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Zimbabwe's impressive cabinet line-up under a severe parliamentary vaccuum
For the first time in history, the new president has made constructive use of the specially elected parliamentarians window.From this window the president has addressed key discrepancies to br...Published: 4 hrs ago | 737 | by Reginald Thabani Gola.
Paul Siwela pens letter to Mnangagwa, Demands immediate restoration of Matabeleland State
Dear President ED Mnangagwa, Ref: Demand for Immediate Restoration of Matabeleland StateYour Excellency, I am writing to you in my capacity as t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:57hrs | 4270 | by Paul Siwela
Bruce Grobbelaar legend reveals dark past
Bruce Grobbelaar, largely regarded as a football icon in the country because of his heroics for The Warriors and Liverpool FC, has revealed his 'other side' in a yet to be released new book, 'Life in ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 13:24hrs | 3477 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar's experiences with Rhodesian Army - 'First time i killed someone'
I still remember the first time I had to kill someone. I can still see his eyes. I'd been conscripted into the Zimbabwean Army and thrown into the Bush War - an uprising against the white farmers in m...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 13:22hrs | 2115 | by Staff reporter
Beyond the fiscal policies, long term national vision is required
The political drama and the rituals that come after elections have come and gone. It is time to hit the ground running and get the country back to normalcy. The new Cabinet is well aware of the challe...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 67 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa's business empire
Reputedly 'Zimbabwe's richest' man, no amount has been attached to Mnangagwa's wealth, which has allegedly also been supplemented by illicit mine deals in the DRC Congo.Zanu-PF heir-in-waiting...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | 7233 | by Staff reporter
Army builds bridge in Filabusi
THE Zimbabwe National Army has brought relief to Mapholisa villagers in Filabusi after building a bridge that links them to a school, clinic and other essential services.Speaking at the offici...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Let's write our liberation war history
In actual essence time will never run out, time is always there but its our lives that run out of time. From the beginning of the Second Chimurenga up to its 'logical conclusion' in 1980, we have lost...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:30hrs | 464 | by Tondo Murisa
Devolution expected to take centre stage in Parliament
THE public outreach that led to the crafting of the new Constitution in 2013 saw the birth of devolution of power. A majority of provinces advocated for the system of governance which was one of the i...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo shocked
Former Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo said he was shocked that Zimbabwe had a "Stop List" which was being used by the Registrar General to refuse to issue passports to Zimbabwean citizen...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:50hrs | 22912 | by Staff reporter
Family angered as Zanu-PF snubs war hero
Family members of the late Kiliyon Sonke Babuyile Bhebhe, 90, are not happy that Zanu-PF has shot down proposals that he be declared a national hero.Bhebhe died in Chinhoyi last Tuesday....Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 2532 | by Staff reporter
War vets call for more resources
WAR veterans in Bulawayo have called on Government to allocate more resources for their well-being as most of them sustained life threatening injuries and diseases during the war. Zimbabwe Nat...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni, Nkosana Moyo emerged from defeat far, far better than Chamisa
I HOPE Chamisa's simmering and smarting hordes are now settled, after what by now should be a long enough cooling period. He is himself showing signs of recovering from zealous political Pentecostalis...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1413 | by Igomombe
Chamisa's SA lawyer, Jeremy Gauntlett SC was born in Rhodesia?
The top South African lawyer who once advised Nelson Mandela and was part of a team helping MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to overturn the results of last month's presidential poll was actually bo...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 20:30hrs | 3206 | by Staff reporter
Court influenced by thugs - Mthwakazi activist
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has claimed that the courts that are influenced by thugs to legitimise fraudulent systems of gukurahundist must not be tolerated. "I cannot support and welc...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1010 | by Staff Reporter
Con-Court bench members' profiles
Chief Justice Luke MalabaLuke Malaba was born in 1951.He received his law degree from the University of Warwick in 1974, and another law degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1982....Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:07hrs | 5488 | by Staff reporter
Deportation of Biti low, low point for Zambian regime
From 1953 to 1963, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe were one country. Except for someone who has a real problem in their heads, even now that they are separate sovereigns, in fact their people are one. Pre...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1043 | by Michelo Hansungule
Profiles of Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court judges
Nine Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judges will today preside over a matter which will decide on who will lead Zimbabwe for the next five years. Chief Justice Luke Malaba will lead a cast of eight ju...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 8047 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's fate lies with 9 judges
ZIMBABWE'S estimated 14 million citizens are today holding their collective breaths as the Constitutional Court bench made up of nine men and women sit to make a determination in one of the greatest p...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 2671 | by Staff reporter
Tugwi-Mukosi: All that glitters is not gold
WHEN the 1,8 billion cubic metre Tugwi-Mukosi Dam, the largest inland water reservoir in the country, was completed in December 2016, many thought the perennial woes of the drought-prone Masvingo prov...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
US sanctions on Zimbabwe - truths, history and lies
A new regime of US sanctions has just been signed into law, opening a fresh front in the increasingly polarised political debate in Zimbabwe.Critics say they hurt the economy, while supporters...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 19:01hrs | 5601 | by newsZWire
