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Commonwealth has appalling human rights record
This written article by Professor Jonathan Moyo, then an academic at the University of Zimbabwe, was published by the Financial Gazette on 10 October 1991, a few days...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | 110 | by Jonathan Moyo
Prince Harry reveals late Queen's role in breakup with Zimbabwean girlfriend
Prince Harry has claimed that the late Queen Elizabeth II's opinion on his ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, led to their breakup.In an excerpt from the Duke of Sussex's forthcoming b...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:12hrs | 4694 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe pilot appointed Mangwe headman
HIGHFLYING Air Zimbabwe pilot Captain Simon Thalon Moyo has been appointed as Godzi headman under Chief Tjanguluba in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South Province.The pilot has flown President...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree pilot defies racial attitudes to pursue dream
FORTY years and still counting years of flying different aircraft types, heads of States, the late Prince Philip; husband to the late Queen Elizabeth II, and roles spanning basic flying, advanced flyi...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa refused to sign Queen Elizabeth III's book of condolences until....
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has claimed that he refused to go to the British embassy in Harare to sign the book of condolences following the death of Queen Elizabeth 11 earlier this month.Acc...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 5252 | by Staff reporter
Colonialism was not an event, but a long-term project of global control
Queen Elizabeth II was finally laid to rest last week after 96 years of life and 70 years of service as the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until she die...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 126 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is nobody's little boy
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has revealed how the British made a major climbdown after he insisted that he could not sign the book of condolences for the late Queen Elizabeth II because Zimbabwe is under illeg...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi enrols at top UK University for a Diplomatic Course
Former Deputy Information Minister Dr Energy Mutodi is in the United Kingdom for a short diplomatic course at the University of Birmingham, sources have revealed. After attending Her Majesty Queen Eli...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 10:14hrs | 4632 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Africans' 'victim mentality' now sickening and disgraceful!
I know what racism, racial segregation and discrimination are - having spent the first seven years of my life under colonial rule in the then Rhodesia.Thereafter, facing the same at the dawn o...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 12:32hrs | 1167 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Calls for Zimbabwe sanctions removal grows louder
ANTI-sanctions group, the Zimbabwe Disaster Action and Vitalisation of the Indigenous People Development (ZiDAVIPD) says Queen Elizabeth II's burial yesterday must present an opportunity for the forme...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
The politics of mourning Queen Elizabeth II
QUEEN Elizabeth II's death has touched different people differently considering Britain's colonial legacy of plunder and the monarch's indifference to those atrocities.However, in Zimbabwe the...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 403 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
The dangers of a long colonialism
Walking the last mileBY the time you read this piece, Queen Elizabeth II, late sovereign of the United Kingdom and titular head of the pizza-like Commonwealth, will be two days away from her f...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 95 | by Jamwanda
Why I boycotted Queen Elizabeth II
I WAS a Lower Sixth student at Prince Edward School in Harare, Zimbabwe, when Queen Elizabeth II visited our school in October 1991. Zimbabwe was hosting that year's Commonwealth Heads of Government M...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1469 | by Tafi Mhaka
Mnangagwa snubs Queen Elizabeth II's funeral
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Frederick Shava will represent President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London next week, a senior government official said...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:33hrs | 2166 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invited to attend funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been invited to attend the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday, the British Embassy in Harare has tweeted....Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 08:59hrs | 3763 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans shouldn't blame anyone for failing to fully benefit from British colonial rule
What does Britain mean?In fact, where is the name London, or for that matter, England derived?Britain is a derivative of the Latin name, 'Brittannia', or 'Britannia' - whilst, London i...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 12:06hrs | 507 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Should Africa mourn Elizabeth II? Of course, we must not allow ranting of tyrants define who we are!
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has triggered an outpouring of public sympathy from all corners of the world. The public sympathy from Africa has not gone down well with some people....Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 11:04hrs | 1481 | by Wilbert Mukori
If only Zimbabwe also had a respectable leader whom we could revere as the British do their Queen!
