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Nelson Chamisa's worst nightmare
ON November 4 2023, the High Court of Zimbabwe issued a judgment in favour of Sengezo Tshabangu in the case of Prince Dubeko Sibanda and others.The case was filed by former legislators, who we...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:44hrs | 2 | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
Zimbabwe: Class IN itself versus Class FOR itself
US goose versus NED ganderTHERE is always more to write about than there is space to publish. Last week I had to drop two key matters, to allow myself to address in extenso what I sought to ra...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Holiday lessons remain banned
Government has warned schools against offering extra lessons during the holidays, reiterating the position that such lessons remain illegal.Director of communication and advocacy in the Minist...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar retreats again
THE Zimbabwe dollar has again weakened against the United States dollar at the weekly forex auction system on Tuesday where it traded at US$1: $127,3. Last week, the local currency traded at $...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gushungo properties up for grabs
THE late former President Robert Mugabe could be turning in his grave with properties running into several millions of United States dollars from two of his farms going under the hammer as the busines...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ramps up dialogue push
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora will tomorrow name the MDC team that will lead the party's planned national dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other key stakeholders in the country....Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF warms to Zimbabwe talks
AS THE country's politics continues to mature, a powerful Zanu-PF bigwig says he is open to the ruling party meeting leading opposition figures outside the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), if that w...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa continues to reach out to Mnangagwa
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition parties continue to reach out to each other, raising further hope that the necessary and much-talked about formal national dialogue involving all key stakeholders wil...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 19:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Glamping organisers aim to integrate the region
Travelling in the SADC region has been on the increase, so as innovative ways to boost tourism. According to 'Travel and Tourism Competitiveness' report 2017, the World Economic Forum said Southern Af...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 18:44hrs | | by Agencies
MDC councillors using out-of-town workshops to syphon funds
Harare City Council has conducted more than 10 out-of-town workshops in blatant defiance of a ministerial directive proscribing the costly training programmes. Over the last two weeks, council...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 13:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Biti is key to MDC-Alliance, and this congress must be negotiated to avert a split
What MDC Alliance forgets is that you need international recognition and legitimacy after congress. I have earlier on reiterated that Chamisa needs key people around him and he must do away with prais...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa's military changes fuel fears of internal strife
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s daring manoeuvres to change and redeploy critical personnel and commanders in strategic military units in a major shake-up has triggered fears of purges among...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangudya's retreat to safety is timely.....
Governor Mangudya has fundamentally been a good central banker, and perhaps that is why, just like yesterday afternoon, he frequently deflates the air of anticipation that precedes his scheduled polic...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 21:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A Vacation Guide to Water Sports on Hawaii
Hawaii is one of the most idyllic vacation destinations in the world. Millions of people fly to Hawaii to enjoy the arresting volcanic landscape, hospitable locals, and fascinating culture. There are ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 11:20hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
5 of the most expensive apartments throughout the world
Today's luxury apartments are designed to provide you with ample space, top amenities, beautifully appointed rooms and balconies, flawless landscaping, stunning views and other features all in a prize...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 21:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa sending CIOs to follow him , dramatise kidnapping
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has made sensational claims President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sending state agents and some military intelligence operatives to tail him even when he goes to the toilet....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:50hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa ally retreats on Strive Masiyiwa threat
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services and MDC-Alliance legislator for Kuwadzana East Mr Charlton Hwende today beat a...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 15:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Was China A Catalyst for Political Change in Zimbabwe?
It didn't take long for speculation to begin that China, Zimbabwe's main trade partner, was involved in the recent removal of Robert Mugabe as president of the southern African nation....Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 14:10hrs | | by VOA
This is the wealth Robert Mugabe accumulated while Zim crumbled
We break down how much 'the poorest president in the world' is actually worth.Here is a look at some of the assets Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe owns....Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 16:30hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa failed to manage his ambitions
As a political and development analyst I think my biggest worry is not about the future of Mnangagwa but the nation as a whole. I'm very worried as a citizen in the sense that this dynasty is ...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 19:11hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Grace Mugabe escapes arrest in Joburg
First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday escaped arrest in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she was slapped with charges for severely assaulting a 20-year-old woman she had found with her sons at an upmarke...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe the physical man naturally retreats
PERHAPS we must do that; abandon the "Him" and deal with the "It". We must leave the man and engage with the phenomenon. There are many profits in the present for reading and understanding Robert Muga...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 13:00hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Grace Mugabe agonises over her sons' behaviour
First Lady Grace Mugabe, just like her husband, President Robert Mugabe, at the weekend shared her agony with relatives over the continuing wayward behaviour of sons - Robert Junior and Chatunga Bella...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Season of the MOU and the end of Political Innocence
Perhaps we must do that. Abandon the "Him" and deal with the "It." We must leave the man and engage with the phenomenon. There are many profits in the present for reading and understanding Robert Muga...Published: 04 May 2017 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Mugabe' successor has to be strategic, intelligent and wiser- analyst
