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To be President is the highest job most Africans dream of

The best job an African dream of is to become a President: not medicine, not teaching, not becoming a university professor, not engineering or physicists, Chemists, social scientists or whatever. What if the young and hopeful Akot Emmanuel…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 14:50hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata

There's nothing visionary about a president who only acts after public pressure

It is hardly praiseworthy for a father to feed his family only after their cries of hunger grow too loud to ignore.I was watching a news report on the state broadcaster this evening, and by the time it ended, I was left with a bitter taste…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 10:05hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Anti-government critic Reneth Mano eyes top Government position

Anti Government critic Reneth Mano who became popular for bashing ZANU PF and accusing it of beating and maiming people during elections is now seeking a top post in the ministry of agriculture. On July 13 in 2013 Mano took to his Facebook…

Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 17:53hrs | | by Nixon Magwede

Next Zimbabwe President faces uphill task

ZIMBABWE is facing a host of pressing challenges that voters dearly want the next president to address. Persistently high inflation, elevated interest rates, and a slumping and volatile Zimbabwe dollar have combined to fuel a cost of livin…

Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 05:52hrs | | by Jonathan Munemo

Mr President, you failed to uphold the Constitution

GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, I have reason to believe there is overwhelming evidence that your presidential term was destined to be retrogressive. It has long been characterised by deviation from what you swore t…

Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 06:47hrs | 36 | by Cyprian Ndawana

Mnangagwa's rule has been disastrous

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, it is now the norm for the festive season to be without merriment.Yet, be that as it may, convention and courtesy nonetheless warrant me to extend to you hearty seasonal greet…

Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 21:00hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana

Mr President, you hold on power through brutality

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, Zimbabwe has long been in socio-economic dire straits. Her citizenry are rendered economic wanderers. Even children of liberation veterans are also scattered in the diaspora.Sadly, the mul…

Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana

The Consolidation of Democracy in Zimbabwe

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Zimbabwe celebrated National Unity Day a few days ago, commemorating the historic unification of former liberation war movements-PF Zapu and Zanu into what we now know as Zanu-PF. The historical importance…

Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:37hrs | | by Robert Sigauke

Mr President so far so good

With my heavy heart I wish to congratulate HE President ED for a job well done following myriad of measures mitigating hyperinflation which has gone to extremes. Thank you so much HE and the finance minister Hon Mthuli Ncube for trimming e…

Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:27hrs | | by Benny Gudo

Who are the sellouts Mr President?

THIS year marks two decades after the formation of the country's main opposition party MDC which has the potential to change the fortunes of the nation, but has been shut out by the ruling Zanu-PF party.Time and again, people were always g…

Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 05:15hrs | 51 | by Tongai Tarwadziwa

Welcoming new president of Zimbabwe

Just before the sun had started its journey across the African cold sky, I jumped, tumbled and scrambled into my rambled clothes, cat licked my face and legs and soon I was in the kitchen preparing food to go to the ceremony of welcoming t…

Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Tanatswa Chikuku

No your Excellence, there's No Christmas for us povo

Dear Mr President, Still waiting in this long winding fuel queue i decided to read your xmas message hoping to get some comfort and assurance from you but alas its all gloom. Surely your sense of rhetoric is beyond measure for how dare you…

Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 16:03hrs | | by Munya Shumba

MDC Parliamentarians hypocritical: Mudzuri

MDC core-Vice President, Elias Mudzuri, has released a hash worded response to his party colleagues calling their actions and utterances hypocritical politicking.Mudzuri was responding to a video that has gone viral on social media where h…

Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 19:22hrs | | by Charles Motsi

Meet Zimbabwe's youngest presidential aspirant

THE young man questioned power and authority from a tender age. He was conscious of his rights, yet he was not rebellious. He understood and used freedom of expression even during his high school days. He was simply in his own class when i…

Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Admire Jamu-Mlambo

Why do so many Zimbabweans want to be President?

The long list of presidential candidates for the 2018 harmonised elections is out. Last Thursday, the nomination court was held where aspiring candidates submitted their papers and fees to contest in the July 30 polls. A total of 23 indivi…

Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 05:54hrs | 343 | by Christopher Farai Charamba

Is Nelson Chamisa too young to be president?

