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Essential service workers get subsidised mealie-meal
LOCAL milling company, Brainman Investments, yesterday took subsidised roller meal to essential service workers at three Bulawayo public hospitals and a police station after realising they have not be...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:33hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance, Zanu-PF trade insults
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti yesterday described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as a "terrorist organisation" and a "bloodthirsty" regime planning to spill the blood o...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:57hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF working on liquidating MDC Alliance'
MDC Alliance has accused Zanu-PF of using State machinery in its attempts to liquidate the opposition, party co-vice president Tendai Biti has claimed.Addressing the media Wednesday, Biti also...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:54hrs | 1287 | by newzimbabwe
Perrance Shiri made British soldiers lie down and threatened to slaughter them
In The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker, Miles Tendi reveals Perrance Shiri was so out of control he once made British soldiers lie down and threatened to sl...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2996 | by Staff reporter
James Makamba eyes huge comeback
NATHAN Shamuyarira, Webster Shamu, James Makamba and Supa Mandiwanzira are some of the names that easily come to mind as having made the successful transition from journalism into the murky world of b...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1641 | by Staff reporter
Munacho Mutezo fired as ZimPF VP
ZIMBABWE People First (ZimPF) Vice President Munacho Mutezo has been fired from the opposition party after failing to repay a US$300 000 loan he got from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) through the...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1546 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe has always had a democracy deficit
DEMOCRACY is an embodiment of governance in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 577 | by Jonathan Chando
Mugabe sowed seeds of violence
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party preach peace during the day, but when night comes, they practise something entirely different.The ruling party, all its members and the secur...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:33hrs | 2899 | by Worried
'We must unite and work {loot & kill} together' Zanu PF welcome Mutasa – remember ides of March, Christpower Maisiri
"Nyati (Cde Didymus Mutasa) has re-joined the party and since his return, it has been our wish to meet him officially as Makoni leadership and work together going forward," announce Zanu PF national s...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 5152 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe's ex-ministers seek Zanu-PF return
Two former ministers are seeking readmission into Zanu-PF, nearly three years after they were expelled following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe.The late Mugabe resigned 21 N...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 22:27hrs | 5505 | by Staff reporter
So much lies and distortions in Zimbabwean history - the true story needs to finally be told
When renowned pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey famously said, "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots", he had a very valid point, as indeed,...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 14:27hrs | 1843 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Govt launches regularisation programme
Government has launched the national regularisation programme, which is expected to tighten the screws on land barons by bringing sanity to all informal settlements countrywide. Land barons ha...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 16:50hrs | 2489 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges to end corruption by 2023 - rubbish, staying to rig 2023 elections!
"Many measures have been put in place to fight corruption and the people are now free to talk about it. Officials are being arrested and before that was taboo. Now we're talking about it, it means it'...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2755 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa told to engage rivals
RETURNING Zanu-PF liberation stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, pictured, has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to join hands with the opposition and other social formations to end the country's deepening po...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 3489 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF is debris, embrace Nelson Chamisa' advised Moyo - two faced buzzard, celebrated MDC GNU blunders
When Mai Mujuru was booted out of Zanu-PF in 2014 within months she was criticizing Zanu-PF and her former mentor, Robert Mugabe, for mismanagement, corruption, vote rigging, murderous oppression, etc...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:29hrs | 4251 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Rugare 'Gamatox' Gumbo bounces back into Zanu-PF
