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How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2434 | by Samantha Power
Mwonzora, Chamisa scuffle (is there a Zanu-PF hand)
There have been many accusations and counter-accusations going on since the ruling that installed Khupe as MDC T leader and which resulted in much turmoil in the opposition camp. While much or less ma...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:23hrs | 2324 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Chamisa to offer Trump a word of advice?
Chamisa sits in his office feeling highly encouraged by the events in America. Should he offer Trump a message of solidarity? Amidst all the hypocrisy and pretence of democracy and being a democratic ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 09:44hrs | 2947 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zaka minors who killed a soldier receive death threats
THREE Zaka minors, who allegedly killed a 37-year-old soldier in October, have been taken to a safe house after they received threats on their lives from unknown men.The soldier, Aaron Bhasopa...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Khupe leaves MDC-T vote in a huff
CHAOTIC scenes rocked the combustible MDC-T extraordinary congress which was held at the Harare International Conference Centre yesterday, with backers of the interim party president Thokozani Khupe (...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:42hrs | 4420 | by Staff reporter
Murehwa murder: Another hut, gazebo up in flames
Thanks Makore, on remand on charges of allegedly murdering his seven-year old nephew Tapiwa for suspected ritual purposes, had his kitchen hut at his Murehwa homestead destroyed by fire on Friday nigh...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:13hrs | 1813 | by Staff Reporter
Demolitions a well-crafted political script
SO the demolitions have been suspended for the duration of the rainy season? This was expected as soon as the whole issue of demolitions made headlines.Everyone must have known the script: bad...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:24hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Human wildlife conflict stops agriculture where hunting brings hope
Co-existing with wildlife can be both a curse and a blessing. The human-wildlife conflict has brought the century-old culture of agricultural production to a sad and difficult end in Bots...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 18:21hrs | 237 | by Emmanuel Koro
Top Zanu-PF officials boycott Mnangagwa visit
FIVE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) members are in trouble after boycotting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Marondera last week, as factionalism in the party...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:19hrs | 12524 | by Staff reporter
Loga wields axe
WARRIORS manager Zdravko Logarusic says he is deeply disappointed by the way his side missed golden chances before conceding three goals against Algeria in Algiers on Thursday last week and has promis...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
Warriors seek revenge
Warriors coach Zdravko Lugarusic says he will approach tomorrow's clash against Algeria with the same positive intent that served his team so well in the second half of the two teams' first meeting on...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:21hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya gold case opens can of worms
THE dramatic arrest and subsequent prosecution of suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has lifted the lid on the cutthroat gold trafficking underworld dominated by t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:56hrs | 11806 | by Staff reporter
Boy (10) kills man attacking mum
IN a case that has left residents of Chief Ndanga in Zaka, Masvingo Province shell shocked, three children allegedly ganged up and attacked a man with hoes and an axe until he died, while trying to re...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Violent soldier killed by minors
A 37-YEAR-OLD 1 Commando Regiment-based soldier was on Thursday night killed by three minors after he allegedly attacked their mother over suspected arson at his parents' home in Zaka, Masvingo provin...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1974 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF battle lines drawn as ZACC closes in on Chiwenga ally
Factional battle lines are drawn in Zanu-PF over the fate of John Mangwiro, the deputy minister of health who is the subject of a corruption probe by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)....Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2975 | by Staff reporter
Activists, parties blast 'sell-out' Obert Mpofu
MATABELELAND based pressure groups and political parties have angrily reacted to Zanu-PF top politician, Obert Mpofu's contemptuous dismissal of anti-Gukurahundi activists he claimed were least qualif...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:26hrs | 3633 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora men held at ransom by their wives
Man sitting on outdoor wooden stairwell, cupped hand wrapped around clenched hand, both hands held to mouth, a pained gaze" This is the everyday posture most men in the UK adopt under pressure from th...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | 9030 | by Dr Masimba Mavava
