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ZLHR secures release of protest detainees on bail
HARARE Magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Saturday granted bail to 13 residents of the capital city, who appeared before him facing various charges after they were arrested by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZR...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 544 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean protesters in Cape Town dispersed by police
About 150 people protesting outside the Zimbabwean Consulate in Cape Town were told to disperse by the police on Friday.When they refused, the police went to their cars to fetch their equipmen...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 4006 | by Staff reporter
In defence of the July 31, 2020 protests
IN life there is only one constant; that is change. But for Zimbabweans of different generations from that of Father Zimbabwe, through to the born "frees" and the millenniums the common constant is th...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 507 | by Danmore Sithole
Churches take Mnangagwa to task
CHURCHES have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to create an enabling environment that allows citizens to exercise their constitutional right to demonstrate without hindrance....Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:30hrs | 3508 | by Staff reporter
Exposure of corruption by Dr Alex Magaisa justifies Mthwakazi restoration
Mthwakazi Republic Party MRP which happens to be my party of choice has once again been vindicated by Dr Alex T Magaisa's list of corrupt elites and the Political Exposed Persons "PEPs" as he calls th...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 18:23hrs | 3331 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Chinotimba roasts Chipinge Town Secretary
Buhera South MP, Joseph Chinotimba who suspects that Chipinge Town Engineer resigned in a huff last month to escape prosecution over scandals involving devolution funds went ballistic during a Parliam...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 21:27hrs | 3571 | by Staff reporter
Political power, leadership and language in Zimbabwe
Besides being a tool for communication, language has many other functions in all societies. However in countries where there are several or many languages, such languages are often ranked in order of ...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 07:56hrs | 916 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe was better under Mugabe,' says Hopewell Chin'ono
PROMINENT journalist Hopewell Chin'ono says Zimbabwe needs political reforms to end the multifaceted crisis facing the country.Chin'ono (HP), who has become a target of Zanu-PF attacks for exp...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:02hrs | 2205 | by Staff reporter
July 31st protests
This is in response to the article by Dr Masimba Mavaza with regards to the upcoming July 31st national demonstrations. People who have long benefitted from the Zanu pf gravy train and its insti...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 18:47hrs | 7193 | by Lungisani Ndlovu
Van Choga key to Zimbabwe's true liberation from Mnangagwa
There comes a time in a revolution when an unlikely figure is called to lead his/her people out of the cycle of oppression. Valentine Simbarashe Choga, aka Van Choga is one such hero. Unknowingly, the...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:25hrs | 8842 | by Edzai Zvobwo
'No discrimination in farm downsizing'
Government has dismissed reports that the ongoing downsizing of farms is only targeting white farmers and has stressed that it affects everyone with a farm larger than the stipulated maximum size. ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Give Us Confidence Cde President
Dear Cde President, I know chances of you reading this letter are next to zero but all the same I write to you on the basis of you being "a listening President". Cde President it is crystal cl...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 18:24hrs | 3370 | by Munya Shumba
Zimbabweans can't breath under Zanu-PF
WHEN I look at what is happening in my beloved country, my heart bleeds. I feel like tearing myself apart with anger. I feel like I don't belong to this nation and yet Zimbabwe is my only country whic...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 716 | by Leonard Koni
Tsenengamu vows Mnangagwa confrontation
EXPELLED Zanu-PF youth league commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu has made startling claims the country was better governed by late former President Robert Mugabe than it is now under Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 16:58hrs | 2651 | by newzimbabwe
Fragmentation in Zimbabwe is of our own making: APA
The Dr Nkosana Moyo led Alliance for People's Agenda (APA) has lamented that the fragmentation that is rocking the country is of the citizens' own making.The party said the fathers day could b...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:11hrs | 572 | by Stephen Jakes
Council boss' woes mount
Gokwe town councillors have laid fresh corruption charges against suspended town council secretary, Melania Mandeya, amid reports of a crackdown by management on whistleblowers, who are set to testify...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:43hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leadership must shape up or ship out
I was born at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo during the last decade of the infamous Ian Smith Rhodesian regime. In those days black people were banished to the townships. I am not a fan of the Smi...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:40hrs | 387 | by Kevin S Malunga
Political activism alone is not enough to counter racism
THE United States of America (USA) is in the midst of two crises; the COVID-19 pandemic and anti-racism protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd, an African American, by a white police officer...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:43hrs | 125 | by Tapiwa Gomo
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1186 | by Siphosami Malunga
Lupane varsity rocked by nepotism, tribalism storm
Lupane State University (LSU) vice-chancellor Pardon Kuipa is in an eye of a storm after it emerged that his daughter, who only has a Master's degree was appointed a lecturer ahead of PhD holders with...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:05hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Dr Nic Ndebele: An epitome of sacrifice, love and care.