THE only surviving member of the Dare Rechimurenga, Rugare Gumbo is on his way to bounce back into the revolutionary party, Zanu-PF.Announcing the comeback, Zanu-PF Acting National Spokesperso...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:54hrs | 2531 | by Staff reporter
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2777 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
Bread does not grow in supermarkets
IF there is an immutable truism that has stubbornly stood the test of time, it is the fact that common sense is not at all common.It is fair to say while common sense is rare, nonsense is ubiq...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:14hrs | 178 | by Bishop Lazarus
'Now is the time to liberate ourselves' - Why long wait? New Dotito puppy tale of the unexpected
Zimbabwe's corrupt and incompetent politicians, right across the political divide, take the Zimbabwean electorate for fools! It was only after Joice Mujuru was booted out; "baby dumped", as Gr...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 20:08hrs | 1981 | by Nomusa Garikai
Factionalism not peculiar to Zanu-PF
FACTIONALISM is not a phenomenon peculiar to Zanu-PF. Political parties, the world over, are plagued by "parties within a party" whose members band together to achieve particular goals and advance the...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 136 | by Lovemore Sibanda
Factionalism in Zanu-PF: G40 vs Lacoste
Factionalism is not a phenomenon peculiar to the ZANU PF. Political parties are plagued by "parties within a party" whose members band together to achieve particular goals and advance their agenda wit...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:08hrs | 4752 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
Mnangagwa's govt blames poor roads for failure to feed villagers
GOVERNMENT has blamed poor road network for failure to feed hungry villagers in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, amid reports that the majority of people in the district were starving.Human...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, crew writing their obituaries
THE current political tension between MDC Alliance and MDC-T has brought more legal commentaries on the merits of the matter where the one verdict ruled that MDC Alliance is a party and the other said...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:31hrs | 3278 | by Leonard Koni
'Simba Makoni was a scam' Top Zimbabwean artist
Prominent Zimbabwean artist Raisedon Baya has described the 2008 Presidential campaign by former Finance Minister Simbarashe Herbert Stanley Makoni as a political scam. "Simba Makoni was a pol...Published: 30 May 2020 at 16:22hrs | 6693 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 4188 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Thief steals car from fuel queue
A DARING thief allegedly stole a car from a petrol queue at a filling station in Harare after tricking the owner that he could refuel easily. Prosper Makono of Chitungwiza has since appeared a...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
Why was Energy Mutodi fired?
Energy Mutodi has been hogging the lime light for all sorts of reasons. He has risen in Politics to be a deputy minister of Information. This was a ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 05:59hrs | 16212 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
PAC was meant to advice Mnangagwa, he should now listen
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a Presidential Advisory Council in January last year, it was taken as a sign that Zimbabwe was indeed in a new dispensation and that it was open for busines...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 3596 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru biography opens can of worms
The recently published biography of Solomon Mujuru really opened a can of worms as it really showed who he was and the effects of his alleged semi illiteracy. According to the former minister in Mugab...Published: 18 May 2020 at 20:05hrs | 6638 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Please help, our daughter has been brutally assaulted by Zimbabwe Secret Service: Joanne Mamombe our girl-child!
Is this the rogue government that begged funding for coronavirus from international donors just last month of April, asking for forgiveness from the western donors for their past actions and insulting...Published: 15 May 2020 at 20:24hrs | 5046 | by Nomazulu Thata
The Daily News won't be bullied by nincompoops within the burning MDC
IT'S a sad reality that Zimbabwe's fortunes have been plunging on many fronts for the past four decades.Unfortunately, one of the things that should have fallen for good by now, but which is s...Published: 14 May 2020 at 10:49hrs | 3848 | by Daily News
'Zimbabwe's financial system is risky: to money laundering' - worse, rotten to core to institutionalised corruption
"Zimbabwe is among 12 countries put under the spotlight by the European Union because it has deficiencies under its Anti-Money Laundering/ Combating the F...Published: 12 May 2020 at 18:16hrs | 2086 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chris Mutsvangwa guns for Vice Presidency?