As the British, and others around the world, mourn the death of their dearly beloved Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away yesterday, at her Balmoral Castle in Scotland - I cannot help admire and be mov...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 10:59hrs | 636 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean political party will not mourn Queen Elizabeth II
LINDA Masarira led fringe political party Labour Economist and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) say it does not feel compelled to mourn the death of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II over what it described a...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 19:56hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health ...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 18:38hrs | 2048 | by Staff Reporter
Colonial hangover will never end as long as racially brainwashed Mnangagwa regime in power
So, the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime is over the moon over the two or so second handshake with former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair!In fact, the president did not waste any time pos...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 21:33hrs | 664 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
UK Rwanda asylum-seeker flight cancelled after European court ruling
A first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy was cancelled on Tuesday, in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.The number ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:13hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born mayor Chikoto feted in UK
Newly-elected United Kingdom's Corby Town mayor, Zimbabwean-born Mr Tafadzwa Chikoto, wrote another piece of history yesterday when he was hoisted during the town's Corby Poll Fair marking the Queen's...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:52hrs | 392 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's cocktail encounters and futility of summit diplomacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his publicists climbed Mount Everest celebrating inevitable chats with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and happenstance exchanges at a cocktail with Un...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa boasts of UK royalty meetings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday bragged that he had made a major breakthrough in his re-engagement efforts with leaders of hostile Western nations, some of which have imposed sanctions on Zimba...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:50hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean designs 2022 Commonwealth Games Baton
UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean artist Laura Nyahuye has designed a rare 2022 Commonwealth Games Baton that will carry the Queen Elizabeth II's message to athletes from the 72-member nations in a 269-...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu party champions Zimbabwe re-engagement efforts
SOCCER legend Peter Ndlovu's opposition All Peoples Party (APP) has petitioned Queen Elizabeth II to allow for Zimbabwe's readmission into the Commonwealth club.APP acting president Sabastian ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Independent Matabeleland presages the worst to come: South Sudan war will be nowhere near
We have been saying time and again that these numerous Mthwakazi parties are a group of young boys who do not have the slightest idea about the past liberation war. Reading the daily news in social me...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:17hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
Queen Elizabeth II's husband dies
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced.The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the lo...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shocked by UK hostility
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was shocked by the United Kingdom's current hostile attitude towards Zimbabwe, especially considering the two countries' "excellent relations" dating bac...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
UK rejects request to compensate ex-Rhodesian soldiers
THE United Kingdom (UK) has declined to pay compensation to former Rhodesian soldiers saying it was not responsible for recruiting them and that the then Ian Smith regime weaned the country from the B...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Boris Johnson to be UK's next Prime Minister, EU panics
Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister.He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his riva...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:58hrs | 3804 | by BBC
Mnangagwa cannot fix Zimbabwe's crisis. He needs Chamisa WRITES Tendai Biti
Zimbabwe is in crisis. But to expect the ruling ZANU-PF government to resolve this is improbable at best. It is, more likely, impossible.Today nearly four out of every five Zimbabweans just ab...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:15hrs | 4879 | by Tendai Biti
Queen Elizabeth consoles Zimbabweans
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, her son Prince Charles and her grandsons and their wives the Dukes and Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex have conveyed their heartfelt condolences to the gove...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 19:10hrs | 2967 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe turns 95, 9 things you didn't know about him
Robert Mugabe is turning 95 and his birthday has been declared a holiday in Zimbabwe. The holiday was mooted by the ruling ZANU-PF youth league to honor their then icon, whose birthday had since the 1...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:19hrs | 21318 | by BBC
It's time to abandon adversarial politics
In spite of my traumatic memories of the days of British colonialism, I hasten to admit that recent words of Queen Elizabeth II carry a powerful wisdom which we as Zimbabweans — bent on a reckless p...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:46hrs | 262 | by Andrew Wutawunashe
Malema calls for SA to withdraw from Commonwealth
Julius Malema, the firebrand leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters party, has called on South Africa to pull out of the Commonwealth.He said the 53-member body is "presided over b...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 11:44hrs | | by BBC
Donel wants to be an inspiration
THE Voice UK star Donel Mangena wants to be an inspiration to a generation through his music career and has set his sights on surpassing global super stars such as Chris Brown and Usher.In doi...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa denied UK visa
The leader of Zapu, Dumiso Dabengwa, has been reportedly denied a visa to travel to the UK.Dabengwa was invited by St Andrews University to speak at Conference on Gukurahundi.Allegatio...Published: 11 May 2018 at 13:28hrs | 2444 | by Staff reporter
2018: An opportunity for national restoration
We are at that point in the national political cycle when spaghetti roads are promised and people are told aircraft will ferry tomatoes from gardens in Mutoko to Mbare.The nation will hear of ...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa invited by Queen Elizabeth II?
The leader of a faction of the MDC-T, Adv Nelson Chamisa, has once again been caught out lying to the nation, this time after claiming he had been personally invited to the United Kingdom by Que...Published: 06 May 2018 at 08:54hrs | 3014 | by Staff Reporter
D-Day for Zim's Donel in UK Singing competition
The stars seem to be lining up for Zimbabwe's Donel Mangena at The Voice UK ahead of the finals tonight as he is the odds-on favourite to land the top prize of a recording contract.The 16-year...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 11:01hrs | 1101 | by Staff Reporter
'No barriers to Zimbabwe rejoining Commonwealth'
Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth since its independence in 1980, but was suspended in 2002 after a diplomatic fallout between Harare and London. The country then pulled out of the Commonwealt...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:06hrs | 519 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Quibbling about chiefs' role and Lobengula's coronation date
THERE are several stumbling blocks against resolution of the Ndebele monarchy issue.The first is that those who are not members of Lobengula's house cannot join in the identification of an hei...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:27hrs | 563 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Tsvangirai allies pleads with UK to lift sanctions
AN MDC Alliance member, Multi-Racial Christian Democrats (MCD), has written to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II pleading with her country to relax its tough stance on Zimbabwe and consider lifting the san...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 06:47hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is forever
Western powers such as Britain and the United States are furious. They have been livid, in fact. To them Mugabe set a bad example, especially by trying to show the world that the white man can be defe...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 05:46hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mugabe's band of loyalists dwindles
"OUTDATED, self-centred and power-hungry ruler."These are the unlikely yet hard-hitting words used by former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu to describe President Robert Mugabe last ye...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 16:16hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
Boris Johnson compares Trump to Mugabe
Donald Trump is no worse than ageing Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, Britain's foreign secretary Boris Johnson has suggested, ...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fidel Castro dies at 90
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90 after a long battle with illness.The revolutionary leader's death at 10.29pm on Friday was announced on state television by his br...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 08:39hrs | 1703 | by SkyNews
West's bad Press against President
Shall we start by taking a cue from the great British journalist, Sir Peregrine Worsthorne (now 92), former editor of the Sunday Telegraph (1986-91).Confessing in an article in the Daily Mail ...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 06:42hrs | 2834 | by Baffour Ankomah
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