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Jonathan Moyo blasts ZANU PF over National Hero status
Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the ruling party ZANU PF of engaging in political fraud when it comes to the conferment of the National Hero status to fallen former liberation war fighters. ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 12:50hrs | 3132 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Makeshift beds for expecting mothers
IN a shocking turn of events, pregnant women are sleeping on the floor at one of the country's biggest hospitals, Parirenyatwa's Mbuya Nehanda Maternity Hospital as the public health facility fails to...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Mtshana Khumalo: The general who outfoxed villain Allan Wilson
A MILITARY tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo, commanded an elite group of fighters tasked with safeguarding King Lobengula's life and dignity as he trekked north at the height of the Matabele War of ...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 290 | by Elliot Ziwira
Shock as negligence by hospital staff leads to baby's leg amputation
AUTHORITIES at the state-run Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have landed themselves in trouble after a newly born baby had her leg amputated less than one month after being born.Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 08:43hrs | 1536 | by Stephen Jakes
Street mural exposes Zimbabwe's divided society
THE Shona and the Ndebele are Zimbabwe's two most dominant ethnic groups. Explaining the ever-present tension between them, historian Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni points to the abuse of the post-colonial st...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 426 | by Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti
Health sector has virtually collapsed
I USED to blame the country's rich and powerful citizens for seeking medical treatment outside the country until I came face-to-face with Zimbabwe's decaying public health system last week.Whe...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:14hrs | 189 | by Mukunda Chitova
Mnangagwa opens doors for young women
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday gave young women the carte blanche to seize vast opportunities that have been brought by the Second Republic as he promised to give them loans and open the doors for part...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 08:58hrs | 772 | by Staff Reporter
Madzibaba Veshanduko granted bail
NewZimbabweOUTSPOKEN Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Godfrey Karembera, has been granted ZW$10 000 bail by Harare magistrate Babra Mateko.Kerembera popularly, known as Ma...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 20:17hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Madzibaba veshanduko bail ruling tomorrow
THE State on Tuesday opposed bail for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter, Godfrey Karembera saying it has a strong case against him.Karembera, popularly known as Madzibaba Veshanduk...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
'Police lied on tortured CCC activist charges'
LAWYERS representing Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter Godfrey Karembera, who was allegedly brutally tortured in police custody, have accused the police of falsely claiming that he had att...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Bizzare twist to CCC activist torture saga
POLICE yesterday said they must be given ‘space' in their investigations into torture of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Godrey Karembera while in custody at Harare Central Police Stati...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:32hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's futile attempt to steal Zanu-PF history
DURING his visit to Boston in 1921, Albert Einstein made a famous statement. "Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of minds to think," he said. This statement by one of the greates...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:25hrs | 257 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Chamisa's supporters attempts to deface Nehanda statue
POLICE yesterday arrested a Citizens for Coalition Change (CCC) activist who was moving around town clad in the opposition party's colours chanting anti-Government slogans before attempting to deface ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 873 | by Staf reporter
Bosso express regret over Lulu statement
HIGHLANDERS have expressed regret over the publication of an article by an online publication quoting head coach Mandla Mpofu calling on the club supporters to beat up the players if they continue pro...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:32hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Of CCC and symbols
I RECENTLY read an article in one of the State-controlled newspapers about the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) symbol in which the writer alleged that the symbol was a jihadist symbol.The ...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 1726 | by The Semiotician
Zimbabwean woman makes waves at AU
SHE has already broken new ground, but her unflinching determination continues to push her further up towards breaking the glass ceiling.Last year, Zimbabwe's own Chido Cleopatra Mpemba was ap...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:48hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Was Rhodesia safer for civilian activists than under a brutal blood-thirsty Zimbabwe regime?
When I was a little boy, we loved listening to "Chimurenga", or liberation struggle songs, that our gallant Zimbabwean musicians belted out, as a way of e...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 07:40hrs | 2695 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Offensive' King Lobengula and Nehanda mural erased
OVER the course of this weekend, Bulawayo woke up to a mural of King Lobengula and Mbuya Nehanda in the City Centre and after gaining traction on social media, the artwork has been erased by City Coun...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 16:56hrs | 2934 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cults, national myths, hegemony
THE British are renowned for their liking of leaders, particularly those who took them through tough periods like the Second World War and the Cold War-era. Most notable are army commander Winston Chu...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 224 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Mutsvangwa wants to be President and appoint wife as Vice President'
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has alleged that ZANU PF Spokesperson Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa is plotting to become the President of the country and entrench his wife as the Vice Pr...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 19:18hrs | 5183 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UK can help solve mystery of Mbuya Nehanda's missing skull
FOR Zimbabweans have been calling on Britain to return the skulls of a former spiritual leader, Mbuya Nehanda, and several chiefs who were killed during the First Chimurenga, an Ndebele-Shona revolt a...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:06hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF diverts 30 ZUPCO buses for SB Moyo memorial
THE ruling Zanu-PF has ordered the struggling public transporter, ZUPCO, to avail 30 buses this Saturday to ferry thousands of party supporters who will attend the memorial service of the late Foreign...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Gweru murderer dies in cells
A 38-YEAR-OLD Gweru man, who on Tuesday allegedly butchered his wife and two minor children in a bizarre incident, reportedly collapsed and died in holding cells at the magistrates court yesterday whi...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No to extortion on maternal health services in council clinics
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) calls upon the Harare City Council to act decisively and stop harbouring and nurturing extortionist practices by health personnel in council clinics ag...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by ZUJ
Sanctions cost Zimbabwe over US$42 billion in revenue
Allow me to welcome you to this unique and inaugural Sadc wide anti-sanctions Indaba which is being held under the theme "Zimbabwe a friend to all and an enemy to none". This statement is premised on ...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Dr Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
ZANU PF a terrorist organisation MDC Veterans Activist Association (MDC VAA)
MDC Veterans Activiust Association (MDC VAA) National Spokesperson Mandava Blessing has described the Zanu PF as a terrorist organisation following admission by Zanu PF Commissar Patrick Chinams...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:18hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Death penalty a remnant of colonial legacy'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Zimbabwe to take steps towards abolishing the death penalty in line with international standards.In a statement to commemorate the ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nehanda must be brought back but what about gukurahundi victims, post-2000 election victims?
