards are deception and betrayal
Zimbabwe's political system is not a caucus race but a rat race! Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland explained what a caucus race is: "After swimming around in Alice's pool of tears...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:29hrs | 241 | by Wilbert Mukori
It's easier to topple your mentor than run a country, isn't it Mr. President?
So, this where it has all come to? Those of us in urban areas now live without water and electricity!We are no longer any different from our compatriots in rural Zimbabwe.I may...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:20hrs | 288 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kasukuwere ghost haunts Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cracked the whip on errant Zanu-PF top officials whom he either suspended or expelled from the party accusing them of backing former political commissar Sa...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:37hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's secret advice to ANC exposed
Zanu-PF's behind the scenes moves to have the courts bar exiled minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, from contesting the 2023 elections has been laid bare after it emerged the ruling party advised South Afri...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 07:07hrs | 5298 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa personal history mystery
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's origins and personal history is as clear as mud claims The Newshawks.There are many stories about Mnangagwa's roots and this is now subject to scrutin...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:43hrs | 3054 | by Staff reporter
The rise of General Chiwenga: My reply to this article
My article today is to reply an article written by Samkeliso Ncube on Bulawayo 24: it was written in large; The rise of General Chiwenga, Zimbabwe's vanguard to a prosperous future. This article is no...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1455 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's stunt at Pupu akin to Hitler officiating at a Jewish synagogue?
It was quite a disturbing and unsettling sight watching President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa officiating at the unveiling of the Pupu Battlefield Memorial Site in Lupani. This was in ho...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:15hrs | 576 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chief Ndiweni accuses Zanu of hypocrisy
Outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has accused the Zanu-PF government of "hypocrisy" in commissioning the Pupu Battlefield Memorial Site in Lupane....Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 15:01hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife takes over Miss Universe Zimbabwe
MINIYOTHABO Baloyi-Chiwenga, the wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was announced as the new chairperson of the Miss Universe Zimbabwe.After a long hiatus from the international stage...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:37hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US re-engagement failure complete
ONE of the biggest ambitions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa haboured when he took over power following a military coup in 2017 was to re-engage the United States and end its embargo on Harare....Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:45hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa goes after Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula?
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is expected to hand herself over to the police in Pretoria on Friday as factionalism within the African National Congress reaches fever pitch.The Mail and Guardian publ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:38hrs | 1819 | 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 | 5275 | 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 | 1536 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr Kudzai Mutisi, the German 'Economic wonder' after the WW2 had multiple favourable factors!
I am writing this article as a reply to your article you wrote last week: My article is not in any way or form critiquing your own but including factors that must be known, but, however, adding to wha...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | 437 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwean mercenaries fighting in Ukraine
FIVE Zimbabwean mercenaries are fighting for Ukraine, according to latest data released by the Russia Defence ministry, with one said to have since been killed on the battle field.But the figu...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:56hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF is the black sheep of liberation movements
So, Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF is currently hosting a conference of former liberation movements.Nonetheless, just how is the party viewed by their colleagues in the region?Are they trul...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:48hrs | 163 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Sanctions on Zanu PF govt leaders are useless'
Outspoken Ex Zipra cadre Max Mkandla has warned the United States of America that itrs imposition of targeted sanctions on the Zimbabwean leaders is useless as those leaders lose nothing and feel no p...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:07hrs | 1287 | by Stephen Jakes
The Chemist Siziba and Oasis bar story
It is hard to find a patron who would mostly and consistently drink in one bar for 44 years - a whole generation; a lifetime.Yet Chemist Siziba, a local businessman and socialite, did. Before ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 17:01hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa awards Chemist Siziba liberation war hero status
The funeral service of the late Zimbabwean businessman Chemist Siziba, who died last Saturday, was held this morning at his Borrowdale (Hogerty Hill) home in Harare.Siziba died of kidney failu...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 16:32hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host military games
ZIMBABWE will play host to the 15th World Military Golf Championships in Victoria Falls in June.The event, to draw participants from 20 defence forces from across the globe, will be held from ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans explode
WOES are continuing to mount for veterans of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle, who say their welfare is continually being neglected, with tertiary learning institutions refusing to enrol their chi...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:38hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's crude path
When things become unbelievably smooth on the trot, you just need to do a reality check by tuning into ZTV, for there you will certainly find the dose that will wake you up from your island siesta....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 912 | by Tawanda Majoni
US spies busted, deported
FOUR United States nationals contracted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) reportedly sneaked into the country last month without notifying the authorities as per protoc...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:24hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
The US should show us some respect
PALESTINIANS who live in Gaza, which has now been literally turned into a hellscape by the Israeli military's firepower, are experiencing untold suffering.While the media in the West calls it ...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:21hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe statue set for airport
A STATUE for the late former President Robert Mugabe will be erected at Robert Gabriel Mugabe (RGM) international airport, government has announced.The National Museums and Monuments of Zimbab...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:18hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Sam not letting go of little Zimbabwe
THERE is something interesting about the new United States sanctions regime announced this week. Besides President Joseph Biden making a statement, the US National Security Council made one too. What ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:16hrs | 250 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
America: They kill us for sport!
My little story on American sanctionsOnly a few weeks shy of my sixty-first birthday, I have been, until late last week, on United States list of sanctioned Zimbabweans.I have been the...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:12hrs | 93 | by @Jamwanda2
Military realignments in the Zimbabwe military continue
As military realignments in the Zimbabwe military - that is appointments and removals - continue, more impactful changes are happening. Yesterday the commander of the Zimbabwe National A...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 6569 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Indian soldiers in murky deals
SUSPECTED former Indian army officers, who have been operating in Mozambique's troubled northern province of Cabo Delgado region, have reportedly settled in Zimbabwe, where they are allegedly operatin...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:01hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
US issues fresh sanctions on Mnangagwa and 8 others, terminates 2003 curbs
The United States on Monday terminated a Zimbabwe sanctions programme and reimposed curbs on nine people and three entities, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, over their involvement in corruptio...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:33hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dynastic ambitions laid bare
VIRAL images of President Emmerson Mnangagwa pictured alongside his twin sons Sean and Collins have raised eyebrows amid suspicions that this could be a strategy to psych the nation into accepting the...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 20:57hrs | 6366 | by Staff reporter
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