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Underperforming ANC hell bent on stopping regime change in Zimbabwe; it's fiddler crab strategy
"South Africa has a Zimbabwe problem - and no one is willing to help it, said African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula as he called for an end to long-standing sanctions agains...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 07:33hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
7-day ultimatum for businesses operating illegally
More than 70 percent of businesses in Harare are operating in defiance of regulations or by-laws and Government will descend on them if they fail to regularise their operations within seven days....Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
26 trafficked gorillas from DR Congo recovered in Zimbabwe
At least 26 great apes illegally removed from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been seized in Zimbabwe, where four suspected traffickers have been arrested, authorities in both countries said Fri...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 21:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi, which way now?
The days we were growing up, back then in Masvaure area kwaMarange, watching domestic animals fight was a popular hobby. Dominant bulls would fight for territory. Dog fighting was however most enterta...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:34hrs | | by Bornface waNgaikere Masikati
The fall of the Zimbabwe dictator is gathering speed
A soft political coup led by G40 has taken place in Zimbabwe. The dictatorship of Robert Mugabe and his patronage political machine linked to the liberation struggle is now crumbling at a fast pace dr...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Cops, MDC-T youths in fierce clashes
Motorists and commuters were caught in a cross fire of fierce clashes between riot police and angry youths during yesterday's evening rush hour which resulted in chaos in the Central Business District...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
I will vote for Nkosana Moyo if he stands for the 2018 elections!
For a personality like Nkosana Moyo to say he is contesting for the elections come 2018, I will certainly vote for him. The guy is not stupid! I am sure he made his homework very well. His Physics and...Published: 12 May 2017 at 21:48hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Open letter to President Jacob Zuma concerning Zimbabwe
Sir:Parliamentary Panel on Zimbabwean Situation NecessaryI write this letter with a heavy heart as I contemplate how best to address you ...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 13:54hrs | 23 | by Ken Sibanda
Xenophobia in Germany, among Germans: where is the space for the foreigners?
Part 4.1.1 The fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification of Germany There are two sequences that led to the fall of Berlin Wall. One was the develo...Published: 08 May 2016 at 08:13hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Refugees safe in Zimbabwe says Govt
The government says it is committed to fulfilling its international obligation to ensure social protection for refugees and asylum seekers staying in the country.Zimbabwe is hosting a total of...Published: 16 Apr 2016 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Special Permits will not be renewed in 2017
The Migrant Workers Union South Africa official Ngqabutho Mabhena has said it appears the Zimbabwe Special Permits in South Africa will not be renewed in December 2017 which means that those wh...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 07:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Diarrhoea hits Zimbabwean refugees in SA
Musina - Giggles echo in the dusty, fenced enclosure which has housed tens of thousands of homeless people, mainly Zimbabwean migrants, seeking greener pastures on the lucrative side of the mighty Lim...Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
88% of asylum seekers in SA turned down -MWASA
The Migrant Workers Association South Africa (MWASA) has revealed that out of the 75733 people who applied for asylum in 2014 in South Africa, 12% (9088) got the refugee status, 88% (66645) were rejec...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Refuges plead for sources of livelihood in camps
About 2 600 refugees at Dukwi Refugee Camp in Botswana have expressed their desire to earn a living through work instead of being reduced to mere charity cases.Speaking at the World Refuge...Published: 28 Jun 2015 at 11:24hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Ezra Sibanda blasts SA Xenophobic attacks
Former ZBC DJ Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda has lashed out at 'lazy and uneducated South Africans' for brutalising Zimbabwean nationals in Durban.According to Sibanda, images of Zimbabweans being i...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 13:20hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
It's a social problem being manifested in the meltdown of the economy!!!
Sociologists define societal values as being assumptions, beliefs or principles that guide people's decision making and actions. A Social value is created when resources, inputs, processes or poli...Published: 08 Oct 2014 at 16:06hrs | | by Bishop Happison Chikova
SA advises Zim permit holders to be patient
South Africa has advised Zimbabwean nationals who were given permits in 2010 under the Dispensation for Zimbabweans programme to 'wait patiently and with no panic' as Pretoria moves to review the proc...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 10:34hrs | | by Mthulisi Mathuthu
Border jumpers drown in Limpopo River
POLICE have retrieved two bodies of border jumpers who drowned while attempting to cross the crocodile-infested Limpopo River at the weekend. The police officer commanding Beitbridge district ...Published: 08 Apr 2014 at 06:39hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
The tragedy and shame of the Durban Deep Mine disaster
As dawn broke over the Limpopo river this morning a convoy of hearses crossed the border into this ruin of a country which, as one writer put it, is aptly named after a heap of ruins in the f...Published: 08 Mar 2014 at 17:08hrs | | by Patrick Ndlovu
Libya: Africa and the Victorians - Libya and Zimbabwe
As I write, Libya is burning. It is in the throes of war, more accurately, of a "righteous" aggression. The list of the aggressor nations is as familiar as it is predictable: US, ...Published: 30 Mar 2011 at 05:58hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
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