Exactly one year today since the departure of one finest medical practitioner in Bulawayo, Dr Nikela Nicholas Ndebele, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and indeed the medical fraternity feel and suffer the huge vac...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 14:20hrs | 1182 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Mnangagwa faces a people-powered change
Emmerson Mnangagwa told us the voice of the people is the voice of God. He didn't listen to either. Now he faces a people's power movement.This article was first published by ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 22:50hrs | 11240 | by Siphosami Malunga
'You have pinned my neck down. I can't breathe!': The spine-chilling cry of Matabeleland
The sad narrative of underdevelopment in the generality of Matabeleland is a horrendous and unattractive delineation of the unceasing marginalisation of the region since the primitive and callous deth...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:00hrs | 728 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Zimbabwe far from democracy
This country is founded on the principle of ubuntu respect of law freedom and democracy. The stone age politics being exhibited in Zimbabwe by the ruling party is a cause of concern.Th...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 1113 | by Leonard Koni
Who is responsible? Ministers evasive on procurement
THE Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) yesterday distanced itself from the murky Covid-19 medical equipment procurement scandal, which is now at the centre of a wide-ranging investiga...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Drax scam: New indictment on Mnangagwa's regime
THE controversy surrounding the recent awarding of a US$1 million procurement contract without going to tender to Drax International, whose beneficial owner has close ties with President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:18hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
MDC's tedious, shabby politics
ZIMBABWE has never needed a stronger political opposition than now, a time of worsening economic challenges that portend an imminent regression to the calamitous crisis of a decade ago.Dishear...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:54hrs | 393 | 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
Fresh plot to remove Mnangagwa by China and Army General revealed
A certain faction led by an unnamed General is plotting to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa and establish a National Transitional Authority, former Zimabwe National Army Colonel Dr. Daniel Kuzozvir...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 12:54hrs | 18849 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'MDC squabbles benefitting Zanu-PF'
FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC national chairperson Lovemore Moyo was at some point a powerful figure in the main opposition party. He later threw in the towel and decided to form his own politi...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:57hrs | 2997 | by Staff reporter
AU chairperson, staff at loggerheads
AFRICAN Union staffers have demanded that an ongoing institutional reform process be "transparent, humane and fair" in the wake of accusations that AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat treats...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
'Neo imperialists continue looting our continent'
It's been 57 years since the formation of the Organization of African Union which is now termed the African Union.Although strides have been made by the Union in addressing issues such as inde...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:11hrs | 177 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Many Mutodis in Mnangagwa's government
The Zimbabwean government is still grappling with many incompetent and inexperienced government officials due to appointments made through nepotism and regionalism.It is unfortunate that we st...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:51hrs | 6278 | by Leonard Koni
The Zimbabwean dilemma: Currently there is no alternative to Zanu-PF
The dilemma of the suffering Zimbabweans who have hope in the opposition is engraved in class struggle spiced up by intra-party fighting, tribalism, nepotism, domination for purposes of exploitation w...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 4162 | by Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
Chamisa allies renew call for dialogue
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) and Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday called on the country's leadership to engage in inclusive and broad-based dialogue in efforts to address t...Published: 02 May 2020 at 16:44hrs | 2608 | by Staff reporter
Polad a platform for failures, says Makamba Busha