The thief fell on his knees and cried
The thief groaned because of excruciating pain as the complainant blew the balloon, the stomach was bulging with air. The dump gold finger had tried to pull a fast one, pulling out someone's c...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:33hrs | 621 | by Tondo
NGOs frustrated by Binga RDC
BINGA Rural District is being accused of frustrating Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) while making silly recommendations which are said to conflict the law of the Land, Citizen Watch pressure gro...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 21:56hrs | 1619 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Zimbabwe crisis man-made'
OUTSPOKEN cleric and one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top advisers, Shingi Munyeza, yesterday said the country's crisis was man-made, and mainly centred on unresolved succession matrix.In...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2534 | by Staff reporter
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 431 | by Bishop Lazarus
Joshua Nkomo is remembered in diverse forms fairly and unfairly
In year 1980, Joshua Nkomo was the most hated persona in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland and some parts of Midlands. The first elections were so toxic, a tribal card was key to get most of the people vote for ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 1019 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe army revenges for the shooting of 2 soldiers
TWO yet to be identified people who shot Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers, killing one and seriously injuring another in Chivhu on Saturday were yesterday gunned down by security forces in a dram...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 2378 | by Staff reporter
If Jonathan Moyo's advice is premised on "cut yangu yakamira sei" in the future dispensation, then this country is in for a joke
Listening to the lecture Jonathan Moyo gave in last week one-hour video now circulating in the social media, it felt sick in the pit of the stomach. It is for this reason one must be careful what soci...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 20:22hrs | 7054 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Bewitched' man's revenge rape on neighbour fails
A GWANDA man who tried to rape his neighbour has described his actions as revenge after accusing the complainant's family of bewitching him. The man aged 32 who cannot be named as it would exp...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
'Talking to Chamisa is Mnangagwa's only viable option'
Renowned political analyst Ibbo Mandaza believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa should swallow his pride and engage MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to settle the deepening political crisis in the cou...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:48hrs | 1703 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts Mnangagwa
MDC ALLIANCE leader Nelson Chamisa has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa over divisive leadership and labelling political opponents as terrorists who must be flashed out.This follows recent...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 5790 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants you to 'Stand up, fight for your rights'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has challenged Zimbabweans to move out of their cocoons and protect their rights in the wake of what he termed increased State-sponsored human rights viol...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1952 | by Staff reporter
Julius Malema eats a humble pie
The EFF leader Julius Malema was left with egg shells in his face after realising that he backed a dead horse. Malema did not do a fact finding enquiry before he issued puke on Zimbabwe. Juliu...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 22:55hrs | 23966 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The price of tribal politics in Zimbabwe is dangerous and costly: A warning to the people of Mashonaland once more!
Hätte der Hund nicht geschießen, hätte der Haufen nicht gegeben, this is a German adage it means we regret bitterly the decisions we made in previous times. Indeed if the dog had not shot, th...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:22hrs | 4406 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Anger can be a symptom of some mental illness'
Anger, also known as rage, fury, temper is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and hostile response to a perceived provocation, hurt or threat. It is a reaction of tension and ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:09hrs | 547 | by Pastor Barbara Meck Silumbu
Zanuism invading opposition camps(hatred, intimidation, and intolerance)
Weeks ago I posted an article in which I was trying to explain my worry on MDC as the biggest opposition borrowing ZANU tactics.Hatred, violence, and intimidation used to be in ZANU DNA and ev...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 18:44hrs | 587 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
MDC an opposition party or tool of the West?
