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Carl Joshua Ncube hangs mic
SHOCKING!What is Zimbabwean stand-up comedy without arguably one of the pioneers of the trade in the precinct, Carl Joshua Ncube?This is a question that will come to boggle the minds o...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa knows where to find me, says Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION political party leaders should feel free to approach the Head of State for dialogue directly as opposed to using proxies, the media and third parties, President Mnangagwa has said.P...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snubs Queen Elizabeth II's funeral
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Frederick Shava will represent President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London next week, a senior government official said...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
As long as Zimbabweans are such unmitigated cowards - Chamisa will grow old, and go into the grave without ever tasting power!
I have written extensively on how our appalling cowardice as Zimbabweans is the greatest single most outstanding factor holding us back as a nation - preventing us from pushing for the change we despe...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 21:39hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Western sanctions boomerang as Europe freeze
Western sanctions against Russia are the most ill-conceived and counterproductive policy in recent international history.The economic war is ineffective against Russia, and devastating for its...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shuts down dissenting voices
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa once famously declared that he is soft as wool, but beneath that woolie facade lies a ruthless determination to either co-opt or coerce those he believes are a threat to h...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 19:00hrs | 8 | by Blessing Goronga
Zimbabwe, SA removed from UK Covid travel red list
Zimbabwe has been removed from UK Covid travel red list, the British government has said.According to BBC, South Africa, Zimbabwe and other 45 countries will be removed from the red list, whic...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 20:33hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Money laundering haunts Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is one of the countries at high risk of money laundering, according to a report by the Swiss based Basel institute on governance.The report titled Basel anti-Money laundering (aMl) in...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ireland exempts Zimbabweans from mandatory quarantine
TRAVELLERS from Zimbabwe to Ireland have been exempted from mandatory hotel quarantine.Ireland's Health minister said Zimbabwe was one of 21 other countries which had been removed from the red...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nakamba to miss Bafana showdown
MARVELOUS NAKAMBA is now certainly out of the Warriors' 2022 World Cup qualifier against South Africa, next week. The English Premiership revealed they will not release any players for matches set for...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN greatest threat to world peace and security as SC veto powers only used to protect tyrants, warmongers and aggressors
It can never be debated that the world today is at its most dangerous, with a marked upsurge of tyrants, warmongers, and aggressors - who appear to increasingly grow in confidence in their heinous act...Published: 19 May 2021 at 17:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Idolisation of champions of corruption
We are just two days away from celebrating Zimbabwe's independence from the shackles of colonialism. For some painful years, we have been trying to decide how best we can fight the cancerous worm of c...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Sharon Hofisi
What makes the people of Myanmar so different from Zimbabweans, who can't even fearlessly stand up for their own rights?
There is nothing that gives me a renewed hope for human survival, and a reinvigorated sense of pride in the ability of an oppressed and brutalized people to finally say, "enough is enough", pluck up t...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 13:46hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF stuck in a cycle of old habits
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa was installed as President of Zimbabwe in November 2017 following a military coup and his predecessor Robert Mugabe's enforced resignation, he boldly announced to the...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Was November 2017 a false start for Zimbabwe?
THEN there was the incident in New York on 9/11, I drove into the garden of my daughter and her husband and they shouted at me to come and see what was happening.I walked into the house and sa...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:19hrs | | by Eddie Cross
All weather friend China comes to Zimbabwe rescue
CHINA has started rolling out Covid-19 vaccine aid to its strategic partners, including Zimbabwe, as the world's second-largest economy steps up efforts to contain the deadly pandemic.Pakistan...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt concealing COVID-19 statistics'
HEALTH professionals have accused government of allegedly concealing COVID-19 statistics in the country to give the impression that the virulent disease was under control at a time it has ballooned ou...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo rubbishes Zimbabwe military involvement in dialogue
Jonathan Moyo, a Zimbabwean professor of politics, says calls by some local analysts for the military - which has become a power broker - to be involved in talks to resolve the country's deepening cri...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, Mozambique worse affected by climate change'
ZIMBABWE and Mozambique are among the worst affected countries by climate change after Cyclone Idai in 2019 hit the two countries, resulting in loss of lives and infrastructure.This was reveal...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean footballers scour the globe for riches
MYANMAR, a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand, is not your typical destination for a professional footballer seeking both fame...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, North Korea, Syria and Myanmar among countries defending China's actions in Xinjiang
Ambassadors representing 37 countries praised China for its "remarkable achievements in the field of human rights," just a day after a group of 22 other countries formally condemned Beijing for the ma...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Joshua Berlinger, CNN
NGOs told to stay out of Zimbabwe politics
GOVERNMENT has warned civil organisations, individuals and foreign forces engaging in nefarious activities seeking to unseat President Mnangagwa and his constitutionally-elected Government that they w...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
World now comprised of weak leaders who have caused more harm than good
As Rwanda commemorates the 25th anniversary of the 1994 genocide by Hutu extremists against largely the majority Tutsi and Hutu moderates, one can not help but wonder whatever happened to the World Wa...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 09:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans ranked happier than Rwandans, Batswana and Malawians
The World Happiness Report has been released and Zimbabwe ranks close to the bottom ten, lower than neighbours Mozambique and Zambia. However, Zimbabweans have been ranked happier than Rwandans, Batsw...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:14hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for rail network overhaul
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for a total revamp of the country's rail network and re-equipping the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) workshops to enable the parastatal to serve the entire...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power generation to improve
WORK on the much anticipated $5,2 billion Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project will soon commence after President Mnangagwa met officials from the main contractors, General Electric and Power China ...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
From land-locked to land-linked economy
This week I share my thoughts on changing Zimbabwe from being a land-locked country into a land-linked economy.This subject, among other things, addresses country and regional infrastructural ...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
Mzila reacts to 1893 MHRRM call for Demo against Motlante Commission
It is absurd that in a country with such an ugly human rights violations record since it's independence whose peak was the slaughter of more than 40000 innocent and unarmed civilians in ways that cann...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 10:32hrs | | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
How powerful is the Zimbabwe passport?
