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Even Ian Smith's son never behaved as if the country belonged to his father

Certain truths today should make us wonder whether we deserve to proudly call ourselves independent.There is a disturbing culture that has crept into our politics - the belief that once a man captures state power, his family automatically …

Published: 09 Sep 2025 at 22:07hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Rhodesians invested in Rhodesia, Zimbabweans are investing Abroad

Zimbabweans/Rhodesians are debating across social media platforms, focusing on the contrasting legacies of the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean governments and how they have emerged as a focal point of discussion. While both administrations faced …

Published: 30 Dec 2024 at 11:54hrs | | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

The uncanny parallels between Zanu-PF and the Rhodesian Front

THE white Rhodesian regime by all accounts waged a highly effective counter-insurgency war against the guerilla forces.Its successes were across the military and intelligence spheres.The kill ratio throughout the war was overwhelmingly in …

Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:15hrs | 8 | by Rigid Kondongwe

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 between the State and civil society and so…

Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 19:25hrs | | by Innocent Mpoki

Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin

THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating.  One must know â€“ or quickly learn â€“ something about history, about geography and the origins of words and their meanings â€“ in different d…

Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser

Zimbabwe has become replica of Rhodesia

THE birth of Zimbabwe and many other African States came as a result of violent confrontations.Negotiations like the ones at Lancaster House Conference took place after a violent confrontation between the guerilla fighters and white suprem…

Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 05:46hrs | | by Dadirai Nguva

Sanctions: The unfair comparison between Zimbabwe and Rhodesia

MANY Zimbabweans often bring up the comparison between Rhodesian and Zimbabwean sanctions to drive the narrative that Rhodesia had more stringent sanctions that they managed better than Zimbabwe is managing under ZDERA, EO13469, EU, IEEPA …

Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 05:35hrs | | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare

The other side of Rhodesiaâ€™s education system

One of, if not the only critical aspect of the Rhodesian educational system was that it was inspired with skills. Of course, there is tons of empirical evidence on the vices of institutionalised racial, political, social and economic segre…

Published: 24 May 2019 at 14:39hrs | | by Rejoice Ngwenya

Rhodesia super than Zimbabwe?

The  urban Idiot is a very complex idiot. Just a few months back the urban idiot was celebrating the fall of Robert Gabriel Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe, but today the urban idiot is all over social media expressing how they miss t…

Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:48hrs | | by Cont Mhlanga

Zanu-PF leaders trapped in Rhodesia

Growing up back then, this Village Idiot remembers well two Rhodesian slogans; â€˜Rhodesia will never Die and Rhodesia is Super'. Looking at it today this remains true to the core. The Urban Idiot of today remains trapped in Rhodesian syst…

Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:33hrs | | by Cont Mhlanga - Village idiot

Coltart apologise for his role as a police officer with the BSAP

STATEMENT BY DAVID COLTART ON RHODESIAN ATROCITIES, HIS TIME IN THE BSAP AND AN APOLOGY FOR HIS ROLE IN SUSTAINING AN UNJUST SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WHICH DISCRIMINATED AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOURThis week I have been the subject of a sustained …

Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Senator David Coltart

Mugabe's legacy: A case of inherited oppression

The legacy of colonialism in Africa has largely affected the idea and nature of the post-colonial State. It is in the wake of decolonisation (with all its attendant meanings) that discourses of Negritude, Pan-Africanism, Afropolitanism, Ma…

Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 12:42hrs | | by Patson Dzamara

From white to black Rhodesia: A case of inherited oppression

The legacy of colonialism in Africa has largely affected the idea and nature of the post-colonial state. It is in the wake of decolonization (with all its attendant meanings) that discourses of Negritude, Pan-Africanism, Afropolitanism, Ma…

Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 15:50hrs | 870 | by Patson Dzamara

How Rhodesia ended tribes

The year 1970 saw the birth of a publication titled "The Passing of Tribal Man in Africa". Edited by a Canadian academic, the late Peter C. W. Gutkind, the publication challenged entrenched Anglo-Saxon ideas which had congealed into a fash…

Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 09:03hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru

Trump's secret Rhodesian connection

A CASUAL reader of history may find it very remote to connect the historical dots between US President Donald Trump's "America First" mantra with a similar slogan popularised in the then Rhodesia.While Trump's "America First" maxim plays i…

Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire

Trump's 'America first' pledge has echoes of Rhodesia's racist white nationalists

Donald Trump's bleak inauguration speech has attracted attention for, among other things, employing the phrase "America first".The term was popularised by the famed aviator Charles Lindbergh and is associated with anti-Semitic and Nazi sym…

Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 10:40hrs | 1619 | by Brooks Marmon, PhD Student

Zimbabwe: A history in retrospect and precision

1980 was a definitive year in which Zimbabweans voted and gained independence after years of traumatic experiences under the white settler Government that maintained segregation and separate development in which blacks were the underdogs, …

Published: 19 Dec 2016 at 08:33hrs | 407 | by Nhlanhla Dube

Zimbabwe is not the same with Rhodesia

British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing has no agenda when she says Zimbabwe is not off the hook. She was saying the obvious thing as she repeated this at the SAPES meeting held recently.Comparing Zimbabwe with Rhodesia is day dream…

Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 14:02hrs | | by Stewart Murewa

Zimbabwe is not the same with Rhodesia

Comparing Zimbabwe with Rhodesia is day dreaming and these people are living in the world of fantasy; the world of make belief. These people need to be reminded that this is a unique country founded on the principles of freedom and emancip…

Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 13:40hrs | 910 | by Stewart Murewa

Fierce contact with the Rhodesian forces

IN our last week's Lest We Forget Column we were talking to former Zipra Deputy Commander of the Northern Front which stretched from Bulilima up to Nyamapanda Border Post Nicholas Gibson Nkomo whose pseudo name was Gilbert Khumalo. Last we…

Published: 15 May 2016 at 06:54hrs | 3296 | by Staff write

Rhodesia: The Great Betrayal

For just over three months I stayed at the Hilton Hotel while I worked in Pietermaritzburg recently. Staying there also was an ex-Rhodesian of roughly my age. This is his story in his words of his experiences and emotions during that war a…

Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 11:07hrs | | by Dean McCleland

Why would an American white supremacist be fond of Rhodesia?

After the alleged gunman in the racially motivated terrorist attack on a historic black church in Charleston, S.C, was identified today, a picture was found of him wearing a jacket with two defunct national flag patches: Those of apartheid…

Published: 19 Jun 2015 at 18:59hrs | | by Dan Murphy, csmonitor.com

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Zimbabwean man remanded over job scam in Botswana

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Zanu-PF urban push boosted by Tagwirei

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Dembare players strike again

Zanu-PF delegation in China on 3-week exchange programme

Abandoned vehicles to be towed away from highways

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Chiwenga's military uniform sparks speculation

Mnangagwa hands over vehicles, wheelchairs to young Zimbabweans with disabilities

Illegal miner jailed 42 years for rape and robbery

Sex starved man in trouble

Prophet rapes University student on a mountain

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Minister Moyo: all donations to government schools must comply with policy framework

First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa Joins Mwazha Memorial

Building wealth in the digital age: A guide for modern Zimbabwean investors

Jah Prayzah Set for Harare Shutdown Concert

Senior citizen in court for allegedly fondling minor at church

Tagwirei Splashes US$5 Million in Harare Empowerment Drive

Mubaiwa cleared of fraud charges after NetOne withdrawal

Mubaiwa cleared of fraud charges after NetOne withdrawal

Mubaiwa cleared of fraud charges after NetOne withdrawal

Modern challenges shaping the future of casino operations

Geza defends Chiwenga's military attire at ZDF handover ceremony

Victory for the Khumalo family: High Court restores removes Zanele Khumalo as Regent Chief

Zimbabwe's call for body donations is ultimately a call to disrespect our deceased loved ones

Govt, SEEDCO struggle to protect farmers against counterfeit seeds

Education minister assures no exam leakages since 2023

Matobo RDC Seeks US$585K Loan for Lodge Construction, Tractor Loader and Vehicles

Hidden firearms in Mabvuku

Prophet rapes University student on a mountain

Sex starved man in trouble

Tshabangu says parliament welcomes extension of presidential term

Lupane State University students win innovation prize

Senior BCC officer in the dock over fuel scandal

The harder the Zimbabwe regime pushes citizens into believing economy improving the more unbelievable they sound!

Mnangagwa hands over vehicles, wheelchairs to young Zimbabweans with disabilities

Zapu condemns chiefs

Father jailed 20 years for raping daughter

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