When a Republican Ronald Regan was still president of the United States back in 1986, his predecessor, then former president of the US, Jimmy Carter a Democrat visited Zimbabwe to meet local bankers t...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1576 | by Prosperity Mzila
It is time for Mthuli Ncube to go
Finance minister of Zimbabwe, Mthuli Ncube, PhD (cantab), has become the poster child of everything that is wrong with the management of affairs in Zimbabwe. He must go. Then and only then, will Zimba...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:58hrs | 5211 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Demystifying Zimbabwe's Cyber Bill
This past week I was among those that were observing the Zimbabwean parliamentary publichearings on the Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, gazetted on May 15 2020. These public hearings ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:54hrs | 251 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
Was Chamisa punished for belittling Mbuya Nehanda? stranger than fiction
Last week the disputed president of the MDC A belittled Mbuya Nehanda. In his response the erection of a statute in honour of Mbuya Nehanda Chmisa said Mbuya Nehanda was not an important person and as...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 21:55hrs | 11804 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chihuri says Mnangagwa targeting him over a woman
Former Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has claimed that President Mnangagwa is persecuting him over a war time clash over a woman, in a case where he is challenging the validit...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 5211 | by Staff reporter
'Now is the time to liberate ourselves' - Why long wait? New Dotito puppy tale of the unexpected
Zimbabwe's corrupt and incompetent politicians, right across the political divide, take the Zimbabwean electorate for fools! It was only after Joice Mujuru was booted out; "baby dumped", as Gr...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 20:08hrs | 1985 | by Nomusa Garikai
Woman who shared nudes with friend on WhatsApp arrested with three other women (Mpopoma woman)
Many people are not aware that they will be committing a crime, when they distribute their nude pictures or their videos or such pictures or videos of others.So, there is a need for the media ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 17:59hrs | 2333 | by Njabulo
Avoid domestic violence
Mother scaled the precast wall to seek refuge at our next door neighbour, eyes nearly popping out for the whizzing sound of a quarter brick that missed her head by inches. Father was seething ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:57hrs | 373 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Venda soapie, Uhangwela teases fans with first episode
Producers of Uhangwela, a television soapie mostly in Venda, have teased fans online by releasing one episode on YouTube while they wait for the ZBCtv premiere.As the word uhangwela means forg...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:18hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's costly heroism
I first suffered the consequences of being a critical analyst and a questioner of orthodox opinion at my early secondary school. In one incident, I totally lost the kind favour of my Bible Knowledge t...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 18:06hrs | 2941 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Jilted man robs and rapes ex-girlfriend
A 38-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after he allegedly raped and robbed his 19-year-old girlfriend at her workplace in 'revenge' after she decided to dump him. The man who cannot be named to p...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
Do Black lives really matter or we are just opportunists?
Racism has been a hotly debated subject of late, particularly in the light of the profoundly unsettling brutalization and ensuing death of George Floyd, an African American, at the hands of a law serv...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 06:01hrs | 415 | by Gift Tawanda, M
Will the MDC Alliance recover from 'this sickness'?
THE MDC Alliance is probably on its deathbed, suffering from a ‘sickness' which threatens to take away its life, temporarily or permanently. The question is whether it will recover from "this sickne...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 3326 | by Moses Tofa
UK has become Zimbabwe's tribal tower
The MDC sings from Zanu PF's hymn books without shame when it comes to tribalism. How do you replicate a party you are opposing in all aspects of its operations? MDC is comfortable with tribal allocat...Published: 13 May 2020 at 19:22hrs | 3148 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF's 'revenge tactics' irks MDC bigwigs
THE country was plunged into political turmoil yesterday after the MDC-Alliance suspended participation in parliament pending wider consultations on total withdrawal, as the opposition furiously accus...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:48hrs | 2054 | by Staff reporter
Betrayal of UK returnee proves betrayal is a weapon by some people
The cynical weapon that some Zimbabweans know best is betrayal of one another in various aspects of our lives. The cynical weapon of an African is best described as betrayal of self and the other to g...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:27hrs | 2619 | by Nomazulu Thata
New local TV series on the cards
PRODUCERS of a new local drama series, Uhangwela, which touches on diverse issues including the Venda culture, have added more life to the showbiz with a television series to premiere next month on ZB...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Have price increases in Zimbabwe become a self-fulfilling prophecy
ZIMBABWE's economy never ceases to amaze. After President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared a nationwide lockdown to fight Covid-19 which has so far claimed three lives out of the 14 confirmed cases, two pa...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 10:45hrs | 1773 | by Nathan Gurira
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