Election season in any country brings with it some crazy "vote for me" rhetoric. Politicians become "snake oil salespersons" gunning for the public's vote. In a normal voting system, it is the candidate whose message resonates with potenti…

Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 12:29hrs | | by Dr Gus Manatsa

What characteristics does our president need to have?

It is now official; on July 30th Zimbabwe will go to the polls to decide who will be our next president. It is a very exciting time and the dozens of nations and organisations who are sending teams of observers gives me hope that thes…

Published: 30 May 2018 at 12:55hrs | | by Charles, student

6 things to know about Mutinhiri

Six things you might not know about Retired brigadier general Ambrose Mutinhiri now the leader of a new political party that has been endorsed by the former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe.Mutinhiri recently resigned from Parliament b…

Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by John Mokwetsi

FreeZim youth disowns John Chakasikwa

Freezim Congress Youth Assembly will like to dismiss the purpoted campaign flier of John Chakasikwa as the alleged Presidential candidate for Freezim Congress that is currently circulating on social media.Freezim Congress does not have Joh…

Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 05:44hrs | 206 | by FreeZim

The social media president

The English language is full of phrases attesting to the human inability to change: 'A tiger cannot change his stripes'; 'the leopard cannot change his spots'; 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks', to list just three. This ideacan even …

Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 13:44hrs | | by Charles Munganasa

This why children should not be Presidents

On 2 February 2018, Nelson Chamisa turns 40 and is constitutionally qualified to become President of Zimbabwe. Many will no doubt be celebrating this milestone with him.However, events over the last few days have demonstrated a big gap bet…

Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 09:31hrs | 2958 | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka

Idle life can be such a yawning bore, Cdes

MY former Comrades, this being my first January - and also first ever year - in which I have nothing to do with myself in my whole life; I have to admit that I am finding life to be rather a yawning bore. If life was always half this borin…

Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 14:33hrs | | by CZ

Hey people, Mnangagwa is not some ice-cream!

WE are not going to waste time on professional pessimists in our midst. These were always waiting to say something negative about President Mnangagwa and his new Cabinet. The biggest worry for President Mnangagwa are the sycophants, flatte…

Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:06hrs | | by Bishop

Open letter to H.E President E.D. Mnangagwa

Dear Mr President,I write this letter with a lot of joy in my heart but on the other end I am bleeding. Allow me to start with the good side. I am one of those who the Zimbabwean population call the Born Free generation because i was born …

Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Destroyed Girl Child

Open letter to President Mnangagwa - lessons from how Mugabe conducted himself

Dear Honourable President, As you get ready to commence your duties as the Head of the State and Government of Zimbabwe, here are some of the lessons that you could learn from how Mr Mugabe conducted himself in the same office which could …

Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 16:52hrs | | by Vabatsiri Venyika

Why Mnangagwa will make a great President

Here is why I think ED Mnangagwa will make a great President, at the very least a benevolent dictator (Paul Kagame anyone?). If I was in his shoes after years of Mugabeism (yes thats now actually a new political science term being coined i…

Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 13:50hrs | | by Nigel T Sithole

Who's Nkosana Moyo fooling?

Like salesmen, Zimbabwe's politicians are out in full force to market themselves to the electorate ahead of the 2018 polls.As is part of life, not everyone is gifted in whatever they do, and this also applies to our politicians.Even though…

Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 16:52hrs | | by Hama Saburi

Zimbabwe looks for Mugabe's successor after a surreal month

Before she landed herself in hot diplomatic water by allegedly attacking a South African model with a power cord, Zimbabweâ€™s notoriously ill-tempered first lady, Grace Mugabe, joined the clamour for her aged husband Robert to name a succ…

Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 09:36hrs | | by Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London

Who is Nkosana Moyo?

"I was born in Makuva, and I started school at Makuva Primary School, then went to Don Bosco."At the end of a two-day, high level strategy session, you do not expect to hear such a humble statement from the putative guest of honour.And, pe…

Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 05:53hrs | | by Albert Gumbo

Who is Nkosana Moyo?

"I was born in Makuva, and I started school at Makuva Primary School, then went to Don Bosco."At the end of a two-day, high level strategy session, you do not expect to hear such a humble statement from the putative guest of honour.And, pe…

Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 17:21hrs | 4502 | by Albert Gumbo

Can Nkosana Moyo free Zimbabweans?

