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Parliament power outage exposed consequences of corruption and mismanagement
Two days ago, Zimbabwe once again found itself in the throes of an international embarrassment, this time at the heart of its legislative hub. During the presentation of the 2025 National Budg...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 20:56hrs | 1363 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Corruption at office of South Africa's chief justice?
THE Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ) has denied a request to disclose the procurement and financial details of the two-day farewell party for former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.This followed ...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 17:40hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Since Mnangagwa is a mere Munhumutapa, is the way now open for Mthwakazi?
For some time now, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has proudly referred himself as Munhumutapa.This was the title of the kings of...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 23:38hrs | 140 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Senior ZANU PF figures withdraw support for notorious Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati
Senior ZANU PF political figures in Matabeleland North have severed their ties with notorious Italian Mafia boss Francesco Marconati. The move comes amid increasing frustration over Marconati's blatan...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 05:38hrs | 15 | by George Tshuma
Heavy rains expected in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is expected to encounter localized heavy rainfall, with precipitation of around 30mm, accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorms until the end of this week.The Meteorological Servi...Published: 30 Oct 2023 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporte
6-day thunderstorms to hit Zimbabwe
THE country is set to be hit by rumbling thunderstorms from 29 October to 3 November with Matabeleland South, Bulawayo, Masvingo and Manicaland set to be hit first, the Meteorological Services Departm...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's well-oiled campaign raises eyebrows
A day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rally in Harare on August 9, thousands of empty boxes of fast foods were strewn across the venue spanning up to more than the size of four soccer fields....Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe chiefs now a political appendage of the ruling party
TRADITIONAL leaders in Zimbabwe have become extensions of the ruling Zanu-PF party, if latest utterances by the party are anything to go by.Zimbabweans who live in areas controlled by traditio...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold Mafia: Zimbabwe government should rethink its policies!
The Exposé, a documentary by Al Jazeera International, of what it calls the Zimbabwe Gold Mafia does not come as a surprise to journalists in Zimbabwe.The looting of Zimbabwe's sovereign mine...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe was colonized through a 'mega deal', and happening again with the Chinese and Belarusians
When people talk of colonization, there are those with the misguided notion that this only occurs via military conquest - usually, by a more powerful nation over a far weaker one.Yet, this cou...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Beyond Beijing's 'gift' to Zimbabwe
On November 23, 2022, the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa gave the state of the nation address at the new iconographic parliament building that was designed, funded, built and "donated" by C...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Gorden Moyo
Chamisa vows decent pay and adequate resources for uniformed forces
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has promised uniformed forces that his administration will work well with them when he takes over power should he win elections due next year....Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The defence forces are a citizens force
Yesterday was an important day, a historic day, one penned in the history of the birth of our nation Zimbabwe by the sacrifices and toil of many men, women and children who paid the ultimate price to ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Nelson Chamisa
Motion tabled in Parliament to probe Ramaphosa's Farmgate scandal
Leader of the African Transformation Movement (ATM), Vuyo Zungula, has tabled an official motion requesting Parliament to investigate President Cyril Ramaphosa's possible involvement in the concealmen...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
UFP statement on the Mutare fatal accident caused by police spikes
The United Freedom Party (UFP) notes with great concern the fatal accident where four people died and eight were seriously injured when police threw a spike on a moving commuter omnibus near Mutare on...Published: 06 May 2022 at 13:34hrs | 1 | by UFP
Man (70) killed by 3 vicious dogs
A 70-year-old Harare man was mauled to death on Wednesday evening by three vicious Boerboel dogs at company premises in the Adbennie area of Harare under unclear circumstances.The man, Maxwell...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Winning the masses for positive change
I had received satisfactory results from my Advanced Level exams at Ruya Adventist High School in early 2003. Due to my contiguity to the seat of educational power, I had been informed that Nathan and...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | | by Mutsa Murenje Sydney, Australia
Parastatals evade audit
BOARD members of public entities are rewarding themselves with hefty unsanctioned allowances and most of the abuse will likely go unnoticed as parastatals hide behind COVID-19 to withhold financial st...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Justice minister challenged to relook into laws regarding wrongful arrest and detention to compensate victims
PAN AFRICANIST and International Coalition Against Coronavirus forAfrican Development (ICAC-AD) South Africa chapter first Vice President Chanda Chose has...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zesa to compensate for power surge damages?