There are few things more liberating than travel -- although some passports offer more freedom than others.A new report published October 9, 2018, reveals just how many borders some travel doc...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 19:41hrs | 3 | by CNN
Mnangagwa, Putin set for key talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will meet Russia's President Vladmir Putin early next year, as he continues his engagement and re-engagement drive that is calculated to integrate Zimbabwe into the global...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
International community should intervene in Zimbabwe Gukurahundi genocide
What do we think of when we hear of which such names as Rohingya, Ndebele, Tutsi, Kazakh, Armenia, and Jew - especially, when they are all in one sentence?...most likely genocide and the Holoc...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 15:11hrs | | by Peace Chiwara Marangwanda
Prof. Mthuli Ncube: How to kick start Zimbabwe's economic recovery
There is a lot of work to do on the economic front but what is important is to draft a very clear economic vision and strategy for the country, to create an economy that exhibits strong GDP growth ove...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 22:05hrs | | by Professor Mthuli Ncube
Cash crisis in Zimbabwe a crisis of discipline, confidence
The recent BBC HARDtalk session between opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and host Steven Sackur opened a lot of debate. The issue has been debated in the newspapers and radio shows on how...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by David Mhlanga
Zimbabwe slip in world rankings
THE Warriors dropped two places on the world ranking table from 108 last month to 110, according to the latest Fifa Coca-Cola World Rankings released yesterday.The Warriors are the 28th best t...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
How MDC-T engineered economic sanctions affect poor people
Zimbabwe has suffered under severe sanctions for a very long time. I t has become a song to an extent that people think it's a tired song. The reality of the matter is that people are suffering and in...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 11:33hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's murderous past should not go unpunished and held accountable
The world is sick and tired of politicians who have been getting away with brazen murder - and allowed to go ahead leading nations, as if they have not done anything wrong.Leaders from countri...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 09:57hrs | | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
In this present crisis, govt is not a solution to our problem: govt is the problem
When Shingai Sibanda, a family man and school teacher since the early 1990s is struggling to secure high school, college and university fees for his three daughters: is it fair to deduce that life wil...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 07:45hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Bob and Grace Mugabe's Muppet Show is in full swing
Get ready to salsa to the sounds of party-political kongonya when Grace Mugabe takes centre stage at the Zanu-PF special congress scheduled for December. So I hope Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa ca...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
As secessionist wave sweeps through the world - the case for Mthwakazi
As the secessionist wave sweeps through the world - especially in Spain's Catalonia, Iraq's Kurdistan, the United Kingdom's Scotland, Nigeria's Biafra, the English-speaking people of Cameroon, and man...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 07:39hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Lessons learnt from the Kenyan electoral experience of 2017 visa vee Zimbabwe, Africa and the world
My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart (Proverbs 3:1 NIV) Robert Gabriel Mugabe has no lesson he can pass, either to his generation or that below him, when he fi...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 20:07hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Mugabe on Donald Trump's radar
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is among an "exclusive club of the world's dictators", who remain on United States President Donald Trump's radar, it has emerged.US national security adviser Herbert...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambia considers moving capital from Lusaka to rural area
Lusaka - Zambia is considering a proposal to move its capital from fast-developing Lusaka to a nearly uninhabited marshland district in the centre of the country, a minister said on Thursday.L...Published: 26 May 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by AFP
Hair extensions are an assault on the dignity of beauty in blackness
Ever wondered how much a weave costs? Well, these days women invest in good quality hair extensions that can last them years if taken care of very well. The key word is "care".If washed correc...Published: 05 Nov 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Busi Khumalo
How Mugabe double-crossed Joseph Kabila
"Way before Marange, Mugabe and his military men had already started rampant racketeering, illegal mafia-style smuggling, double-crossing, double dealing, as well as illegal arms peddling with Congole...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 16:10hrs | | by Ken Yamamoto
Carl Joshua Ncube to perform in Paris
It what can simply be described as an eventful year for Zimbabwean Stand Up comedian Carl Joshua Ncube continues to make it, even more, EVENTFUL with a gruelling lineup of club performances pencil...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Applications open for UNODA Women scholarship for peace
The Women Scholarship for Peace: Global South is an initiative coordinated by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at Vienna within the so-called Disarmament and Non-proliferation Partnership...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 09:59hrs | | by United Nations
Propaganda and the pursuit of hegemonic goals - The Myanmar & Zimbabwe experience
February 29, 2016Much has been written about how much the so-called international community expected the new South Africa born in 1994 to lead the campaign for respect of human rights especially i...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 13:36hrs | | by Thabo Mbeki
Legal age of marriage around the world
Country Boys Girls Afghanistan 18 16 Albania 18 18 Algeria 19 19 Andorra** 14 14 Angola 16 15 Antigua and Barbuda 15 15 Argentina 18...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Emirates says Hello to Yangon and Hanoi
Daily linked service to commence from 3 August 2016 Dubai, UAE - 25 February 2016: Emirates will launch a daily service from Dubai to Yangon (RGN...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 11:37hrs | | by Business Reporter
Ncube must not compare himself to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, she is sheep he is wolf in sheep clothing!
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by Welshman Ncube, has reportedly said the fall of Myanmar's dictatorship was an indication Zimbabwe would one day be freed from the rule of President Robert ...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 17:49hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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