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Speaking against injustice is not being negative - it's being honest
There are those who often find the truth hard to swallow - but, like medicine, it is vital for healing.I am often told that I focus too much on the negative.That I dwell on the darker ...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 21:53hrs | 191 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Cyber terrorists masquerading as journalists will not be tolerated'
Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Jenfan Muswere, has emphasized the government's openness to public contributions in developing an inclusive media policy framework, wh...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:35hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
The closure of VoA Studio 7 is a victory for tyranny in Zimbabwe!
The oppressed people of Zimbabwe have lost another voice! The closure of the Voice of America (VoA), particularly its Zimbabwe-focused service Studio 7, marks a dark and devastating chapter fo...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 21:00hrs | 1094 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Come 2031, what if Zimbabwe is still a failed state - proof vision 2030 was a mirage. What then Mnangagwa?
There are some things we can debate and argue over and even agree to disagree. There are others we should not even discuss because they are obvious and beyond dispute. The right of every Zimbabwean to...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 19:43hrs | 531 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mutumwa Mawere's health in a dire state
ONE would assume that blood is thicker than water in the labyrinth of familial ties. But for Mutumwa Mawere, this age-old adage has become a cruel mirage, overshadowed by the relentless greed and betr...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 12:38hrs | 19228 | by Staff reporter
Harare world class city status dream vanishes
A decade ago, our publication ran a story titled "Vision 2025: Will Harare make it?"—a question that remains just as pertinent today with only a day left to achieve the ambitious goals set for the c...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:38hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU to establish Gukurahundi genocide museum, expose ZANU-PF
Preparations are at an advanced stage for the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) to establish a Gukurahundi Genocide Museum in Bulawayo and all people should [instead] wear black in remembrance of...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 11:15hrs | 982 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
There're now two Zimbabwes: One for a small elite and the other for millions of poor Zimbabweans
Over the past few years, Zimbabwe has reportedly experienced steady economic growth. According to government statistics, GDP growth rates have shown positive movement, suggesting that the coun...Published: 13 Nov 2024 at 22:05hrs | 585 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF-induced pain not ending anytime soon
THE Zanu-PF government is very playful. The State of Nation Address (SONA) be President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a signal that the perpetual evil and pain induced on the people is not going to end any ti...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:43hrs | 173 | by Brian Sedze
The mirage of mystery break-ins at high places in ZImbabwe
SINCE his rise to power in Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been the target of several mysterious attacks by unknown assailants.Despite police investigations, the perpetrators of the...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:35hrs | 252 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
'Zimbabweans must unite for a shared vision,' argued Komichi. What vision has MDC/CCC ever had other than a seat on gravy train!
"Veteran opposition politician and anti-Zanu PF hardcore, Senator Morgan Komichi has claimed that there is need for opposition movements must to unite and fight Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangwagwa's administ...Published: 17 May 2024 at 17:04hrs | 17 | by Wilbert Mukori
Government up to its usual shenanigans, again
In the latest act of the ongoing drama which I dub "Governmental Promises: A Comedy of Errors," our esteemed government has once again shocked and dismayed the nation with their predictable flair for ...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:40hrs | 2 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
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 | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC hara-kiri
WHEN Nelson Chamisa stepped down as Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, the social media streets were full of comments pressuring MPs to resign as a block in solidarity with their leader....Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 13:42hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 118 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
'Zimbabweans are more divided than ever before'
ZAPU says Zimbabweans are more divided than ever before as there is no unity whatsoever, to warrant a whole public holiday, under the guise of commemorating the pivotal signing of the Unity Accord bet...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 13:44hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans yet to enjoy genuine unity'
OPPOSITION parties and critics said there was nothing to celebrate on Unity Day yesterday when government critics face threats of abductions, arrest and political violence.Zimbabwe declared De...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:52hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube divorced from reality
On November 30, 2023, in the bustling halls of the new Parliament building in Mt Hampden, Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion minister Mthuli Ncube , a proud holder of a diplomatic ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:12hrs | 11 | by Harriet Chikandiwa
Ncube budget proves, once again, 'nation can tax itself into prosperity' by taxing poor to spare the rich
"I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle," said Si...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
The Chamisa Dilemma: Zimbabwe's struggle with Truth-in-Leadership continues
Zimbabwe, a nation that has long grappled with the scourge of leadership embroiled in deceit, finds itself at yet another crossroads. President Mnangagwa, despite promises of ushering in a new era, co...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 20:44hrs | 3 | by Sandra Mverera
'Chamisa has a solid plan.' Muscle into new GNU and thus guarantee yet another wasted opportunity to implement ALL reform
"Chamisa has a solid plan!" read the Bulawayo24 headline!If each one of Chamisa’s "solid plan" was a brick then one would have built by now a pyramid of solid brick ten kilometres square and...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:27hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC will thwart all Zanu PF mischief - exactly what Muzorewa said to justify Smith's Zimbabwe - Rhodesia
On 25 August 2023 SADC and AU Election Observer Missions declared the Zimbabwe elections flawed and illegal. The damning report had no effect on Zanu PF and the opposition winning candidates who all t...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 13:03hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa says Zimbabwe could plunge into 'total disaster'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa driving Zimbabwe into chaos, says Chamisa
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF or death'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere carries excess baggage
