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'Great leaders have vision!' twittered Chamisa - alas, you don't even have common sense!
"The SECRET to a GREAT NATION is VISION, LOVE and HUMILITY by its leadership. Arrogance is always ignorance disguised as invincibility. Weak leaders boast and divide. Strong leaders reach out to unify...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2666 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Behind the walls of MDC-ZANU PF negotiations
During GNU talks, one reason MDC never got so-called reforms done is Tsvangirai assigned a sell-out to the negotiations. I will name him one day.To facilitate discussion, Mbeki pushed the form...Published: 22 hrs ago | 3821 | by Mmatigari
Wise is he who looks ahead
There has been a lot of debate around Zanu PF's resolution to endorse President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the party's presidential candidate for the 2023 elections. Some have questioned the logic behind t...Published: 22 hrs ago | 525 | by Mapozho Saruchera
'Behold the new!' empty MDC A slogan - as it too failed to demand verified voters' roll
"Anyone who means well for this country would agree that only dialogue can serve our people from the unpalatable suffering, preserve peace and avoid yet another elite implosion," argued MDC Alliance s...Published: 22 hrs ago | 681 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zimbabwe politicians are notoriously corrupt' confessed Obert Gutu - for once, he said the whole truth
"A good number of politicians in Zimbabwe, across the political divide, are notoriously corrupt. The narrative that corruption is ONLY domiciled in the ruling Zanu PF party is false and puerile....Published: 24 hrs ago | 1596 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's diplomatic offensive off the rails
LAST week's damning testimonies in the United States senate on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe have thrown President Emmerson Mnangagwa's international re-engagement agenda off balance, as Wash...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 06:32hrs | 2252 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga wants Zimbabwe in United Nations Security Council
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga has written to United Nations Secretary-General Mr Antonio Guterres asking him to consider Zimbabwe for a seat in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a non-permanen...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:31hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's Rand option dilemma as currency crisis worsens
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, who has publicly said joining South Africa's Multilateral Monetary Area could be a solution to Zimbabwe's currency crisis, is agonising over currency reforms, as it dawn...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 20:01hrs | 10829 | by Staff reporter
Mutambara missing the point on dialogue
The MDC would like to set the record straight that the call for dialogue is not a clamor for a GNU, but a call to return this country to legitimacy, pursue a trajectory of growth, peace and economic r...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 19:01hrs | 1079 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
MDC leader recognises Mnangagwa as President
MDC Deputy Treasurer General Charlton on Thursday shocked social media users when he referred to President Emmerson Mnangagwa as 'President' for the first since elections.MDC leadership is on ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:40hrs | 7376 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Munyeza, a discredited Chamisa will never make illegitimate ED legitimate - stay to your branch
Brazilians are some of the most artful football players, football is the nation’s greatest passion and it shows. There was one occasion, a few years ago, when the Brazil National team looked...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:54hrs | 1760 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa opens up on GNU talks with Mnangagwa
MDC Leader Nelson Chamisa has stated out that he is not interested in any Government of National Unity with ZANU PF leader Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa but is interested in a national dialogue only....Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:26hrs | 3116 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Netherland ask ED to implement reforms - rigged the elections, horse has bolted
THE Netherlands ambassador to Zimbabwe Barbara van Hellemond has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to accelerate the process of aligning all laws, policies and legal instruments with the...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 23:05hrs | 3408 | by Nomusa Garikai
Government pins development on infrastructure
Government's policy reforms which also encompasses infrastructure development is key to modernising and boosting productivity in all the productive sectors, as well as facilitating delivery of social ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 432 | by Rudo Saungweme
MDC Alliance greedy for power
Being power hungry is like a curse as one does almost anything to get power. This has been the case with MDC Alliance party leaders Nelson Chamisa and MDC Alliance deputy National Chairperson Tendai B...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 969 | by Gift Mashoko
MDC Youths beat up church and civic society members in parliament
There was pandemonium in parliament on Tuesday when angry MDC Youths clad in party regalia came and beat up some petitioners whom they accused of belonging to one of the factions in the MDC-Alli...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 13:37hrs | 3460 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Calls for diaspora vote at ZANU PF conference
