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Water woes, sextortion and blame game in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe's economy worsens, sextortion is setting in, with women and children falling victim to this form of abuse and corruption. Drinking-water scarcity is a serious problem authorities have unsu...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:15hrs | 373 | by Brian Maregedze
Zimbabwe: Orwell's Animal Farm reincarnated
SATIRIC George Orwell novel Animal Farm has received classic status in literature. Millions have read the polysemic text, set on an imaginary farm where animals took over from the owner, Mr Jones, aft...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:18hrs | 391 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Chief Ndiweni forgives Enos Nkala over Gukurahundi
Nhlamabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamnagwe Ndiweni says he has forgiven his relative Enos Nkala who was an active participant in the Gukurahundi genocide that killed more than 20 000 citizens of Matabeleland...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:08hrs | 2018 | by Mandla Ndlovu
21st century mindset required to solve Zimbabwe challenges of the future
Our country seem be designing and implementing the economic strategy in a manner that Douglas Alexander described as "a fundamental error of what makes success in the 21st century".There are t...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 131 | by Brian Sedze
Mnangagwa's 'new dispensation' promises a mirage
ORDINARY people, including civil servants and many in the informal sector, have become increasingly disillusioned with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's highly touted "new dispensation" anchored on econo...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:49hrs | 2561 | by Staff reporter
'A prosperous 2020' said Mnangagwa - not when failed to hold free elections and plant sapling of good governance
"As your Listening President and a Servant Leader, I will continue engaging with you and listening to your concerns so that we walk hand in hand, together in unity, love, peace and harmony towards a p...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 10:18hrs | 1018 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mthuli Ncube burns his house to smoke out a rat
The 2020 national budget statement announced by Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube a fortnight ago was telling in more ways than one. The professor had no qualms to nail his govern...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:43hrs | 1483 | by Cliff Chiduku
Why Joice Mujuru failed to succeed Mugabe
FELLOW compatriots, where is madam Joice Mujuru? Is it game over for madam Mujuru? I posit that if she is to do her homework she can still maintain her political relevance. At a fireside conversation ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2923 | by Nyasha Machimbira
Matabeleland Zambezi water project remains a mirage
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni was in the news recently calling for action to bring the Zambezi River water to Bulawayo. The city of kings, if I may join those who want us to remember the city's history...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:36hrs | 233 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Nightmare is madman wielding a stick - pity Zimbabweans have corrupt president wielding absolute power, for 39 years counting
"If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1268 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The Budget 2020 - Which way Zimbabwe
In the darkness of the Zimbabwean economy with ordinary people grinding beans using their back Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube casts a very bright light at the end of the tunnel. He said the count...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 23:50hrs | 2093 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'We're improving people's lives' insist Mthuli Ncube - a mirage, add hypocrite to sanctions list
The dishonest way Zanu PF has continued to hold the sanctions debate is an outrage!"The impact has been severe and anyone who thinks that sanctions are not harming the economy is surely not te...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 17:18hrs | 1995 | by Nomusa Garikai
The world waits with bated breath
Today, the rest of the progressive world waits with fingers crossed and bated breath for responses from the USA and her trotting European cubs to events across Southern Africa yesterday marking a Sadc...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 279 | by Stephen Mpofu,
Jean Gasho: I am sorry!