IN the battle for the minds and hearts of Zimbabweans looking for a powerful voice to tell the Philistines: "Let my people go," I have found no voice more intense and powerful in support of Nkosana Moyo than Hazvinei Mushonga.Let me start …

Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 16:52hrs | | by Ken Mufuka

Independent presidential candidates are a joke

There will be elections in Rwanda in August this year. President Kagame is being challenged by 35-year-old Diane Shima Rwigira. She is clearly an underdog. The likelihood is that she will have a big majority of bystanders rooting for her. …

Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Nick Mangwana

Bona Mugabe Zimbabwe's next president

My people,I will start with one of the week's most popular sayings."We are on course to meet our target of 2,2 million jobs after successfully creating two jobs for my daughter and her husband in four years." (Dr Amai)Fellow Zimbabweans, I…

Published: 28 May 2017 at 08:37hrs | | by Dr Stop It

Why Every President Is Mysteriously Hated!

Over the years, it's been more or less, a traditional ritual for an incoming president to enjoy a rite of passage into power as a crowd pleaser.Sadly, maintaining such romantic connection with the crowd after a little drive off the garage,…

Published: 15 Apr 2017 at 11:27hrs | | by Nimi Princewill

Why I want to be Mujuru's second deputy

Most of you have asked what motivated me to contest for the post of vice president in the National People's Party. You have also asked me whether I think I will win. I would start with the second question.I am not interested in pyrrhic vic…

Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 14:30hrs | | by Bongani Nyathi

Mugabe lowered the Presidential bar so much

Mugabe lowered the bar so much that every one sees themselves as the next President.I said it once that Mugabe lowered the bar so much that every one sees themselves as the next President. https://t.co/io11WKiU0uâ€” Raymond Majongwe (@RMaj…

Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by twitter

Zimbabwe belongs to God, not the President

Today I want to address the issue of our current leadership on a Christian point of view. What can Zimbabwe and our leaders learn from looking back over the ages at the rise and fall if another to which they have a connection? A wise man s…

Published: 04 Mar 2017 at 10:01hrs | 1049 | by Tendai Mazenge

ANC, Zanu-PF ready for female presidents?

Recent political developments in neighbouring South Africa where president Jacob Zuma has said the governing African National Congress (ANC) party is ready for its first female leader, days after his former wife was named by the party's in…

Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 12:04hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

Dear Mr President

I am writing an open letter to you as the head of this country.Jehovah loves you so much that's why you are still at the realm even up to today. When i was growing up i used to read a lot about you and was wishing to be wise and intelligen…

Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 17:30hrs | | by Pritchard Mtepa

Open letter to Cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe - 'Cops losing faith'

I want to bring this matter to the attention of the President Cde R.G. Mugabe. Junior police officers in the Zimbabwe Republic Police have became a cash cow for senior officers Mr President. Their small salary is being taken away from them…

Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 16:00hrs | | by MK

Mugabe or Mnangagwa; the ground is ripe for either to create their own dynasty

Zimbabwean politics is very peculiar in that there is a veneer of democracy but everyone knows that it's a facade but there is no evidence to call out the elephant in the room.Zimbabwe is a nation of educated people, which can be a very po…

Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 17:56hrs | | by Nomalizwe Mbulu

Is Zimbabwe ready for a female president?

Grace Mugabe has recently indicated at her "Meet the People" rallies that she is ready to step up to the presidency fuelling speculation that she could be the next in line to the top office in Zimbabwe.AS we inch towards the 2018 elections…

Published: 16 Oct 2014 at 07:59hrs | | by Maggie Mzumara

Top Reasons Why Welshman Ncube Could Be The Next President Of Zimbabwe

Being in office for seven terms of 5 years each, President Robert Mugabe tenure of being the president is coming to an end shortly before or after the start of 2013 as the election period has been prescribed by the SADC Troika in Angola la…

Published: 04 Jun 2012 at 08:30hrs | | by Shephard Dube

Implications of Zimbabwe's office of president becoming vacant

A torrent of rumours that President Robert Mugabe is on his deathbed in a Singapore hospital has reignited the always combustible drama of who will succeed the 88-year-old liberation hero.Given recent media reports about President Mugabe's…

Published: 11 Apr 2012 at 08:29hrs | | by Yvonne Mhango and Nothando Ndebele

Will John Nkomo be the next president of Zimbabwe!

