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Botswana president rebukes leaders clinging to power
Botswana President Duma Boko has condemned leaders who attempt to extend their presidential terms beyond the established limits, boldly stating that such leaders are failures. His remarks came during ...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:36hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
It's time African leaders were barred from foreign medical care!
So, the people of Cameroon have no idea where their president is. Paul Biya, who is now the oldest head of state in the world, at 91 years old, has not been seen in public for the past three m...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 10:51hrs | 1115 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why is an 81-year-old so preoccupied with extending the presidential term limit?
Hardly a day passes in Zimbabwe without news on President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's machinations to extend his tenure one way or another.Ever since securing his second and final term, in t...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:43hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa can rescue legacy by simply following the constitution
THE overriding theme of this week has been the drive by elements of the ruling Zanu PF party to push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to run for a third term at the 2028 elections. Bikita Sout...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Musa Kika
EU diplomats brand Chamisa a dictator over failure to hold primary elections
Representatives of various countries have condemned the CCC for not holding primary elections ahead of the 2023 plebiscite in Zimbabwe.On 10 March 2023, the DailyNews quoted Nelson Chamisa as ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 14:44hrs | 18 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe, Cameroon friendly called off
THE proposed friendly match between Zimbabwe and AFCON hosts Cameroon has been called off.The Warriors, who played Sudan yesterday in what could be their only preparatory match in Cameroon bef...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
PSL makes way for Afcon
The 2021-22 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) has taken a break to pave way for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals, where the Warriors are a participant, and will resume from February 12....Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 9 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Stop giving despotics regimes in Africa a free pass
Authoritarian and dictatorial governments are repressive, corrupt and inefficient, and they threaten Africa's chances of unleashing the productive potential of its youth, writes Nelson Chamisa....Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | | by MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa.
Chamisa unhappy with Ramaphosa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa remains concerned over South Africa's reluctance to censure its northern ‘wayward' neighbour, Zimbabwe warning the ‘see no evil, hear no evil' approach fuelled ele...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Countering reactionary and authoritarian politics in Africa
Africa cannot afford to continue with the authoritarian, dictatorial and despotic forms of governance that are predominant on the continent.Authoritarian and dictatorial governments are repres...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:50hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa
Chamisa, Mnangagwa fans fighting for Boris Johnson's love - 'The Boris is mine'
Boris Johnson, mocker of African "piccaninny" children and their "watermelon smiles", became Prime Minister of Britain on Wednesday. On hearing the news, supporters of two political parties in an Afri...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 19:34hrs | 4 | by newZWire
The West judges Zimbabwe differently
The Western world judges Zimbabwe at a higher standard than it does other African countries, and that's not entirely a bad thing.The temptation is to demand that the European Union (EU) and th...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by newZWire
Mnangagwa set to thank Xi Jinping
Four months after the ousting of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, one of the world's longest-ruling dictators, his successor is set to arrive in Beijing on Monday in a bid to ensure Beijing'...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 17:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe should now step down
ANGOLAN President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Africa's second longest-serving leader after Equatorial Guinea's dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema, will not seek re-election in August after decades in power. ...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff writer
Africans Crave Freedom: Yet, neither hate bondage nor love it!
"Indifference" best describes the willpower of a great portion of Africans who desire, yet slumber on their bid to untie the leash strapped on them by tyrant/under-performing leaders (most of which ha...Published: 14 May 2017 at 07:36hrs | | by Nimi Princewill
Mugabe succession a puzzle
WATCHING President Robert Mugabe ungainly walking in public or labouring through some turgid and soporific prepared text - often with slurred speech - evokes different emotions ranging from sympathy, ...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 15:48hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
The true meaning of patriotism in Zimbabwe
Patriotism is a word used to describe the great love for one's country. It is prudent for each citizen to love his or her country. Kenneth Kaunda in his work, The Future of African Nationalism, wa...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Charles Moyo
Africa Day 2016; reflections of a continent in need of new leadership
On 25 May 2016, Africa commemorates the 53rd anniversary of the formation of the Organisation for African Union (OAU) now the African Union (AU).It has been a momentous journey for Africa, fro...Published: 24 May 2016 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Tendai Laxton Biti
Mugabe at 92; a failed statesman
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) congratulates Robert Mugabe who turned 92 on Sunday for a long life. We also take note that although Mugabe should be enjoying the twilight of his life, it is...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 12:45hrs | 1 | by Jacob Mafume - PDP National Spokesperson
When Insanity becomes the norm
The unanimous endorsement of the 91 year old Robert Mugabe as the Zanu-PF's candidate in the 2018 elections can only deepen the economic malaise faced by the country. Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe with an...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 12:07hrs | 1 | by Vusumuzi Moyo
Mugabe not the longest African serving President
Paris - The Congolese government on Tuesday claimed a landslide victory in a controversial referendum allowing President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend a grip on power that began three decades ago....Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 15:56hrs | 1 | by AFP
Cameroon deports 2 000 Nigerians
Yaounde - Cameroon has deported more than 2 000 Nigerians who were living in the country illegally as part of new security measures intended to prevent suicide attacks by Boko Haram jihadists, sources...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 12:27hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Mugabe tops African Presidents salaries charts?
Africa Review, a member of the influential Daily Nation media group of Kenya, has revealed that President Robert Mugabe is among the highest paid African leaders, coming in at a tidy number 11 on the ...Published: 25 Jul 2015 at 14:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe among sub-Saharan Africa's worst leaders'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has been ranked among sub-Saharan Africa's 26 worst leaders in a poll released yesterday by Gallup, an American research organisation that studies approval rates for president...Published: 05 Aug 2014 at 16:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Cameroon's ruling party declared winner
Yaounde - Cameroon's Supreme Court says President Paul Biya's party retained its control of the National Assembly in last month's elections.Results revealed on Thursday showed the Cameroo...Published: 18 Oct 2013 at 04:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
TYC descends on Africa - it is time dictators and looters began to run
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwean youths here have formed The Youth Chapter, an empowerment organization that seeks to put young people on the driving seat on the economic, political and social issues of the ...Published: 18 Sep 2013 at 15:29hrs | 2 | by Mkhululi Chimoio
Cameroon orders closure of Pentecostal churches
Cameroon's President Paul Biya has ordered the closure of nearly 100 Christian churches in key cities, citing criminal practices organized by Pentecostal pastors that threaten the security of the West...Published: 16 Aug 2013 at 19:10hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
TB Joshua's prophesy 'goes against tradition': Zanu-PF
HARARE - The Daily News reports that Zanu-PF has dismissed renowned prophet TB Joshua' prophesy of an old African president dying, saying he is treading on the taboo by foretelling the imminent dea...Published: 09 Feb 2012 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
40 arrests in Southern Cameroon separatist demonstration
A separatist demonstration in southern Cameroon has led to more than 40 arrests, only 8 days before the country's presidential election.Separatists with the Southern Cameroon National Council ...Published: 02 Oct 2011 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by -
Lovemore Madhuku and enemies of democracy
THE recent pronouncements by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairman Lovemore Madhuku that he is not going now despite the expiry of his tenure is not surprising at all. It is a perpetuat...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 10:46hrs | | by Qhubani Moyo
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