The impending August 23 harmonised elections hold an immense significance for the one who will come out victorious at the end of the race. Various political figures have emerged out of the woo...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:11hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Temba Mliswa wants polls parked in favour of transitional authority
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says Zimbabwe should shelve elections for now in place of a transitional authority that would superintend over the country's affairs in the interim.To achieve th...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Illegal diamond mining movie set to premiere
FILM enthusiasts are set for a treat tomorrow at Ster Kinekor Sam Levy Cinemas in Harare at the premiere of Ngoda, a production whose synopsis is inspired by the illegal diamond mining world.T...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The poor are on their own in Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was all smiles as he officially opened the privately-developed Aspindale apartments in Harare. His infrastructure programme - housing for all - seemed to be all in order y...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe crying out for political remaking
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, the refrain of the song Remake the World by Jimmy Cliff aptly portrays the magnitude of destitution that is prevalent among citizenry....Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Mr President, you hold on power through brutality
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, Zimbabwe has long been in socio-economic dire straits. Her citizenry are rendered economic wanderers. Even children of liberation veterans ar...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
American economics says ZimStat is run by a clown
UNITED States professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, Steve Hanke, has fiercely hit back at the Zimbabwe Statistical...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US economist says ZimStat boss talking 'rubbish'
AMERICAN economics professor Steve Hanke, who came under fire in Zimbabwe on Wednesday for cooking inflation data, has described the criticism as "rubbish" and defended his controversial formula....Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZimStat debunks Steve Hanke's cooked data
TEMPERS flared over Zimbabwe's rioting inflation yesterday, with the country's chief statistician hitting out at an American economist and the media for querying the validity of data produced by his o...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fidelity wins latest gold claim dispute
Fidelity Printers and Refiners is now secure in possession of a gold claim the Supreme Court agreed had been improperly forfeited to the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, after the ministry fi...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Cyber City mirage
I TOLD Mr (Shaji Ul) Mulk that my desire is to build a smart city like Dubai here. He agreed to build a smart city better than "Dubai," President Emmerson Mnangagwa told guests on Wednesday during the...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 17 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Hospitals must be exempt from ZESA load shedding' – how when it's generating capacity, wake up for Pete's sake
"These power cuts are already piling more costs in some hospitals such as Ingutsheni and Ekusileni Hospital that now have to rely on generators, yet fuel ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 05:53hrs | 12 | by omusa Garikai
Is the voice of people really the voice of God?
VOX populi, vox Dei is a common Latin phrase loosely translated to mean "Voice of the people is the voice of God". Sometimes this same conjecture is replicated as the will of the people is the will of...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:30hrs | | by Tendai Makaripe
World War III might already be underway
IN life, it is absolutely critical to learn to pick your battles.While celebrated English playwright William Shakespeare once noted that "cowards die many times before their deaths", Nigerian ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe industrialists expose gaps in Mnangagwa's re-engagement push
CALLS for government to get serious with its re-engagement drive have intensified, with industrialists and economists reminding President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to avoid building ties wit...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Something stinks in Nelson's yellow shack
The fissures in the country's opposition party recently ruptured as Mr Nelson Chamisa formed a new political party going by the ideologically-barren name; Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), but ther...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Lindiwe Sisulu hits back at Zondo
Less than a week ago, I published an opinion piece that captures the importance of where ordinary South Africans find themselves.This opinion piece is my contribution to a conversing South Afr...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:35hrs | | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Zimbabwe military remains single decisive factor in politics
The opprobrium that characterised the rebuke of remarks made by Chief Murinye by the Vice President of Zimbabwe, Dr Constantino Chiwenga exemplifies the reality around the power matrix in Zimbabwe....Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:40hrs | 16 | by Sapien Sapien
Zimbabwe-Zambia: There goes the puppies again!
OVER the past few months, the political temperature has been heating up as if the country's general elections are scheduled for next year.Watching developments from my poshto has been quite in...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:06hrs | 13 | by Retired Major Action Mandingo
Zanu-PF conference lacked strategic imperatives for economic growth
THE Zanu-PF conference is of strategic importance due to its potential of providing simultaneous and sequential signal on the general direction or economic trajectory of the country. It is also not fa...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Brian Sedze
'Zimbabwe will reduce CO2 emission by 40% in 9 years' - it's rich, failed to deliver free elections in 41 years
It is great to be a dictator; you can say whatever you like, make all manner of promises knowing fully well you will never ever be held to democratic account for it!"Zimbabwe has set an ambiti...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Fidelity wins repossession of forfeited Gold claim
Fidelity Printers and Refineries has finally repossessed its claim that was forfeited by the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development last year, after the Supreme Court confirmed an interim order gran...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zambian economy outplayed Lungu
The misconception that a replication of Edgar Lungu's political dilemma will befall Zimbabwe come 2023 will remain a mirage, not only for Nelson Chamisa who rushed to ululate at the then opposition pa...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Daphine Zulu
Nexus of politics, music and snoozing masses
A FEW weeks ago, the country's social media streets were abuzz with what I call the "resurrection act" of one self-styled prophet and, to some folks, a sacrilegious poseur.This act was the act...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:09hrs | 1 | by Addy Kudita
London government of BoJo says no opposition party in Zimbabwe
It is with great shock and despair to hear about President Mnangagwa's trip to meet BoJo in London the coming days or weeks! Indeed, there are no permanent friends in politics but only permanent inter...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:53hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
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