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Mnangagwa's US$700k splurge on Chinese private jet for Russia trip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hired a private jet from China to fly him to Russia on Tuesday at an estimated cost of nearly US$700,000.Mnangagwa, attending the Russia-Africa summit in St Peters...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 19:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Putin and the Wagner mutiny
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple"Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)On 23rd June 2023 the Western media became delirious with joy when the heard that there was a ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:39hrs | 7 | by Ian Beddowes
Russia's Wagner has 'footprints in Zimbabwe'?
RUSSIAN mercenary group Wagner Group has been implicated in illicit gold mining dealings in Zimbabwe, according to a latest report by data analysts and an African research organisation.The Wag...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Can real leaders please stand up!
WHEN hospitals start turning away patients because of inadequate sundries, this should jolt any serious government to act.When the face of hospitals, which are the nurses, decide to down tools...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kamambo interrogates Afcon funding
Suspended Zifa president Felton Kamambo has questioned the SRC's move to fund the Warriors' preparations and participation at the Afcon finals held in Cameroon when the same Government has been failin...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers sent for re-training after demanding salary hike
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant General David Sigauke has reportedly sent junior soldiers on forced re-training in Hwange as punishment for demanding a salary increase during an oste...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frets over rogue soldiers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is fretting over a rise in the number of armed robberies involving soldiers and police officers, with observers saying it is tantamount to a mutiny.Mnangagwa promi...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Exclusion of Bulawayo boys in the Under-17 squad 'an insult'
FORMER national team and Highlanders captain Thulani Biya Ncube and Mkhokheli Dube have reacted with dismay and anger while questioning the criteria which career Under-17 boys coach Tafadzwa Mashiri u...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 9 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Mudimu named Warriors captain
Wales-based Zimbabwean soccer player Alec Mudimu has been named the Warriors captain for the team's World Cup preliminary qualifier against Somalia in Djibouti today.The match starts at 5pm....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
More woes for Warriors
ZIMBABWE'S poor performance at the Africa Cup of Nations continue to haunt the team after they moved down the Fifa rankings released yesterday, which has dire consequences on their qualification for t...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Musona takes blame
WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona has accepted responsibility for Zimbabwe's defeat against Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) opener at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday as he remains...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Junior army and police officers plotting mutiny?
Junior officers in the Zimbabwe Defense Forces and the Zimbabwe Republic Police are plotting a mutiny during the looming massive protests to over throw the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. ...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 13:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Plans to assassinate Cyril Ramaphosa investigated
The police and army intelligence service are investigating the alleged infiltration of the South African National Defense Force and "one or two" plans to assassinate President Cyril Ramaphosa....Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 18:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa: Zimbabwe's intelligence Czar
On the night of August 15, 2011, I attended the launch of Wilfred Mhanda's (nom de guerre Dzinashe Machingura) memoir, Dzino: Memories of a Freedom Fighter in Harare. Mhanda was an important figure in...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Blessing Miles-Tendi
The life of Misheck Velaphi Ncube: Connecting the dots
ORBITUARYMisheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on May 9, 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the libe...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:49hrs | | by Ernest Malandu, Vivian Siziba and Strike Mkandla
Misheck Velaphi Ncube Obituary: Connecting the Dots
Misheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at Heroes Acre in Harare on 9 May 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the liberation and independence of Zimb...Published: 19 May 2019 at 20:59hrs | 1 | by Iphithule Maphosa
How Col Tshinga Dube, Gen PV Sibanda were almost blown up by Rhodies
TODAY we conclude our series of interviews with Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, the last Zipra chief of communications, former Cabinet Minister and chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Industries (ZD...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mutoko district 'mutiny'
SOME 30 Zanu-PF district chairpersons in Mutoko have petitioned the party secretariat to rein in senior party leaders who they accused of creating chaos.According to a petition dated January 2...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete terror gangs spreading mayhem in Mnangagwa's home province
Murder and violence are spreading in the mineral-rich Midlands - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province - as armed militias reportedly sponsored by politicians wreak havoc with impunity....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso battle mutiny
Highlanders are battling hard to douse the fires that have engulfed their camp following a stand-off between players and management. Bosso players have downed tools in their bid to force the c...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zim Judge to deal with army killings in Lesotho
Top judge Justice Charles Hungwe is in Lesotho as one of the foreign judges who will preside over the politically sensitive criminal cases involving politicians and members of Lesotho's army, police, ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The case for the internet shutdown
The bygone violent and destructive protest stay away in most urban centres of Zimbabwe which ran from Monday to Wednesday this week triggered an internet shutdown since Tuesday morning. This was on th...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:33hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa spends US$25m on luxury jet
ANALYSTS yesterday ridiculed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's five-nation tour of Eurasia at a time the country was imploding due to severe economic difficulties, as well as his penchant for luxury as h...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pupils force headmaster off school premises
THERE was pandemonium at Chakohwa High School last Wednesday after the headmaster's attempt to administer corporal punishment on a pupil backfired when the pupil, with the help of aggrieved teachers, ...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally caught offside
A ZANU-PF politburo member who became a symbol of resistance against former president Robert Mugabe's regime stirred a hornet's nest over the weekend by insinuating that former liberation war fighters...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa 'dodged a coup' in SA
South Africa narrowly averted a mutiny by soldiers loyal to former president Jacob Zuma on the eve of his forced resignation in February.Highly placed sources within the security forces and AN...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 19:55hrs | | by City Press
Dynamos surrender championship race
DYNAMOS have surrendered their pursuit for the championship this season and will be happy if they can finish in the top four, a member of the team's technical team has said.The Harare giants, ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Once beaten twice shy - How about this Election and the processes?