I don't cope and usually don't quote fellow bloggers but on this one, I will quote Nomazulu, who said "I used to think bootlicking,hero-worshipping was for the uneducated but even the highly educated ...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:41hrs | 2 | by Phosiwe Ncube
ED Pfeeee in UK hill Nehanda's head head home
The President of Zimbabweans His Excellence Cde Dr Emerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA will be gracing the Queen's land in October 2021. There is great excitement amongst Zimbabweans who are hoping to catch a ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:46hrs | 24 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
Chamisa's youths arrested over ZEC meeting
TEN journalists covering a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) provincial consultative meeting in Harare and nine members of MDC Alliance were arrested Thursday outside the electoral body's offices in...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bona does not know secrete relationship between Mugabe and Mnangagwa: Nor has she Zezuru powers to recite Nyakasikana rituals
Bloggers go overdrive in wanting to make much awaited narratives become facts overnight. Bona cannot make holly cries of Zezuru-Nyakasikana to prevent her father from exhumation and be interred in the...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:26hrs | 129 | by Nomazulu Thata
Council re-opens CBD roads
ROAD users in Harare have welcomed the announcement by the City of Harare that roads that were closed to facilitate various projects in the capital's central business district will be opened.P...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Journalistic tenets lost to 'hits' and the quest for followers
One of the greatest problems currently confronting journalists on the Zimbabwean media landscape is the emergence of social media, with the attendant proliferation of platforms populated by content pr...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:50hrs | 2 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Mugabe's resting place and the making of national monuments
THE story, life and even death of late former President Robert Mugabe is a subject that continues to rekindle memories — good, bad and somewhat bizarre. His exhumation debacle exposes the certainty ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Brighton Taruberekera
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga in fierce battle to control Masvingo provinces
"Ladies and gentlemen the situation in our country has reached another level…," said the late army General Sibusiso Moyo while addressing the nation during the November 2017 sanitized coup whi...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 18:14hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa denies role in wife's controversial award
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has distanced himself from the controversy surrounding the award accord to his wife Auxillia last week, saying he played no role in the decision.Mnangagwa last wee...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition, CSOs says, 'we're still in bondage'
ZIMBABWEANS have been described as a people who still live under bondage despite the sacrifices made by heroes of the Chimurenga was during the struggle for independence.This was said yesterda...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
We need new heroes!
Sometimes, Bishop Lazi is glad that his uncle is dead.The man was never the same ever since returning from the war.He was no longer the bubbly and chatty young man who revelled in the ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa accords wife national honour
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded his wife, First Lady Auxillia a gold medal for her "outstanding performance in her philanthropic activities among 99 other outstanding institutions, civilians ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Queen Lozikeyi: The force behind Ndebele uprisings
THE grave of a matriarch viewed by many historians as one of the major forces behind the second Umvukela (uprising) that culminated in independence for the country is situated at KoNkosikazi in Matabe...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti says Mthuli Ncube is 'clueless and incompetent'
FORMER Finance Minister Tendai Biti says the current head of Treasury Mthuli Ncube is "clueless and incompetent" who hopes that God or the spirit of Mbuya Nehanda will keep the economy afloat....Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Siphosami Malunga served with 14 day ultimatum for eviction from farm
Alleged beneficiaries of the Edidakeni Estate, a farm part-owned by Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) boss Siphosami Malunga have served him with a 14 day eviction order.This...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 19:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Magaisa succumbs to Covid-19
A MEMBER of the ruling Zanu-PF Kwekwe District Coodinating Committee (DCC), Niger Magaisa has succumbed to Covid-19 related complications. Magaisa, who was the Kwekwe DCC secretary for lands, ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa breaking own rules, protocols
ALTHOUGH President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week announced Level 4 lockdown restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, but glaring violations of regulations by top government officials, including him...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF - ZNA bond in unbreakable' said Chinamasa - rubbish, 2017 broke it and since feared another
Zimbabwe is not the first and only country to gain her independence and sovereignty after a bitter armed struggle; many other nations have in Africa, Asia, North and South America, etc. have had a sim...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Prison officer charged for insulting ED
A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer, who was accused of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some traditional leaders for genuflecting before the Mbuya Nehanda statue, ha...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intensifies campaigns as Mnangagwa eyes 2023 election
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has injected ZW$73 million into Mashonaland East vocational training centres as Zanu-PF canvasses for youth support in its quest to garner five million votes in the 2023 g...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer in trouble over anti-Mnangagwa slur
A CHINHOYI-BASED prisons officer who was arraigned before the courts on charges of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week has been called for a disciplinary hearing.Peter Kudzai Mush...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
My listening President, this woman is bleeding from inside!
Change generally brings fears for the worst and hopes for the best and plays them against each other in the crucible of inescapable antagonism. The same is true for the scenario that unexpectedly befe...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 07:21hrs | 5 | by Nhlanhla Moses
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