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ZANU PF is responsible for scuttling development in rural areas!
Forty-four years after Zimbabwe attained her independence, rural areas are still largely as backward as they were under colonial rule. Nothing much to write about, in terms of development, has...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 12:57hrs | 18 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Grace Mugabe warms up to Mnangagwa
THE last time former first lady Grace Mugabe made a public statement was on November 5, 2017 at Rufaro Stadium in Harare.At an event dubbed "Super Sunday" in some quarters, she gathered thousa...Published: 19 May 2024 at 12:40hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide being addressed, says conflicted Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was a key player during the Zimbabwe genocide era, yesterday said his government was committed to resolving the thorny Gukurahundi issue through public hearings on th...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politics of ethnicity: Jumping from the pan into the fire
BELOW is a book excerpt from In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas and Solutions) by Professor Arthur Mutambara.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet shocked many b...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:31hrs | 6 | by Arthur Mutambara
Mnangagwa parties with ex-adversaries
Only three out of 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state attended Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration in Harare on Monday, but that did not stop the party....Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe is Harare's true rich aunt
"One man one farm" was a Mugabe mantra for the longest time after the fast-track land reform programme that took land from around 4000 white former farmers into the hands of thousands of landless blac...Published: 03 May 2023 at 21:50hrs | 2 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Bona Mugabe and Simba battle for properties
WHILE the late former president Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona and her estranged husband Simba Chikore are still locked in divorce proceedings and intense negotiations on property sharing, the controve...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family fails to turn up for Robert's exhumation case
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's children yesterday failed to appear in court in a case where they are seeking to stop the exhumation of their father's remains.Bona Mutsahuni-Mugabe (...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe
This opinion-editorial piece was written by Japhet Ncube, a Zimbabwean-born former editor of South African daily, The Star, in November 2017 during the coup which ousted the late former president Robe...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:10hrs | 9 | by Japhet Mathanda Ncube
Chiwenga allies cry Mnangagwa betrayal
WHILE the poisoned relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are hardly spoken about publicly, close allies say the former army commander feels betrayed by...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctor at centre of Grace Mugabe farm 'gift' charged with medical misconduct; risks being struck off by tribunal
A doctor at the centre of a 2016 farm seizure row in Zimbabwe is appearing before the UK Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) over allegations of mistreating patients.The tribunal, un...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's dairy estates collapses
GUSHUNGO Dairy Estates has closed shop after former first lady Grace Mugabe sold about 700 dairy cows worth about US$1,4 million to a prominent butcher, rendering about 120 workers jobless.The...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 09:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mugabes in farm equipment scam
LATE president Robert Mugabe's family has been rocked by a fresh scandal after allegedly selling an assortment of farm equipment belonging to government departments and pocketing the money, it has eme...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's ex-husband dies
Grace Mugabe's ex-husband Stanley Goreraza has died, friends said.The retired air force officer succumbed to cancer in Harare on Sunday morning."It is with heavy hearts that we announc...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 16:46hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Is Robert Mugabe Jnr playing the fool?
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's son, Robert Junior's recent endorsement of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is seen as a climbdown meant to protect the late strongman's empire and s...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections: The morning after
ZANU-PF's Wednesday St Mary's rally was a turning point in several ways. Of course, the most obvious marker were the numbers that attended, something even the blind could see and feel.I cannot...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Chamisa to fire ZEC boss
OPPOSITION Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday demanded neutrality and fairness from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in tomorrow's by-elections.Addressin...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says by-elections to test Zec neutrality
OPPOSITION Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday demanded neutrality and fairness from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in tomorrow's by-elections.Addressin...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must remove sanctions he has imposed on Zimbabwe first
A GROUP of academics last week announced that they had joined the anti-sanctions fight, and hoped to do something that the government and its shrill supporters have failed in nearly two decades: have ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo - a long overdue dose of karma
IN the years following the 2013 election, it was clear that late former President Robert Mugabe, in his ninth decade of life, had no intention of stepping down and made no attempt to groom an heir app...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Cedric Steele
'Bona - Mnangagwa fight over Mugabe's dead body to get nasty'
South African based academic Dinizulu Macaphulana (real name Dr. William Mpofu) has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the spirited fight to have the late President Robert Mugabe's corpse ...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 13:42hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe remains saga sparks debate
The controversy surrounding the late former president Robert Mugabe's final resting place continues to haunt the country as the battle now shifts to the courts.When Mugabe died, it took nearly...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace challenges Mugabe reburial order
THE case of the reburial of the late former President Robert Mugabe's remains has taken yet another twist after his family filed an appeal against last week's ruling by a Chinhoyi magistrate dismissin...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to stop Mugabe remains fiasco
PreSident Emmerson Mnangagwa must intervene to stop spirited attempts to exhume former president robert Mugabe's remains for reburial at the Heroes Acre, the late strongman's family has said.A...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's family has already shared Robert's property
RELATIVES of the late former President Robert Mugabe say they have already shared his property following his death in 2019.In a wide-ranging interview, family spokesperson, Leo Mugabe, said it...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 resorts to voodoo conspiracies
When the weekly Standard newspaper published a story on 2 May 2021 to the effect that a Zvimba villager, Tinos Manovengere, was not happy with the burial of former President Robert Mugabe, G40 members...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Robert Mugabe to be exhumed as Grace gives up?
