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'National interest' should never be a pretext for violating the Constitution!
Last week, I was watching a ZTN (ZimPapers Television Network) program, focussing on media coverage around Zimbabwe's upcoming harmonized elections. In attendance were representatives from the...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 14:28hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Uncle Sam lacks moral authority to lecture on democracy
ON Thursday 29 June, President Mnangagwa addressed a gathering of small scale miners where he emphasised his Government's support to the most productive sectors of the economy. He told the min...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 13 | by Ranga Mataire
'Mutambara is a political opportunist'
Zanu-PF linked political analysts have described former Deputy Prime Minister, Professor Arthur Mutambara as an opportunist whose grasp of the obtaining situation in Zimbabwe is questionable.P...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 15:50hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Youth blend in Zanu-PF candidates excites observers
The election season is upon us.It is an exciting time for the electorate and aspiring candidates for both parliamentary and local authority elections.While other political parties are ...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwe-based NGOs in panic mode
A new law governing operations of non-governmental organisations is likely to be operational in Zimbabwe before year end.Predictably, there is uproar and panic in the NGO sector, including som...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabweans will reject political mannequins
FOR over two decades, some Western administrations have sponsored proxy political entities in Zimbabwe with the primary goal of dislodging ZANU-PF from power. Over two decades of moral, financ...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:51hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
We strive for a credible, transparent election - ZEC
Ahead of the harmonised elections next year, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is involved in various preparatory activities to ensure a transparency and credible election. Currently, the commis...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF to elect Ndebele President in the coming congress?
Should a Matabele, through a miracle, be elected as ZANU PF President in the coming congress, that man or woman would be very lucky to come out of Harare alive.You have heard how MDC aka CCC s...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 13:54hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Thandiwe Newton: When little knowledge is dangerous
This week, social media got a dose of some revolting diatribes from one Thandiwe Newton, a bygone era British actress whose desperation for relevance is forcing her to utter the most outrageous things...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Ranga Mataire
Chiwenga says Zimbabwe won't let a brotherly nation down
The just-ended SADC Extraordinary Heads of State and Government summit in Lilongwe, Malawi managed to galvanise the region's leadership to realise the importance of unity in dealing with issues of pea...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
West's Zimbabwean political project crumbling
There is an interesting quotation from the Old Man in Charles Mungoshi's "Waiting for the Rain" (1975). It is a quotation that epitomises his lament about the alienation that has afflicted Lucifer, hi...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
Sadc waits for signal from Mozambique
Let's face it, any disturbing developments in a neighbouring country have the effect of being contagious if not carefully managed. There is something disturbing taking place in Mozambique in the provi...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 3 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwe's re-engagement bearing fruits
The United Kingdom is a critical cog in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-integrate into the community of nations following years of isolation in the First Republic. As the former colonial power, the United Ki...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rallies behind Mthuli Ncube
FORMER Finance Minister, Patrick Anthony Chinamasa, (P.A.C) who is also the ZANU-PF secretary for finance has rallied behind the current Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, saying the country...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabes have a right to associate with whoever they want - Jonathan Moyo
Former Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo has said former President Robert Mugabe and his family have a right to associate with who ever they want after questions were posed by tweeter users as to...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 12:35hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mataire, April indaba did not 'succinctly locate the morass behind' Zanu PF wars
"I have no patience with students who think if they cannot dazzle with their brilliance they will baffle with bull!," said my Science teacher. "Before I embark on this hazardous experiment, I ...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 21:06hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
'How I reunited Mugabe with his comrades'
Tears of joy were shed last week at the 21st February Movement celebrations in Masvingo to commemorate the President's birthday as President Mugabe was reunited with some of his fellow surviving inmat...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Liberation war truants causing disharmony,' says Mutsvangwa
Recent troubles within the war veterans movement and brazen disrespect shown to liberation war fighters are fanned by factionalists and successionists in the ruling Zanu-PF. War veterans leader Chris ...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'People cannot feed on Mugabe or Tsvangirai' says Chinotimba as he calls for unity
In an interview with the state media, Herald, Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba said he has no problem working with the opposition as he "learnt to co-exist with people during the war."...Published: 09 Aug 2014 at 07:26hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
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