The upcoming ZANU PF conference is a perfect stage for ZANU PF to demonstrate that it is reshaping and recreating itself into a modern party that is worth a sit at the table of global powerhouses....Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 11:08hrs | 3288 | by Fidelis Fengu
'We want unity!' says desperate VP Mohadi - new GNU will NOT end economic meltdown
Zimbabwe's economic situation is getting worse and worse by the day; as much as President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF friends would want to ignore it, it is now clear that they cannot do so. The regime ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2363 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa and Biti's hypocrisy exposed
The term "government of national unity" is a term used to refer to a case in which all the major political parties in a country are part of the governing coalition. This type of government occurs in p...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:14hrs | 14201 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
SA eases children's travel requirements
THE South African Government has relaxed travel requirements for children travelling through its borders by scrapping compulsory submission of affidavit forms which many found cumbersome. Sout...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
The ED administration has made significant strides
Last week the opposition and other anti-Government detractors were excited by the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of States for Africa, Matthew Harrington's submission on Zimbabwe to the US S...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 10:46hrs | 1477 | by Nobleman Runyanga
USA's latest demands on Zimbabwe a red herring
The submissions by one Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, Dr. Todd Moss and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Matthew Harrington before the United States Senate Foreign ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 09:23hrs | 5302 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Zanu-PF bigwigs awaken Esigodini
Government business will literally come to a halt as the who's who in Zanu-PF, including Cabinet ministers, abandon their stations this week to attend the party's annual peoples' conference in Esigodi...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:21hrs | 2188 | by Staff reporter
Which fundamentals require attention?
There is a real sense of despair in the country. Perhaps it is a left over from the heady days when we celebrated the final departure of former President Robert Mugabe from office and welcomed a 'new'...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:09hrs | 908 | by Eddie Cross
Drought ravages Matebeleland South, Masvingo
LIVESTOCK farmers in Beitbridge, Gwanda and parts of Mwenezi districts have reported a marked deterioration in the health of their animals as drought tightens its grip on parts of Matebeleland South a...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:10hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Which devolution Mthuli Ncube?
On the back of another, rather surprising, albeit welcome political somersault that has seen President Emmerson Mnangagwa embrace devolution, a hitherto Zanu-PF taboo, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube an...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1754 | by Zifiso Masiye
Mega deals remain elusive for Zimbabwe
Locally, thousands have called him a hero for toppling the only leader Zimbabwe has known for almost four decades.Abroad, investors are, for the first time in decades, considering Zimbabwe as ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:50hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa rings media law reforms
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said media practitioners were a key stakeholder in the formulation of legislation governing the operation of the indus...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:42hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Trump's govt piles more pressure on Mnangagwa
THE United States administration has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with his government's economic mismanagement rather than blame the current economic mess on sanctions the global po...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:40hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Qualifying and quantifying political reform in Zimbabwe
Earlier this week a local daily reproduced an article from the American weekly magazine, Newsweek. The article was titled "White farmers 'getting poorer, sicker' as they await Government compensation"...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 81 | by Joram Nyathi
Germany want 'reforms resolve before re-engaging' - why ignore ED's reply, rigged elections
First it was the British who were bending over backwards to re-engage the corrupt and tyrannical Mnangagwa regime, for the UK's selfish reasons. Ever since Mnangagwa seized power in Zimbabwe, a year a...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 18:25hrs | 5078 | by Nomusa Garikai
US continues tangling in Zimbabwean politics
Problems of African development and integration with the world have continued to attract concern in the policy making within and beyond the shores of the continent as American hegemony continues to ta...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:05hrs | 2672 | by Daphine Zulu
US hypocrisy on Zimbabwe exposed
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power on 24 November 2017, he announced a paradigm shift in the manner in which things would be done politically and economically by the new ad...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:12hrs | 1473 | by Elijah Chihota
US interferes with Zimbabwe judiciary, wants Biti charges dropped