Dear Jean,When I read your reply letter of 16th October, a reply to my article about you regarding your polygamous life, I confess that this time around I was not dismayed or disappointed with you...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:45hrs | 132 | by Nomazulu Thata
Peace through jazz music - The trumpet is a 'cool' instrument to unite people
Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to "honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together," says Audrey Azoulay, the...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 2994 | by Frank Kuwonu
Social media for development: A mirage for the marginalised
There is no doubt that the advent of social media has revolutionised the communication landscapes and networks. Not only have the worlds apart been brought closer than ever before, with the barriers a...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:41hrs | 98 | by Peter Makwanya
Election dispute resolution in Zimbabwe
This paper on election dispute resolution (EDR) departs from the point that the electoral competition is often accompanied by disputes and tensions, as political parties and candidates jostle for powe...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 433 | by Zesn
'My government is implementing reforms' - rigged elections are illegitimate and must step down, now
Every economic performance indicator shows that the Zimbabwe economic is in total economic meltdown and yet Mnangagwa continue to claim otherwise."My government continues to take bold and deci...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1461 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Chamisa must be jailed,' says Zanu-PF
In a development which could further stoke political tensions in the country, the Zanu-PF youth league wants opposition leader Nelson Chamisa thrown in jail over remarks that he made during an MDC ral...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:37hrs | 7466 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa engages Zanu PF lawyers, is it democracy
Most Zimbabweans are perplexed by the lawyers who represent members of the opposition either side. Most people have been dismayed when members of the opposite side represent those of the other side. Z...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 06:28hrs | 7193 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Judge orders Metbank to pay back $20m to NSSA
Metbank has been ordered to pay back $20 million worth of Treasury Bills to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), after a judge said the bank's court bid to keep the TBs had come "tumbling do...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 22:11hrs | 2586 | by newZWire
Mnangagwa govt getting in the way of its own reforms
FOR much of the past year, Zimbabwe's economy has oscillated between confusion and chaos, and as the second half of 2019 wears on, the headwinds show no immediate sign of relenting.This is in ...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 454 | by Perry Munzwembiri
Zimbabweans say their economy is worse than ever: 'This is hell'
Dadirai Tsvakai and her family have taken to combining dinner and breakfast — a meal they now eat just after midnight, if they are lucky to have a few hours of electricity. Then, in the dead of the ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 21:14hrs | 5898 | by Farai Mutsaka
'EU relations are thawing, they observed 2018 elections' - rubbish, what did they say?
It is easy to see why Zimbabwe is in this economic mess, the pitiful lack of quality in all spheres of our governance say it all!"It is estimated, for those who have done the studies, that Zim...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1566 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Job Sikhala's message from prison to Zimbabweans
Dear ZimbabweansThe walls of Jericho fell. Saul the murderer was hit by lightening for him to repent. Zimbabweans are suffering on a daily basis for 40 years after the attainment of Independen...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 11:53hrs | 9886 | by Job Sikhala
Answers still needed for Warriors horror show
THE horror show in Egypt as we succumbed to a 4-0 thumping to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at AFCON on Sunday night sums up the mediocrity in the ranks of Zimbabwean football. We wer...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 17:11hrs | 1117 | by Phillip Zulu
Mnangagwa claims that 'Country has returned to normalcy'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the removal of the multi-currency regime marks the country's return to normalcy while assuring Zimbabweans that the Bond note will not be decommissioned. Fin...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:03hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Poem: The Warriors of Our Time
They entered the lions' den with their arrows,Gallant are their spirits which frighten the Pharaohs,Casting their forlorn underdogs shadows,Imprinted in a mirage from Cape to Cairo,The...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 21:31hrs | 389 | by Wilson Chipangura
New currency unlikely to perform miracles for Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S plans to unveil a new currency by year-end without addressing macro-economic fundamentals could be catastrophic, while the proposed local unit risks suffering the same fate as the defunct...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe treason trials raise fears of relapse to Mugabe years
Twenty people have been charged with treason since the beginning of the year, prompting critics to draw parallels between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule with that of his predecessor Robert Mugabe...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
'Inflation will be 10% by December' boasted Ncube - end corruption and pariah state curse
When the then Minister of Finance, Bernard Chidzero, introduced the 1990-1995 Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) he assured the people adjustment was routine and necessary in gearing the ...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 2030 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The death of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - A fiting tribute to an enigma
1. Paying tribute to an enigma I was on a bus on Thursday morning, the 24th May 2019, travelling through Botswana from Kwa Bulawayo, Mthwakazi when news abo...Published: 30 May 2019 at 15:45hrs | 4992 | by Dr Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza
ANC had to boot out Zuma to win the elections – testimonial of Mandela's enduring legacy
"If ANC had failed to remove Jacob Zuma from office last year, the party would have lost the recent elections!" said Dumisani, a South African and ANC supporter. I was speechless! What a profo...Published: 27 May 2019 at 18:29hrs | 1828 | by Wilbert Mukori
Buyers stampede for Mugabe property
Bargain hunters yesterday morning thronged former president Robert Mugabe's dairy farm to buy equipment and other farming implements at a private auction.Gushungo Holdings' dairy enterprise, t...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:19hrs | 3567 | by Timeslive
'Next year will enter prosperity period' - forget the mirage, focus on accountability
"Next year we will be starting entering the prosperity period because my understanding is that it can only be austerity for a year and you cannot have austerity for three years that's not fair. The be...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 20:26hrs | 1439 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Resolute in faith, we will triumph,' Mnangagwa argues - faith in voodoo policies delivering prosperity, insane
"In Zimbabwe, we are currently undergoing our own struggle of light over darkness. As we walk the road of transformation and reform, we are guided by our Lord Jesus Christ's teachings of forgiveness, ...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:22hrs | 438 | by Nomusa Garikai
EFF's independence day message to Zimbabweans
The 18th of April is a monumentally historic date in the history of our country. It is the date our country achieved a hard-fought political independence. Zimbabwe's gallant sons and daughters sacrifi...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1180 | by CIC Innocent Ndibali.