With so much speculation rife about Robert Mugabe's poor health in the wake of his supposedly unscheduled flight to Singapore on Friday night, Zimbabweans are wondering who will be their next president if he dies in office.While spin docto…

Published: 03 Apr 2012 at 19:57hrs | 1552 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri

Give Zimbabwe's Poor Mine Workers Shares Too

Bulawayo -These are times when I would not like to be a Prime Minister or President of any country in the world. Leaders in the West are facing mounting economic challenges that have already influenced politics in Spain, Italy, Greece, and…

Published: 27 Feb 2012 at 12:53hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou Jr

A Trophy President? - Is it time to recall President Mugabe!

I offer no apology to the ant-wikipedia brigade for using Wikipedia. I know the anti-wikipedia brigade is itself most guilty of using Wikipedia as a ready reference source.According to Wikipedia a 'trophy wife' is an expression used to des…

Published: 01 Sep 2011 at 07:30hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo

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BCC Fire Brigade Urged to Maintain Standby Teams for Fires and Flash Floods

Zimbabwean identity thief jailed in UK

WhatsApp ban risk

Zvimba West Communities Benefit from New Water Points and Road Upgrades

ZANU PF Government Provides Central Hospitals with Critical Care Equipment

Bulawayo City Council Tackles Over 1,800 Sanitation Chokes in October

Mthuli Ncube's 2026 budget does not pass the constitutional test

ZINARA to roll out e-Tags for all motorists by 2026

Econet claims its shares are 'grossly undervalued'

Mahere urges action on US$98 million BEAM arrears

Mnangagwa focuses on term extension

Higher royalties will boost gold smuggling from Zimbabwe

'2030 talk a decoy'

Wage storm rocks Highlanders

Warriors camp hit by turbulence, but Marinica says 'all is well'

Crackdown on unregistered schools

Spike in severe diabetes cases hits Zimbabwe

ZACC achieves 61% success in corruption fight

Madzibaba Ishmael faces at least 15 years in jail

Construction of Zanu-PF US$1m HQ in full swing

HIV infections surge among Ama2000

South Africa at a crossroads: Lessons from Zimbabwe's democratic decline

Woman fined for pouring hot porridge on husband

Mwaruwari set to join Highlanders as technical director

'Zimbabwe economy to grow 6%'

Zimbabwe acquires equipment for open-heart surgery

Zanu-PF councillor Mutangi found guilty of defrauding vendors

Police warn of rise in 'vuzu' parties

Zimbabwe battles diarrhoea, influenza outbreak

Zimbabwe cracks down on exploitative school fees

225,820 Male Condoms Distributed in Bulawayo Over Two Months

How Africans Were Conditioned Into Maize - and Slowly Abandoned Their Healthier Grains

Zanu-PF MP blames 'Tsepete-Tsepete roads' for speeding, road carnage

Hlatshwayo: Desire for upper-middle income status fueling 'Kiyakiya' economic statistics

Lochard Primary Sch holds first prize-giving, MP donates US$2,500 for construction works

Tech-Powered Healthcare for Mhangura as Clinic Opens 17 December

ZBC slashes Radio, TV licence fees

Warriors tipped for surprise AFCON run

Zinara introduces cashless tolling

Madzibaba Ishmael convicted of rape

Mpofu apologises to Mnangagwa

Mnangagwa pushes Zanu-PF to implement resolutions

ZPRA war vet plans solo anti-govt protest

Fresh charges for Prophet Magaya's bodyguard

Zimbabwe faces recurrent flood crisis

Education Ministry to Launch ‘One Pupil, One Tablet - One Student, One Laptop' Programme

Speculation mounts over Sibanda replacing Mohadi as Vice President

Ministry of Transport Showcases E-Tag System to Journalists at Ntabazinduna Tollgate

Zimbabwe police deploys body cameras to its officers nationwide

Gwanda man in dock for US$370 supermarket raid