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A letter to Sengezo Tshabangu
Dear cousin Sengezo Tshabangu,I need to explain why I address you as Mzala. Bulawayo is a village, I am sure you could be related to my cousins, Nomusa and Fikile Tshabangu: daughters of Aunt ...Published: 15 May 2025 at 15:59hrs | 1373 | by Nomazulu Thata
We celebrate the release of the iconic Blessed Mhlanga!
People who believe in the dignity of mankind are happy today: Blessed Mhlanga is out of a notorious prison. Seeing him coming out of prison reminded me of Comrade Mandela, when he left Robbin Island f...Published: 09 May 2025 at 10:44hrs | 270 | by Nomazulu Thata
Is Zimbabwe wooing Donald Trump by paying white farmers and ending tariffs?
Long-frozen relations between the United States and Zimbabwe may be thawing after the Southern African nation slashed all taxes on US goods flowing into the country and announced it has begun to pay c...Published: 18 Apr 2025 at 15:19hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Sick and tired of sweet-talking! Set 109 activists & Blessed Mhlanga free!
Nyokayemabhunu informed us, the demonstrations on the 31st of March will be safe: nobody will be hurt or arrested or gunned down by Mnangagwa army: he said, he is carrying a true voice from Geza, it w...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 21:41hrs | 762 | by Nomazulu Thata
Matabeleland condemns 'ruinous' Zanu-PF factionalism
Political leaders and commentators in Matabeleland have raised concerns over the internal factional battles within the ruling Zanu-PF party, arguing that the ongoing power struggles are creating uncer...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 11:20hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's regime forces police officers to sign loyalty forms
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have been compelled to sign loyalty forms affirming their commitment to Commissioner General Stephen Mutamba, NewZimbabwe.com has learned. The forms, which are ...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 09:10hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa contemplates declaring State of Emergency?
Sources within Zimbabwe's security apparatus have revealed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is considering declaring a state of emergency in the coming days, as tensions escalate ahead of planned nat...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 08:48hrs | 3825 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa successfully thwarted a premature revolution! We waited for a Geza signal that would never come!
There is open disdain in all societies about how President Mnangagwa failed the people. At the same time the open discussions about a rift between Chiwenga and Mnangagwa is known; hostilities are play...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 20:32hrs | 1805 | by Nomazulu Thata
The future of Nelson Chamisa: A strategic retreat or political betrayal?
The political landscape in Zimbabwe is abuzz with heated debates about Nelson Chamisa's role as the main opposition leader and the future of his political career. His sudden departure from the opposit...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 15:04hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans warn against Mnangagwa's term extension plans
A new warning has emerged from another war veterans group about the potential chaos triggered by the proposed extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term until 2030. This follows a highly charged...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 07:04hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean activist arrested, tortured over Mozambique protests
A local activist, Talent Rusere, was allegedly blindfolded and tortured following his arrest in connection with videos claiming that Zimbabweans voted in Mozambique's disputed October elections. Ruser...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:21hrs | 2686 | by Staff reporter
Colonial master blocks Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission
Zimbabwe's bid to rejoin the Commonwealth has been effectively blocked by the United Kingdom, which has stated that the country must first address its governance and human rights record before being r...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 11:08hrs | 2262 | by Staff reporter
The truth about symbiotic survival of Mnangagwa and Chiwenga!
Citizens, forget about these fake social media channels news, one called Chatufa voices and his admirers. We are subjected in a web of fake news and meanings that spin themselves constantly, finding i...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:54hrs | 897 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sadc meets over Mozambique post-poll crisis
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is set to convene an extraordinary summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, from November 16 to 20, 2024, to discuss political developments in the region, includin...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?
This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps wi...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2519 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa responds to Malema
Former opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa criticized calls for Zimbabweans in South Africa to return home to vote, arguing that participating in the country's flawed...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:40hrs | 3414 | by Staff reporter
ANC of Ramaphosa: Obliterating, political cleansing of left leaning socialists
South Africa is witnessing a significant shift in its political landscape after the African National Congress (ANC), under President Cyril Ramaphosa, lost its majority in Parliament. This development ...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:18hrs | 247 | by Marshall Ndlela
Zimbabwe's political crisis has dragged on for too long
The phrase "political economy" has entered the dictionary of the World Bank and other development organizations around the world.Academic interest in the components of the political economy of...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 11:35hrs | 29 | by Evans Mathanda
South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy
GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:28hrs | 7 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Towards a Lasting Compromise: Bridging the State-Civil Society Chasm in Zimbabwe
Historically, State-civil society relations in Zimbabwe have been characterized by adversarial dynamics. The recent disputes over the PVO Amendment Bill are a manifestation of a toxic relationship bet...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 20:25hrs | 8 | by Innocent Mpoki
Mnangagwa praises Russian aid in struggle for independence
Zimbabwe considers its relations with Russia "excellent" and seeks to deepen ties, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in an exclusive interview with RT on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg Internatio...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 20:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
What the CIA really thought about Mugabe and other African leaders
One was "highly emotional", another prone to "erratic personal behaviour", and one was said to have quite impressive intellectual and political skills.Those were some of the frank assessments ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 11:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala not a political prisoner'
The Zimbabwe Government has refuted claims that former CCC activist Mr. Job Sikhala is a political prisoner, dismissing such assertions as false and malicious.In a statement released last nigh...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diplomatic tiff between Botswana and Germany: the magnificent ELEPHANT
The president of Botswana was not angry per se. He should never be angry if he is aware of the global positioning of states: which country is at the top of the other: who is the big brother and what a...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 18:10hrs | 28 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa breaks silence on his game plan
OPPOSITION politician Nelson Chamisa yesterday revealed that he had personally embarked on grassroots campaigns in villages to map his next political move and distanced himself from any other politica...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Recalled Binga MP resigns from CCC
Recalled Binga North Member of Parliament (MP) Prince Dubeko Sibanda, has resigned from the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) party.Sibanda wrote, "Since Advocate Nelson Chamisa's disassociat...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 10:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt panics over CCC protests
POLICE and other security agents have been put on high alert across Zimbabwe ahead of expected opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election v...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa made lots of mistakes; he is trying.' Participating in flawed elections out of greed in NOT a mistake. Trying what?