After seriously looking at the summonses chief Zvimba issued on Grace Mugabe the former First Lady one is left wondering does chief Zvimba understa"nds his duties. Zvimba District is a district ...Published: 14 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Hands off Grace, says the Mugabes
THE late former President Mugabe's family yesterday rubbished moves by a Zvimba traditional leader to summon former First Lady Grace Mugabe to appear before his traditional court on a charge of "impro...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe petitioned over 'courtyard' burial of Robert
A Zimbabwean chief has summoned former First Lady Grace Mugabe to appear before a village court to answer charges of "inappropriately" burying the country's late former president, Robert Mugabe, at th...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's huge daily cash withdrawals exposed
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe allegedly made multiple United States dollar cash withdrawals amounting to US$300 000 per day in 2019 from her CBZ Bank account at a time ordinary Zimbabweans were allow...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law, daughter struggle to complete mansion
NESTLED on a mountain in the exclusive Umwinsidale suburb on the outskirts of Harare's northeastern periphery, the mansion is immersed in scenic surroundings and there seems to be a seamless connectio...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's business empire, The death of a dynasty
BARELY five years after the demise of Zimbabwe's former ruler Robert Mugabe, the vast wealth he owned and accumulated throughout the 37 years of his reign is disappearing.A great dynasty appea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:39hrs | 6 | by Africa Report
Mugabes' diamond, ivory deals exposed
FRESH startling details have emerged indicating how the late former President Robert Mugabe and his family worked with extop parastatal and security bosses to ship high-grade diamonds and ivory out of...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo: Epitome of Zimbabwe revolution's finest cadre
Comrade Sibusiso Moyo, the General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces who pronounced the demise of the four decade-old Mugabe dictatorship in November is no more. Comrade SB Moyo, what a journey we have t...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 9 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Mugabe business empire crumbles
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's business empire has crumpled amid revelations that Gushungo Dairy Estate is being leased to a company linked to a millionaire businessman.A once thriv...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
An independent state is the only viable option for the people of Mthwakazi from the MLF president
Greetings to all! It is important to underline in addition to the emphasis on the importance of skills development for Mthwakazi which was published last week, that we look forward to fruitful...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:04hrs | | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
US wasting millions on Zimbabwe election process - Report
THE United States (US) Senate has predicted Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mngangagwa, would win the 2023 presidential election despite Washington pouring in millions of dollars to democratise the...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's business empire crumbles
THE blistering sun scorches vast swathes of lush green land in the picturesque Mazowe Valley, 40 kilometres north of Harare, as the November heat takes a toll on the baked surface below.It is ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ex-manager back in court
The late former President Robert Mugabe is posthumously set to square off with his ex-general manager, Stanley Nhari, after the Supreme Court rolled the matter back to the High Court for the issue of ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe, a year on
Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
'Mnangagwa being sabotaged from inside Zanu-PF'
Expelled former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu told the Daily News that Mnangagwa was being sabotaged from inside Zanu-PF - which demanded that he re-strategised his political trajectory....Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa recognises Mugabe's contribution
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has said that even though he and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) had great political differences with Robert Mugabe, now was a time for mourning."We ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mugabe dies
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died at the age of 95.He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed. On F...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:07hrs | | by Stsff reporter
Mugabe, Grace in soup for grabbing delivery truck
FORMER President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace are being sued for chasing a delivery truck driver out of their Alpha Omega Dairy Farm and further confiscating the vehicle.This, according t...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:32hrs | | by newzimbabwe
ZESA shuts down Robert Mugabe's farm
The Zimbabwe Independent has reported that former President Robert Mugabe's Gushungo Dairies Farm had electricity disconnected recently over a huge debt it owes to ZESA.The farm is located in ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 10:52hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF youths in police uniform beat up Harare protestors?
Human Rights Defender Dr. Betty Makoni has alleged that some of the police officers that were deployed to crush protestors in Harare on Friday were ZANU PF functionaries given police uniforms. ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 14:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe is not Mthwakazi and Mthwakazi is not Zimbabwe
When the situation is good Mthwakazi people are told in the face that they are enemies of the State,that they must go back to South Africa. When it is bad, then they are a much needed piece to solve t...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
Zimbabwe is not Mthwakazi and Mthwakazi is not Zimbabwe - MLF
When the situation is good Mthwakazi people are told in the face that they are enemies of the State, that they must go back to South Africa. When it is bad, then they are a much needed piece to solve ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by MLF
Robert Mugabe's son opens up
Former President Robert Mugabe's son Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe says the former first couple gave him money to start his business ventures that he is running in Sandton.Speaking to Hmetro Chat...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 15:11hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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