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Zimbabwe peddles a world-class Constitution that guarantees
The truth however, is this is just for show and is rarely enforced. How then can we use the beautiful...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 16:49hrs | 15 | by Sam Wezhira
MDC RELOAD: Old wine in new skins
The MDC prides itself as a party of reformists and the keepers of this country's economic keys. Members of the party fantasise and hoodwink the world that without them nothing meaningful will take pla...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 15:56hrs | 2 | by Elijah Chihota
Sanctions affect the man on the street sir
The newly appointed United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Brian Nicholas had an interesting interview with one of the pirate radio stations, Voice of America, wherein he was very economic with the ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 11:50hrs | 2 | by Tafara Shumba
Red flags ahead of July 30 elections
THE campaign season is already in full-swing and judging from what is happening from the terraces it seems the electoral playingfield has shifted from being "very" uneven to being relatively "even", a...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Admire Mare
Zimbabwe through the eyes of Ghana
On December 31, 1981, when Fte./Lte. Jerry John Rawlings seized power in a military coup in Ghana, it was the second time he had burst onto the political scene; the first was in June 1979. Back then, ...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Dr Ayittey
MDC-Alliance should stop harassing journalists
It is saddening that journalists who covered the MDC Alliance rally in Gweru over the weekend became victims of that party's supporters, after they were heavily stoned by rowdy members of that opposit...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 07:01hrs | 11 | by Peacemaker Zano
MDC-Alliance should stop harassing journalists
It is saddening that journalists who covered the MDC Alliance rally in Gweru over the weekend became victims of that party's supporters, after they were heavily stoned by rowdy members of that opposit...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2 | by Peacemaker Zano
Make 2018 elections Mugabe vs Mnangagwa?
Street protests are coming and I urge the opposition to prepare to tape into the enthusiasm before it wanes. And best of all Mnangagwa will soon be available and I say if opposition is serious a...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 05:32hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Witchcraft slur woes for MDC-T councillor
THE former headmistress of Madlambuzi High School has dragged a former Madlambuzi Ward MDC-T councillor to court for labelling her a witch during an interview on pirate radio station Studio 7 channel....Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T at pains to explain the prospects of working with Donald Trump
MDC-T and the People's Democratic Party fronted by Tendai Biti were at pains to explain the prospects of them working with US President-elect Donald Trump after he thumped their preferred candidat...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition parties gutted by Clinton loss
LOCAL opposition parties should stop seeking foreign support in a bid to attain power as foreigners have no role to play in domestic politics, political analysts said yesterday.The analysts said i...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khama is a US agent for regime change
Ian Khama's bizarre call for President Robert Mugabe to step down, evidently shows that there are some sinister forces behind him.Mr Khama might not know what he is doing and this might be the...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 07:32hrs | 5 | by Tafara Shumba
Binga set to get digital signal
THE people of Binga are excited about the digitisation programme, which will see the district, together with many others countrywide that had never received radio and TV signal, getting coverage....Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mujuru did nothing for us,' says female war vets
Long before Dr Mujuru made these claims to DW, some of her colleagues and seniors in the struggle, and all of them from the northeastern region, said she forgot the unwritten code of comradeship, for ...Published: 17 Mar 2016 at 05:38hrs | 9 | by Hildegarde The Arena
First impressions of Mujuru's People First
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru has finally come out of the cocoon and she addressed her maiden Press conference as the leader of an outfit called Zimbabwe People First, or simply, People First, on...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 06:25hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Greed, opulence Mujuru's undoing
Former Vice-President Dr Joice Mujuru has eventually come out in the open and tossed her hat into the ring as the protagonist of the Zimbabwe People First party (ZPF). The declaration was made...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 05:37hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Joice Mujuru regains her voice
In her interview with VOA, Mujuru brags that all systems are in place as she has done the "best recruitment. . . from Beitbridge to Mukumbura; from the border with Botswana to border Mozambique (sic) ...Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Gutu makes claims that leave Tsvangirai as a principle butt