ELECTRICITY users who suffer losses due to power surges can now be compensated after the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), developed a mechanism to cover such mishaps...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa did not misfire on the army relations
The oppositionMDC and some parts of the Media have been lambasting the ZANU PF acting National Political Commissair cde Patrick Chinamasa for stating that the army works hand in hand with the ZA...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 8 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Top doctor comes up with 'must-have' Covid-19 cocktail to reduce severe illness
As the Health Ministry is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients requiring admission in public health and private hospitals, a leading medical practitioner F Mamvura has come up with a proposal termed The...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
UN greatest threat to world peace and security as SC veto powers only used to protect tyrants, warmongers and aggressors
It can never be debated that the world today is at its most dangerous, with a marked upsurge of tyrants, warmongers, and aggressors - who appear to increasingly grow in confidence in their heinous act...Published: 19 May 2021 at 17:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Trump's madness a reflection of American hypocrisy
Today people on Central African Time (CAT), like this writer, woke up to news that the madman from New York, Donald John Trump, will actually have to defend himself in an impeachment trial that seeks ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 12:16hrs | | by Charles Motsi
Human wildlife conflict stops agriculture where hunting brings hope
Co-existing with wildlife can be both a curse and a blessing. The human-wildlife conflict has brought the century-old culture of agricultural production to a sad and difficult end in Bots...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe is a unitary state, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe remains a unitary state, adding that tribalism, violence, disunity and regionalism have no place in the new dispensation.In his speech during the Her...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni: A goat skinner in the place of a chief
Back in my village, when elders with cotton tuft hair sit to discuss matters of State and governance, among intermittent sips and sniffs, there are those whose contribution is known to stupidly go aga...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Africa Day ADF speech 2019
Africa day is about the freedom of the African people, it is not so much more about the trivialisation of the ordinary people of Africa by those in the know or who claim so to be or in power. Africa d...Published: 25 May 2019 at 16:14hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Cyclone Kenneth cannot be avoided but can be prepared for
Southern Africa has been ravaged by a wave of cyclones at a proportion never experienced before. preparing for a cyclone can start before there is an immediate threat.The aftermath of Cyclone Idai wer...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 00:51hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity
RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thou...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Violence is 'not the way', says Mugabe
Song and dance bellowed from the Blue Roof mansion in the usually quiet upmarket Borrowdale suburb, as hundreds of invited guests on Saturday attended the birthday party for former Zimbabwean presiden...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 15:06hrs | | by STaff reporter
Mugabe blasts Mnangagwa for killing only 17 people in Harare
Song and dance bellowed from the Blue Roof mansion in the usually quiet upmarket Borrowdale suburb, as hundreds of invited guests on Saturday attended the birthday party for former Zimbabwean presiden...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by TimesLive
Beitbridge border expansion commences
EXPANSION work on the Beitbridge Border Post appears to be finally starting eight months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid the foundation for the $241 million upgrade of Zimbabwe's premier port....Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 13:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buyanga owns the mystery supercar
FLAMBOYANT businessman, Frank Buyanga is the owner of the 'mysterious' $2 million supercar delivered to Zimbabwe a month ago.Ever since its arrival there has been plenty of speculation over it...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 22:21hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party statement on the military action in Harare
Zimbabwe Communist party secretary general Ngqabutho Mabhena has said they are condemning the actions by the Zimbabwe military in firing live ammunition in the streets of Harare against opposition pro...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 16:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Matebeleland a patriarchal society Mr MDC-T president always remember
Tsvangirai was a chauvinist and no one dared to challenge him. Not even Thabitha khumalo. Not even Misihairambwi. Not even the women's league. Yet it was ok for him to emasculate Ndebeles.If T...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Thabetha Mangena
Zuma's 24 year old lover gave birth to baby boy on JZ's birthday
A 24-year-old woman purported to be Jacob Zuma's bride-to-be delivered a baby boy in the Busamed Hillcrest Private Hospital on Thursday April 12, the same day the former president turned 76.Do...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
President ED Mnangagwa Erred
PRESIDENT ED Mnangagwa you erred Sir! In Bindura there is a State University which is headed by arguably the most corrupt Vice Chancellor the world has ever seen or heard of. The various acts of corru...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 19:08hrs | | by Kudakwashe Ncube
'Chamisa is the king of violence and constitutional delinquent'
Revolutionary greetings comrades. Gone are the days when politicians lie to the masses to convince them to vote for them. Political blandishing is the outdated mode of fishing for voters. Politicians ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Khulani David Ndhlovu
Chamisa blasts the police force
Acting Movement for Democratic Change President Nelson Chamisa has angrily responded to the fatal shooting by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers that rocked Harare central business district yeste...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 13:36hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Deployment of soldiers through out rural Zimbabwe confirms the country is a military state
Revolutionary greetings dear comrades. Mnangagwa's rise to power though a coup was a violation of the constitution and a premonition of military rule. The masses were cunningly pushed to participate i...Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 18:46hrs | | by Khulani David Ndhlovu, NPP National youth spokesperson
The army is intimidating potential investors
Revolutionary greetings comrades. The army is a symbol of security and strength of the nation. In an ideal democracy, it is the honest custodian of the constitution. However, when that army ceases bei...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 08:35hrs | | by NPP National youth
NPP celebrates own in 16 days of activism
Revolutionary greetings dear comrades. We recently witnessed the inauguration of Mnangagwa's cabinet which is not gender sensitive and deficient of young blood. That did not come as a surprise bec...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 15:24hrs | | by NPP National Youth
War veterans at heart of Mugabe's downfall
Once Robert Mugabe's fiercest supporters, independence war veterans played a key role in ousting him,proving they still wield influence in Zimbabwe which only threw off colonial rule in 1980.M...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 15:49hrs | | by AFP
General Chiwenga Pronounces a Coup - No to civil war in Zimbabwe!
How clear does it get? That statement in a country with a functional defense mechanism would have gotten the man court marshalled right away. He would not see the dawn of tomorrow or setting of the su...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 17:39hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Law enforcement, corruption and abuse of authority
Police officers in African countries such as Zimbabwe are abusing their authority and one wonders if enough functional checks and balances are in place to monitor and control police authority. ...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 10:26hrs | | by Courage Mlambo
Leaders who want to rule forever should have been traditional chiefs, not presidents
This past week witnessed another embarassing dent to the image of African national leaders - as Ugandan parliamentarians broke into a fist fight during a fierce debate on removing presidential age lim...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 08:29hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Grace Mugabe fears attacks and the assassination of her children?
IN the August of the year of Our Lord two important politicians found themselves in South Africa facing two different but equally grave protocols.One faced serious medical protocols after inge...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 14:00hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Reptiles and Eagles in High Noon
In the August of the year of Our Lord two important politicians found themselves in South Africa facing two different but equally grave protocols. One faced serious medical protocols after ingesting a...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 17:23hrs | 34 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
MRP women's league to rise against injustices
Mthwakazi Republic party women's league have threatened to rise against all the injustices happening in Mthwakazi territory just like the likes of Thenjiwe Lesabe and other female heroenes who rose ag...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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