The Zimbabwean de javu! We have come a full circle as a country, but whether can we identify where the path begins and branches remain the questions with elusive answers. The first twenty years of our...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:24hrs | 1 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
'Zuma is still more popular than Ramaphosa'
While the EFF leader appeared respectful towards the ANC leader at Mama Winnie's funeral this weekend, his true views appear to be different.A clip of EFF leader Julius Malema comparing former...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by TheCitizen
Joshua Nkomo letter to Robert Mugabe from exile in the UK
JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon E6 2WLUnited Kingdom7th June, 1983INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:00hrs | 2 | by Joshua M. Nkomo
The Mthwakazi Thought on Governance - Mthwakazi Forum with Mzelikahle
There are many and varied voices that come out of Matabeleland and Midlands describing many activities that are attributed to Mthwakazi. Many of these voices sound opposed to each other, and even soun...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 13:00hrs | | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Call for Mnangagwa to be president to white farmer & vendor too
When Mnangagwa was sworn into office, he promised to be the president for all "regardless of colour, creed, religion, tribe or political affiliation". I should also urge...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Memory Chatambudza
The implications of the Zimbabwean military coup
What constitutes national security? The importance of national security - measures taken by a state against external and/or internal threats to its economy ...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Mnangagwa must pay attention to human rights
It was with disbelief, shared by many other Zimbabweans, that I received the news on November 21 that Robert Mugabe had resigned as president of Zimbabwe.Before his resignation, on November 15...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Dewa Mavhinga
Zimbabwe today by the Liberal Democrats
Fellow Zimbabweans, indeed it appears true that the morning sickness after an orgy of drinking is more unbearable than the cocktail of all beers night. The excitement of the fall of the mighty Mr Muga...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 10:35hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
General Chiwenga Pronounces a Coup - No to civil war in Zimbabwe!
How clear does it get? That statement in a country with a functional defense mechanism would have gotten the man court marshalled right away. He would not see the dawn of tomorrow or setting of the su...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 17:39hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Dembare in crisis
Dynamos' fine run in the Castle Premiership thus far is under threat as the club battles to avert imminent player mutiny over the nonpayment of salaries, allowances and bonuses.The situation w...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warriors threaten camp boycott
The Warriors' preparations for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) football campaign could be in jeopardy with some players threatening to boycott the team's camp in solidarity with fellow players ...Published: 27 May 2017 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's Zifa bans Katsande, Malajila, Mushekwi and Rusike
WARRIORS' interim coach Norman Mapeza has been ordered not to consider the quartet of Willard Katsande, Cuthbert Malajila, Nyasha Mushekwi and Mathew Rusike for national team assignments.The c...Published: 21 May 2017 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nigerian police raid investigative news website's office
Lagos, Nigeria, January 19, 2017-Nigerian authorities should drop all charges against Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of the news website Premium Times, and Evelyn Okakwu, who covers the judiciary for the ...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 00:26hrs | | by CPJ
Letter To Dr Churchill Guduza: The Deputy of MLF in Relation Mafela Trust and Zipra.
This letter is fundermentally to oppose the views expressed in a news article published in your news platform Bulawayo 24.Without having to be specific on the dates it was published, the artic...Published: 22 Dec 2016 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Irvine J. Sibhona.
Mnangagwa sets record straight on death penalty
Government is set to consult Zimbabweans on whether the country should retain the death penalty or completely abolish it in fulfilment of recommendations from other United Nations Member-States, V...Published: 06 Nov 2016 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exposing Police Commisioner General Chihuri - by Concerned Junior Cop
How are you Zimbabweans! Let me take this opportunity to expose Zimbabwe Republic Police Commisioner General (Augustine Chihuri), Deputy Commissioners and officer commanding all Zimbabwean Pol...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 08:05hrs | | by Concerned junior cop
Only now does Mutsvangwa condemns violence - mauled hyena still love goat meat
The lump rose in my throat to hear Mutsvangwa and Mujuru condemning Mugabe's increasingly bullish behaviour not because they were wrong to condemn the tyrant but at the sheer hypocrisy of the other tw...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 16:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mujuru, Mutsvangwa gang up on Mugabe
Zimbabwe People First leader Joice Mujuru and war veterans chairperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa have ganged up on President Mugabe warning him on his inflammatory language.Mutsvangwa said the c...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 08:12hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
I want change - Zanu PF loyalist in the diaspora
A disgruntled diaspora based Zanu PF loyalist Rutendo Benson Matinyarare has revealed that despite being a supporter of the ruling party he eagerly wants change and was tired of trying to survive in t...Published: 23 Jul 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Marauding MDC-T youths run amok
A CHOPPIES Supermarket security guard was hospitalised yesterday after sustaining serious injuries at the hands of rowdy MDC-T supporters who ran amok downtown in the wake of an address by party leade...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wenger to quit Arsenal?
Arsene Wenger is concerned that growing supporter unrest could force him into an early Arsenal exit - despite having the unequivocal backing of the club's board.The Frenchman, who has one year...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:33hrs | | by Sports reporter
How Zipa was buried in Tanzania
The unspoken story of the African National Council chapter closed on a clumsy note.It was like a divorce that was not announced publicly though confirmed in the bedroom.ZIPA also failed to be ...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Tjenesani Ntungakwa
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