Last week gave us a hilarious story of Honourable Chinotimba seeking some kind of restitution for his "long lost" cellphone. Many will remember that the missing cellphone was blamed on the late Mahlan...Published: 17 Oct 2015 at 16:46hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe is a land of investment opportunities
Zimbabwe is a case of a glass, where an optimist investor sees a half full glass, while his pessimist counterpart sees a half empty glass. Investors such as Mr Aliko Dangote, Nigeria and Afric...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Tafara Shumba
'Mutasa implicates Mujuru'
EMBATTLED former Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa has, through his utterances since being fired from the government, implicated ex-Vice President Joice Mujuru in the plot to subver...Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zim pirate radio to end shortwave broadcast on 18 July 2014
One of the pirate radios operating in Zimbabwe has announced that it will cease its shortwave broadcasts on Friday 18 July 2014.In a statement on its website, Gerry Jackson of SW Radio wrote, ...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 21:49hrs | 3 | by Gerry Jackson
'US Ambassador looked forward to an MDC-T poll victory'
President Robert Mugabe's spokesperson George Charamba has accused United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton of refusing to fund pirate radio station Studio 7 towards the July elections l...Published: 17 Feb 2014 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim's inheritance not up for grabs
Itinerant bashers of Zimbabwe's hope - and those of Africa at large - for an old, new economic order on the still-smoldering ashes of colonialism, are at it again, even shamelessly wielding obviou...Published: 11 Jan 2014 at 07:33hrs | 3 | by Perspective Stephen Mpofu
No community radios for Mat South
Wednesday, the seventh of this month was the deadline for submission of applications for the provision of local commercial radio broadcasting services. By close of business on the 7th, 21 applicat...Published: 09 Jan 2014 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
US defends pirate stations
AMERICA has defended setting up transmitters in Botswana to power radio stations such as Voice of America (VOA)'s Studio 7 saying it was in line with both countries' policy to ensure that people had u...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Exiled Zim media practitioners keen to return home
Exiled Zimbabwean media practitioners are keen to return home and set up their enterprises from home soil once the government creates a conducive operating environment.Speaking during a discu...Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 14:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BAZ invites commercial radio applications
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe is inviting applications for the provision of local commercial radio broadcasting services in 25 areas.The invitation is consistent with Government's re...Published: 26 Oct 2013 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Media hangman' bounces back!, as Mugabe announces new cabinet
The long wait is over as President Robert Mugabe announced a 26 member cabinet on Tuesday 11 September, 2013.While such cabinet announcements should have brought joy and celebrations, Presi...Published: 11 Sep 2013 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Zimbabwe elections a closed chapter, says Sadc
THE Sadc secretariat has said the election report on Zimbabwe presented in Harare this week by head of the bloc's Election Observer Mission Mr Bernard Membe was final, quashing MDC-T claims yesterday...Published: 06 Sep 2013 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai rushes to see Komichi after family said MDC-T has abandoned him
I have just been to Chikurubi Maximum Prison to visit our jailed cadres. This long incarceration is demoralising, not only to them and their families, but to the party as well. The spurious charges t...Published: 03 Sep 2013 at 17:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'This election was generally credible' - Sadc reaffirms endorsement
SADC yesterday issued its final and comprehensive report on the harmonised elections, describing them as having been free, peaceful, and generally credible and a reflection of the will of the people o...Published: 03 Sep 2013 at 02:22hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
SADC Observer Mission Statement on Zim polls
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE SADC ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE HARMONISED ELECTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWEHELD ON 31 JULY, 20131. &nbs...Published: 02 Sep 2013 at 14:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
SW Radio Africa pulls out of VMCZ
SW RADIO, a privately-owned Zimbabwean radio station domiciled in the United Kingdom, has withdrawn its membership from the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) in protest against the councilâˆ...Published: 31 Aug 2013 at 13:26hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Leaked papers reveal Mugabe plan to rig polls
DAMNING top-secret intelligence documents that expose President Robert Mugabe's plans to rig the forthcoming election and crush his political rivals have been handed to The Mail on Sunday.Th...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 18:39hrs | 2 | by Dailymail.co.uk