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government should drop charges against former finance minister and opposition leader Tendai Biti to prove that the Harare administration is "serious about taking the cou...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 12:24hrs | 3990 | by newzimbabwe
The worsening economic meltdown is forcing ED to do the unthinkable - step down
"Charova sei chando, kukwidza hamba mumuti!" (It will have to be bitterly cold to force the tortoise up a tree!) one would say in Shona.Well Zimbabwe's worsening economic situation is forcing ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 09:01hrs | 7024 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Daylight robbery of pricing at 4:1, but giving change at 1:1
As economic recovery measures are implemented, let's discuss this wrong mentality - yes, wrong - that nothing works until everything works because in real life there are no quick and easy fixes....Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:30hrs | 2467 | by Conway Tutani
'Zimbabwe reforms may cause suffering'
BUSINESS has urged government to take a cautious approach to the reform process, warning that a big-bang approach may result in unintended consequences and plunge the country into further crises....Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:23hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube tells banks to relax lending policies
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has urged banks to relax their stringent lending requirements in order to improve access to financial services.Ncube was speaking at the Zimbabwe Independent's Ba...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
US accuses Mnangagwa of imitating Mugabe's autocratic rule
THE United States government says it is willing to engage Zimbabwe only after genuine political and economic reforms and accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of aping former President Rob...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:07hrs | 2728 | by Staff reporter
Germany keen on re-engaging Zimbabwe
GERMANY has taken the initiative to renew bilateral ties with Zimbabwe after it dispatched a high-powered delegation to Harare in the past week to open discussions aimed at opening a new chapter on tr...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:57hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
What are the realistic chances for political dialogue in Zimbabwe?
All political transitions (without exception) whether occasioned by revolution, externally driven or resulting from an election, are perfected through dialogue between the contending forces in society...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | 409 | by Brian T Kagoro
Mnangagwa to set up advisory council
Government is ready to consider ideas and suggestions from the private sector in building the Second Republic and is in the process of setting up a business advisory council to bridge the gap between ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:25hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in timely US intervention
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday made a timely intervention as he submitted a detailed paper on Zimbabwe's economic and political reforms to a United States o...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:18hrs | 1214 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mnangagwa ready to seize idle land owned by Zanu-PF bigwigs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly said that his government is "ready to seize any idle land owned by some of the ruling Zanu-PF party heavyweights".According to New Zimbabwe.com, Mna...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 17:43hrs | 2668 | by Staff reporter
ED's failure to pay doctors but pampers Chiefs is not 'mixed up priorities' - it's proof rigging vote is HIS No: 1
"The doctors are unhappy with their working conditions and remuneration. It is sad that the issue of doctor's conditions of service and remuneration has been long-running, and government has not gone ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:09hrs | 1225 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa's 'new dispensation' in Zimbabwe stuck in the old ways
Veteran Zimbabwe opposition legislator Joel Gabbuza thought he was stating the obvious when he told mourners that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party was struggling to revive the econo...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 20:30hrs | 2066 | by Kitsepile Nyathi I The East African
Mthuli Ncube in currency volte-face
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who two months ago indicated that he would prioritise currency reforms, including demonitising the country's fiat currency last Wednesday made a huge climb down on the p...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 20:37hrs | 11132 | by Staff reporter
Mapfumo must embrace a spirit of patriotism
It's a shame to know that Thomas Mapfumo a Zimbabwean and an American based songwriter and singer utters that the New Dispensation should practice good governance before they call for the removal of e...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 14:03hrs | 1966 | by Rudo Saungweme
Prophet Makandiwa advises govt to adopt rand
The church has also waded into the economic debate with United Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa weighing into the growing calls for government to consider the option of us...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 16:59hrs | 4598 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa blocks Mthuli Ncube from hiring MDC-T kingpin
In yet another controversy that has engulfed problems-prone Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has blocked him from appointing economist and former opposition kingpin - Eddie ...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 09:49hrs | 15172 | by Staff reporter
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