Shakespeare Maya joins Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
FORMER National Alliance for Good Governance (NAGG) president Mr Shakespeare Maya, who has since rejoined Zanu-PF, has hailed President Mnangagwa's triple-pronged re-engagement drive saying it has pla...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:31hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Who is profiting from negative reporting?
Not so long ago, Aljazeera correspondent Haru Mutasa was denied a visa by one Western embassy ostensibly because of lack of a guarantee that she would return home.While it is the prerogative o...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | 403 | by Ranga Mataire
Robbing the poor in the name of patriotism
The post-Robert Mugabe administration led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa fancies itself a new dispensation. That is a useless fantasy, of course. Things are as old in the "new" administration as they...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:10hrs | 377 | by Tawanda Majoni
Teachers reject $129 salary deal
TEACHERS unions yesterday angrily rejected the $400 million deal struck by government and the Apex Council, accusing their representative body of being compromised and working against the improvement ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:35hrs | 2766 | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo ditches Mnangagwa talks
LOSING presidential candidate Nkosana Moyo and his party have pulled out of the ongoing dialogue led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa insisting the process was headed for nowhere without the participat...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | 977 | by newzimbabwe
Minister Ncube's 2% tax caused 16% economic decline - austerity for pain's sake, no gain
"Finance minister Professor Mthuli Ncube introduced the 2% per every dollar transaction tax in October last year as part of his "austerity for posterity" measures in a development which saw him receiv...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:45hrs | 2348 | by Nomusa Garikai
Ncube explain 'how we will get to' Vision 2030 prosperity - What if we're heading for usual mass poverty, what then?
"Twenty Thirty Over the past year, there has been much talk about Vision 2030, our national growth strategy to transform Zimbabwe into a Prosperous and Empowered Upper Middle Income Society by the end...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1631 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu PF blames UK MP for failing to re-engage IMF - by rigging elections, Mnangagwa delivered the coup de grace
"GOVERNMENT will continue to double down on its re-engagement policy notwithstanding the negative attempts by some British legislators to continue isolating Zimbabwe, a senior Government official has ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:53hrs | 935 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
It's time to abandon adversarial politics
In spite of my traumatic memories of the days of British colonialism, I hasten to admit that recent words of Queen Elizabeth II carry a powerful wisdom which we as Zimbabweans — bent on a reckless p...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:46hrs | 265 | by Andrew Wutawunashe
ShutDownZimbabwe: Where do we go from here?
When the heart is burdened, the spirit is broken, the soul feels encumbered, and the body is debilitated, making hope a mirage forever receding to the horizon. It is during such times that music becom...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:16hrs | 519 | by Elliot Ziwira
From Great Zimbabwe to Zimbabwe Ruins with Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
With great good hope Zimbabweans of all polical affiliation, race, colour and creed poured-out onto the streets, led by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, to tell Mugabe of The Enough of the journey from Th...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:33hrs | 2019 | by Reginald Thabani Gola.
'Doctors' strike is over' First Lady Mnangagwa boasted - many more strikes coming, till husband steps down
Striking junior doctors have agreed to go back to work after meeting First Lady, Auxilia Mnangagwa. "Pavavona mai zvinhu zvafamba. Vati mama zvakaoma hazvo asi todzokera kubasa. Vati vachakamb...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 08:52hrs | 6371 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Motlanthe commission: Too little, too late
MDC Alliance leaders appeared before the Kgalema Motlanthe-led commission of inquiry into the August 1 killings and the presentation by Tendai Biti and Nelson Chamisa left the commissioners in awe....Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1432 | by Wilton Machimbira
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