A political commentator Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo has said in the first place there was noting wrong in the succession matrix to have a someone in politics with interest to succeed a leader but the succ...Published: 17 Dec 2016 at 07:12hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
A successor has to be strategic, intelligent and wise
First of all there is nothing wrong in the succession matrix to have someone in politics with interest to succeed a leader. It's a democratic process to have successions in every institution. I find i...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 10:46hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
God is ZANU-PF
The other week I had attempted a very angry piece on the state of thought in our beloved Zimbabwe. I shouted; I railed. After a while I reflected, and then recalled a proverb used by Amilcar Cabral in...Published: 10 Dec 2016 at 17:01hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Defiant protesters dare Mugabe
Pro-democracy activists have vowed to continue holding protests against President Robert Mugabe and his under-fire government, despite increased State thuggery and human rights violations by secur...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 13:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duck-Tility: strategies of being highly EFFECTIVE
A duck's feathers are so waterproof that even when the duck dives underwater, its downy under-layer of feathers will stay completely dry. Just like a duck's wat...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 21:03hrs | | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Mugabe lacked loyalty to Mujuru and Mangagwa
People's Democratic Party spokesperson Jacob Mafume has said President Robert Mugabe has proved to be the most un loyal leader to his loyal members of the party particularly former Voice President Joi...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 05:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Will opposition parties rallies help them against chief election riggers- analyst
A political commentator Brian Tumbo has questioned if the rallies and meetings being conducted by various political parties in the country in preparation for the 29018 elections will help them get ree...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mujuru does not miss Mugabe and Zanu-PF
Former Vice-President Joice Mujuru says she is at peace as an ordinary citizen and does not miss Zanu-PF or the luxury of being a vice-president in President Robert Mugabe's government at all....Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff repirter
WATCH: Elephant crashes tourist’s party in Zimbabwe
A group of Irish and US tourists had a lucky escape when they were attacked by a bull elephant on safari in Zimbabwe.In a video uploaded to YouTube by user knockbaun over the weekend, tourists...Published: 07 Sep 2015 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe faces growing impeachment threat
Pressure to impeach President Robert Mugabe over his "appalling handling" of the national economy is growing and risks throwing the country into fresh political crisis.Zimbabwe's vocal opposit...Published: 05 Sep 2015 at 13:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
With Robert Mugabe at the helm, Zmbabwe is beyond redemption
Political legitimacy underpins socio - economic development for any government anywhere in this world. Put differently, it is virtually impossible to reconstruct and grow a shattered national economy ...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 12:55hrs | | by Obert Gutu
She defied convention and broke the glass ceiling - Part 1
My name is Sister Bernadette. My actual birth name is Siboniso. I was born in 1957 in Bulawayo at Mpilo Hospital. My father worked in the industries and my mother was a fulltime housewife. My family l...Published: 25 May 2015 at 14:14hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata - taken from eBook: 'Sweetmother'
How Mugabe survived Chimoio assassination, Mphoko narrates
I first met President Mugabe when he visited Bulawayo soon after his return from Ghana. We received him at Stanley Square.He was well-received, with everybody carrying him on their shoulders. ...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 12:02hrs | | by Phelekezela Mphoko
Where are you Mr Mugabe?
Yesterday marked about thirty-six days since President Robert Mugabe took leave and went on his controversial Far East holiday, amid a rising chorus of criticism of the nonagenarian's continued absen...Published: 20 Jan 2015 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe was misunderstood,' says Mnangagwa
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday said President Mugabe was misunderstood when he recently spoke against resettled farmers sub-letting their land to whit...Published: 12 Jul 2014 at 21:13hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
'Three punches landed on Mangoma's face,' says Mwonzora
Over the past few weeks, acres of space in the press and social media have been dedicated to trying to show that the MDC is an undemocratic and violent party that does not respect constitutionali...Published: 15 Mar 2014 at 15:55hrs | | by Douglas Mwonzora
How relevant is the church to our youth?
AS a pastor I have come to the point of asking myself some very fundamental questions about the manner in which we as the church are ministering to our young people. I have come out with the question ...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 08:45hrs | | by Talking Spiritually Rev Paul Bayethe Damasane
Hokoyo, Basopo: The new poison for sale in Zimbabwe!
As Zimbabwe struggles to fight against the deluge of GMO colonialization, the odds appear not to be in Zimbabwe's favor for winning this battle. Big corporations such as Monsanto have been biding the...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 04:06hrs | | by Tsungai Chipato
Asian shares climb to a two-week high, yen retreats, yen retreats
Asian shares climbed to a two-week high on Monday, and the Australian dollar and copper gained, as China said its manufacturing expanded in August at the fastest pace in more than a year.A de...Published: 02 Sep 2013 at 04:19hrs | | by Staff Report
Lessons from Zimbabwe's land reform: A reply to Tony Hawkins
Zimbabwe's land reform suggests that small commercial farmers are more productive than giant mechanised farms, and thus can do more to reduce poverty. This represents a challenge to many preconceived ...Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 03:52hrs | | by Joseph Hanlon
Squabbles stall finalisation of Zim's new Constitution
THE envisaged draft Constitution is not coming out anytime soon as squabbles between Copac co-chairpersons and the management committee have stalled the finalisation of the new sup...Published: 06 Jun 2012 at 23:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Solomon Mujuru I knew: Dabengwa
SOLOMON Mujuru stayed in Bulawayo with his uncle in Mzilikazi suburb and became an organising secretary for the Zapu Youth League for the branch during the sixties. He then left for Zambia in 1967 to ...Published: 21 Aug 2011 at 06:49hrs | | by Dumiso Dabengwa
Imperialist renew Zimbo regime change agenda
Neo-imperialist agents working as diplomats in ...Published: 03 Aug 2011 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Dalubuhle Khumalo
A lesson for NGOs
RECENT press reports about goings on at the Bulawayo Agenda, a purported non-governmental organization which has been posing as a non partisan civic society group majoring in providing a forum for de...Published: 20 Jul 2011 at 13:24hrs | 1 | by Busani Ncube
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