Zimbabweans love burying their heads in the sand and see and hear only what they want to see and hear - even in the face of a mountain of evidence saying otherwise. There is a dear price to be paid fo...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 12:39hrs | 8 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe is a failed state because we're governed by buffoons claiming to know best but know nothing
Both Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling party Zanu PF and Nelson Chamisa and his CCC party claim that they are nation builders. If so, then why is Zimbabwe a failed state whose economy is in ruins and ...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 15 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Tshabangu's efforts to bar recalled candidates will fail'
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says Sengezo Tshabangu's efforts to bar its recalled candidates from contesting under the CCC banner will fail because their representatives were successfully n...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 17:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Biti rips into Ncube's 'disastrous' budget
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has described the 2024 budget as a disaster amid concerns that the proposed raft of taxes will deepen Zimbabwe's poverty levels and worsen the economic challenges....Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
If Ramaphosa was firm with Mnangagwa, he wouldn't need a border authority!
So, President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided to establish a BMA (Border Management Authority) specifically to curb illegal crossing into South Africa, mainly from Zimbabwe!I am sure that is all w...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 13:56hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Russia and China are lifting sanctions against North Korea?
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the geopolitical climate had changed completely since the United Nations imposed sanctions on North Korea, and he accused the West of breaking ...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 18:19hrs | 4 | by Reuters
OR Tambo School of Leadership cancels lecture by Ibbo Mandaza
African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula has forced the OR Tambo School of Leadership to halt a mooted public lecture with Ibbo Mandaza, a Zimbabwean academic who is not afrai...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
French puppet's military action in Niger rejected by Nigeria's Senate
The Senate has rejected an option of military operations in the Nigeria's neighbouring Niger Republic, however, calling on the ECOWAS Parliament and other leaders to condemn the coup d'etat in the cou...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 20:29hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa want courts to do their work
The GOVERNMENT does not interfere with the work of the Judiciary, and those accusing it of having a hand in recent court rulings barring some opposition candidates from contesting the August 23 harmon...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to President Ramaphosa, Mnangagwa and HH
Open Letter from Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda a Constitutional and Human Rights law Practitioner and African Diaspora Global Network CEO The President of Zi...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 09:50hrs | 5 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Hypocrites!!
Zimbabwe's political scenery has always been marred by accusations, manipulations, and power struggles among its various political parties. One such party, the ruling ZANU PF, has frequently resorted ...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 09:38hrs | 3 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
'Give you vote to those who deserve it' argue ZCBC. Can't give what was never ever yours!
There were times when the church, especially the Catholic Church, used to be the voice of the oppressed and downtrodden and spoke the truth to power. Alas, those days are long gone and the nations is ...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 13 | by Wilbert Mukori
A curse that will forever haunt Zimbabwe opposition
THOSE of us who grew up in the village know that nothing can be as foul-smelling as a skunk.It literally stinks to high heaven.By some freak of nature, these cat-sized black-and-white ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 15 | by Bishop Lazi
'Biti must remain MP, it's in national interest' argue Zamchiya. Surely, not just to 'legitimise sham elections!'
The worst thing that has happened in Zimbabwe since MDC leaders sold out of implementing democratic reforms was for the nation to abandon the fight to implement the democratic reforms as the only sure...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Jonathan Moyo says G40 was not outsmarted but outgunned by the 'Crocodile Gang'
Exiled former Zanu PF legislator and minister Jonathan Moyo says him and his G40 colleagues were not "outsmarted" by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his armed "Crocodile Gang" (Lacos...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Jonathan Moyo says Zimbabwe's opposition is weak
ZIMBABWE will approach this year's general elections without a formidable opposition to challenge the hegemony of Zanu-PF giving the revolutionary party an advantage, exiled former cabinet minister Jo...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'CCC is causing havoc and inflation' said Big Spender. Stop him rigging and he'll stop lying!
During elections, President Mnangagwa become Mr Bigger Spender! Anyone who is anyone gets something from Mr Big Spender. Village hears got motorcycles plus free public service medical aid memb...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 16:27hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe, England mend cricket relations
England are planning to host Zimbabwe for the first time in more than 20 years, marking the resumption of cricket ties between the two nations, and could invite the African nation as well as Banglades...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Africa Day: Celebrating a Continent We Have Failed
Every year on May 25, African countries commemorate Africa Day, a day that celebrates the unity and pride of Africa. African countries come together to remember the fight and struggles of their forefa...Published: 24 May 2023 at 21:02hrs | 12 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Mnangagwa reached out to brother Putin on helicopter deal
A fleet of 18 Russian Ansat helicopters was delivered to Zimbabwe this week to assist with policing and disaster relief. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Harare, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and R...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa wants polls parked in favour of transitional authority
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says Zimbabwe should shelve elections for now in place of a transitional authority that would superintend over the country's affairs in the interim.To achieve th...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
SA Home Affairs to defend scrapping of Zimbabwe exemption permit in court
The Department of Home Affairs' legal team will appear before the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday to defend a controversial move to scrap the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) programme.Three...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to give counselling to ZEP holders returning home from SA
The Zimbabwean government says it will officer counselling to people returning to the country from South Africa after the expiry of their Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) to ensure their smooth reinte...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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