US Ambassador writes to ZBC
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Bruce Wharton wrote to ZBC group chief executive officer Mr Happison Muchechetere expressing concern over the way the national broadcaster was conducting its business....Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 04:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa justifies Mugabe fast-tracking changes to electoral laws
JUSTICE and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday said amending the Electoral Act through Parliament would have created a crisis as time was running out for President Mugabe to comply wit...Published: 13 Jun 2013 at 21:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Elections - dangling the mascot of reforms
In the absence of a big, permeating idea, the two MDC formations shall continue to play round and round with the two Rs: reforms and registration. This is the more reason Zanu-PF will have to be force...Published: 01 Jun 2013 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Service chiefs will neither meet nor engage Tsvangirai
SECURITY chiefs will neither meet nor engage MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai on the so-called security sector reforms and those peddling false information that they will meet over the issue run the ...Published: 01 May 2013 at 05:46hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Zanu-PF angers Zuma
ZANU-PF is headed for a showdown with Sadc over the party's refusal to implement a Global Political Agreement (GPA) resolution to effect security sector, media and other reforms before the holding o...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Nobody should sit in London and tell us to do security sector reform' says Sekeremayi
State Security Minister Sydney Sekeremayi has claims that the MDC formations are being sponsored by the country's former coloniser, Britain, to press for security sector reforms as part of an a...Published: 21 Apr 2013 at 22:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Why I don't celebrate independence day
On the 18th of April 1980 Zimbabwe got it’s so called independence after a fourteen year liberation struggle with the colonial regime. Celebrations were hold all over the country wi...Published: 17 Apr 2013 at 16:32hrs | 2 | by Nkosilathi E Moyo
'Security services of Zim are renowned world over for diligence and professionalism' says Mnangagwa
Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday said security sector reforms are not part of the Global Political Agreement and parties pushing the agenda are driven by the illegal regime change mot...Published: 03 Apr 2013 at 23:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Britain must stop housing, funding pirate radio stations says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF says it welcomes the re-engagement efforts by Britain following the icy relations between Zimbabwe and its former coloniser.In a statement, the party's Secretary for Information and Pu...Published: 28 Mar 2013 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
British govt in major policy climbdown on Zimbabwe
In a move that signals a major policy climbdown, the British government has invited Zimbabwe's re-engagement team for talks aimed at exploring ways of restoring diplomatic relations between the two co...Published: 23 Mar 2013 at 22:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police seize 'illegal' communication devices
POLICE have confiscated communication devices that were being distributed countrywide by political parties and non-governmental organisations amid suspicion the devices would be used to communicate ha...Published: 20 Feb 2013 at 04:51hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Tsvangirai admits GPA principals should meet to discuss draft Constitution
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has admitted that Principals to the Global Political Agreement have to meet to discuss the Copac draft Constitution.Mr Tsva...Published: 12 Sep 2012 at 22:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abednico Bhebhe, the rat that dared swim
The lizard and rat went for a swim but it is the rat that came out dripping wet. Sot it was with MDC-T deputy organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe. He must be a bitter man. There he was in Umzingwan...Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 15:18hrs | | by Ceaser Zvayi
'All pirate radio stations are operated by enemies of this country' says Shamu
PIRATE radio stations will never win the battle against liberators of this country, Minister of Media, Information and Publicity Webster Shamu, said yesterday. He made the remarks after a tour of...Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T: the futility of reinventing heroism
TALK to those involved in the mired draft constitution and they will tell you that the endless parleys between Zanu PF and the two MDC formations over the constitution amounted to a relationship betwe...Published: 13 Aug 2012 at 04:24hrs | 16 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Govt to outlaw hate speech by media
The Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu said government will soon propose a law barring hate speech in the media.Appearing before the Parliamentary P...Published: 25 May 2012 at 20:57hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
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