ONE of the 2018 presidential election candidates, Joseph Makamba Busha (JMB) believes the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform convened by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to bring together leaders ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lockdown more of entrenchment than fighting #Covid-19
Zimbabwe tonight will go on a countrywide lockdown following a worldwide outbreak of Covid -19 pandemic, an illness caused by the novel human corona virus. The pandemic first emerged in China befo...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:20hrs | 1168 | by Iphithule Thembani kaMaphosa
US warns Mnangagwa over Gukurahundi
The United States government has said failure to address the Gukurahundi issue continues to fan divisions in the country and feeds into animosity between the Shona and the Ndebele ethnic groups....Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:10hrs | 2196 | by Staff reporter
Sacked Herald Editor exposes Monica Mutsvangwa and Nick Mangwana
Sacked Herald Editor Jorum Nyathi has accused Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa and her permanent secretary Nick Mangwana of engineering his exit from the state controlled newspaper as they wante...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 19:52hrs | 13530 | by Staff Reporter
Linda Masarira pens damning letter to Mnangagwa
Dear @edmnangagwa When you got into office, a lot of people had high expectations that you would clean up the mess left by Mugabe. We expected a corrupt-free cabinet & fiscal discipline to ensure ...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 11:16hrs | 5733 | by Linda Masarira
Land grab: Zimbabwe's euphoria
Many of us thought the introduction of land grabs from white owners was noble since most of our rich agricultural soils was within the possession of the whites - a minority group, against the black ma...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:34hrs | 334 | by VaDhira Mhinhau
'Mugabe must be turning in his grave'
Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF Zimbabwe) are proud to remember the legacy of former President of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe notably on the pan African ideas he espoused and promoted....Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:50hrs | 1896 | by Rudairo Dickson Mapuranga
Mnangagwa a tainted legacy
IT is admittedly too early to judge what sort of legacy President Emmerson Mnangagwa will leave when his reign ends.The early signs are, however, worrying and pointing to a disastrous legacy.H...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:48hrs | 541 | by Owen Gagare
Open Letter: Response to Mbonisi Gumbo's story concerning Zesa
Response to Mbonisi Gumbo's story concerning Zesa published yesterday 03 February 2020.Following the article published here yesterday about the ZESA Bul...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 12:44hrs | 1213 | by Zesa Bulawayo Thermal Power Station concerned employee
Parents threaten to withdraw pupils in protest against school head
NSONGWA Primary School in Dete could be forced to close after parents threatened to withdraw their children in protest against the continued stay of headmistress, Joana Matanga.Matanga and par...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
'ZBC employees die of stress and depression'
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation employees have died of stress and depression related illnesses, media activist Busi Bhebhe has said. Posting an obituary of the late former Spot FM Bos...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 09:45hrs | 2668 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Town Secretary arrested
Gokwe Town Secretary, Melania Mandeya (49) has been arrested on charges of criminal abuse of office involving a slew of allegations among them, flouting tender procedures, inflating ...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 19:49hrs | 2861 | by Staff reporter
Shocking corruption at Passport Office
FORGET the low-level graft often reported at some Government departments, something far more sinister - which is a threat to the country's security - is taking place at the Department of the Registrar...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 2004 | by Staff rpeorter
Four reasons why Kasukuwere cannot be our saviour
Renowned African-Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is well known for his famous novel, A Man of the People, which mirrors Nigerian political culture through the eyes of a corrupt politician, Chief Nanga. ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 14:07hrs | 2966 | by Innocent Mujeri
Audit report exposes corruption in Binga council
FINANCIAL mismanagement and corruption have left Binga council coffers in the red, an internal 2018 confidential audit report has revealed.The report forms part of a document presented to Loca...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1159 | by Staff Reporter
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