Christopher Mutsvangwa claims to have been the brains behind the operation restore legacy which saw the removal of former President Robert Mugabe. Mutsvangwa was seen in a video celebrating th...Published: 12 May 2020 at 10:15hrs | 5209 | by Tinashe Matavire
Chamisa's rivals in disarray
Thokozani Khupe yesterday convened the first national council meeting of a faction of the mainstream MDC where top officials clashed on a number of issues, including plans to recall more Nelson Chamis...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 11315 | by Staff reporter
Gen Mujuru heroism beyond reproach
Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa's critique on General Solomon Mujuru's biography "The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker" authored by Miles Tendi elicited ro...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1146 | by Reason Wafawarova
Nguluvhe details Manama wartime recruitment
IN January 1977, the ring of a bell, usually alerting pupils at Manama High School in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, of the time to go to the dining hall for supper, signalled a new chapter for ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1510 | by Staff reporter
Gen Mujuru portrayal - valiant, but misdirected
George Shire, you are very right my revolutionary soul mate.There was a turning point way back in 1976 to 1977 at Chimoio in Mozambique. Robert Mugabe wrestled leadership.Clutching a f...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:00hrs | 801 | by Amb Christopher Mutsvangwa
Gono angrily denies claims Mugabe told him that Mnangagwa was a ticking time bomb
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Gideon Gono, has angrily denied claims that the late President Robert Mugabe had confided in him to warn then Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander Co...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 17:15hrs | 3189 | by Lance Guma
Constitutional ramifications of Khupe-Chamisa judgement
What implications arise from the Supreme Court judgment on Thokozani Khupe's or Nelson Chamisa's presidential legitimacy in the MDC-T? Essentially, we must maintain and strengthen the concept of socia...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:31hrs | 2791 | by Sharon Hofisi
Crossing points during Zimbabwe/ Rhodesia bush war
WHAT do the following places share in common: DK (point along the Zambezi Valley), Kanyemba, Chirundu, Mlibizi, Kavira Forest, Chisuma? Some guerrillas may identify them as crossing points into Rhodes...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:13hrs | 652 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Systematic mealie-meal distribution for Cowdray Park
BULAWAYO Ward 28 councillor, Kidwell Mujuru has introduced a systematic maize meal distribution facility in his area as part of ensuring that residents receive the commodity in their locality while ob...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:10hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Why we interrupted Solomon Mujuru: Ex-fighter speaks out
There is an Associated Press Television News (APTN) video clip played repeatedly by the national broadcaster, ZBC TV, during Independence and Heroes Day commemorations.What captures the imagin...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2325 | by Staff reporter
First Covid-19 death from rural Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has recorded its first positive Covid-19 death from the rural areas sparking fears that the virus has spread beyond towns to rural areas with run...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 14:35hrs | 3731 | by Moyo Roy
Mwonzora's full statement on the MDC Supreme Court ruling
On the 31st of March, 2020, the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe delivered two judgements concerning the Movement for Democratic Change. One judgement related to the challenge lodged by the party on the lega...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 18:55hrs | 5390 | by Douglas Togaraseyi Mwonzora
Thokozani Khupe - G40 deal; juicy details emerge
Professor Jonathan Moyo wanted to form a political party which was supposed to be led by one Mutangadura deputized by Thokozani Khupe and Joice Mujuru, new details have emerged. This publicati...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 19:45hrs | 10680 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Mike Auret tried to stop Gukurahundi
THE sad death of prominent Zimbabwe political activist Mike Auret in Ireland this morning is a significant event in the history of human rights in the country and its predecessor Rhodesia.Aure...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:37hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park councillor in mealie-meal storm
COWDRAY Park councillor Kidwell Mujuru has refuted allegations that he was diverting Government subsidised mealie-meal to the black market.Residents were left fuming last Monday after a truck ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:36hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance: Old wine in new wineskins? Coalitions, Congresses And Constitutions
The Supreme Court ruling on the MDC leadership wrangle sparked a national debate on parties, constitutions and congresses.This post adds to that debate by answering ten (10) questions which as...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:32hrs | 3105 | by Staff reporter
Potholes cause for concern in Bulawayo
Potholes have been a cause of concern for Bulawayo city Council councillors.This is revealed in the latest council minutes in which Councillor Kidwell Mujuru raised concern about potholes in t...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1024 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC needs US$700m for roads rehabilitation
BULAWAYO City Council needs US$700 million to rehabilitate its road network.During a recent full council meeting, ward 28 councillor Kidwell Mujuru queried why council was using gravel to refi...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:04hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
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