Deportation of Tendai Biti low, low point for Zambian regime
From 1953 to 1963, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe were one country. Except for someone who has a real problem in their heads, even now that they are separate sovereigns, in fact their people are one. Pre...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 2949 | by Prof. Michelo Hansungule
Mnangagwa hits back at Mugabe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described his predecessor Robert Mugabe's claims that he was a Rhodesian spy as "rubbish and nonsense".On the eve of the July 30 elections, Mugabe told journal...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 16:11hrs | 21946 | by Staff reporter
General Valerio Sibanda issued statement under duress, says Mutsekwa
Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda acted out of his professional reputation in blaming MDC Alliance supporters for the fatal shooting of at least six unarmed civilians d...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:03hrs | 5841 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is not a factor in parliament, which is good
Since there are so many impious hands on Zimbabwe's internal affairs, so many hands challenging its sovereignty, I thought my opening paragraphs should address those meddlesome, self-righteous foreign...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | 374 | by Igomombe
Zimbabwe is a military oligarchy, not a democracy
Ask this. Why did Robert Mugabe rule Zimbabwe for 37 years? How did Morgan Tsvangirai end up a powerless Prime Minister after defeating Robert Mugabe in the presidential elections of 2008 with at leas...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 17:16hrs | 3887 | by Kuda Bhejana
Chiwenga tours controversial ARDA Antelope project
Acting President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga has arrived at ARDA Antelope Estate in Maphisa, Matobo District, to appreciate operations at the facility.He is accompanied by Lands, Agri...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 13:23hrs | 2193 | by Ndou Paul
Eddie Cross quits MDC-Alliance
Outgoing MDC-T Bulawayo South National Assembly member Mr Eddie Cross has resigned from the opposition party and quit politics. He said his resignation had nothing to do with the ongoing political sit...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:09hrs | 2878 | by Staff reporter
Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, legendary political activist and would-be hero (1940-2018)
This piece is being sent out on 14 August 2018, the last day of the long Heroes Day weekend of the year in Zimbabwe. This is barely two weeks after the country's critical presidential, parliamen...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 1189 | by Dr Strike Mkandla
Aide shares memory of Joshua Nkomo
One of the founding fathers of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle and late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo, a larger than life character is still alive in the hearts of many, for he was and still is an ico...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
How heroes became victims of politicians
LAST week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) whose Chimurenga name was Conary Mabuto narrated how the Rhodesian forces massacred over 100 refugees at Chikumbi Camp in Zambia and how one could be ZIPRA...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:49hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Let's also remember our heroes and heroines killed by ZANU PF regime
As Zimbabwe heads towards the Heroes Day commemorations on Monday 13 August 2018, let us never forget that over the course of our long history in battling repression, subjugation, and injustice, we ha...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1085 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
African leaders are a weak cowardly treacherous bunch!
I have been following closely events in South Africa, as they mark Women's Week - with special focus on gender-based violence - and this led me to make comparisons between abusers and leaders we have ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 15:57hrs | 1918 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
United States statement on recent events in Zimbabwe
The United States government has said it is "gravely concerned by credible reports of numerous detentions, beatings, and other abuses of Zimbabweans over the past week, particularly targeting oppositi...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 12:08hrs | 5440 | by Staff Reporter
African liberation movements have betrayed the struggle
Once upon a time, African liberation movements were the only hope for the oppressed majority - who were denied a voice and universal suffrage in their own countries, were persecuted for standing up ag...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 10:52hrs | 1793 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
War vets liken Mugabe to Judas Iscariot
WAR veterans in Bulawayo yesterday slammed former President Robert Mugabe for being a sell out after aligning with the MDC Alliance in the harmonised elections.Zimbabwe National Liberation War...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa performs worse than Mugabe in election - people reject 'new dispensation'?
As the dispute over the recent Zimbabwe harmonized election results rages on - with the opposition MDC Alliance contemplating legal recourse - one can not help but take a different analysis of the off...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 18:45hrs | 3896 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
War vets slam sell-out Mugabe
THE national war veterans leadership have compared former president Mr Robert Mugabe's level of betrayal to that of liberation struggle sell-out, Morrison Nyathi.At the height of the liberatio...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
'Crocodile' faces tough challenges as president
He's known as "the Crocodile", named after a small band of guerillas battling white minority rule in the land once known as Rhodesia.Now the 75-year-old Emmerson Mnangagwa has another big chal...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:53hrs | 589 | by AP
How one could be ZIPRA, without being ZAPU
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how ZIPRA gunned down Rhodesian Viscounts in 1978 and 1979 and went on to give details about ZIPRA's plan after this attack.In this interv...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:44hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi has lost value as a political currency
Now that the 2018 plebiscite has emphatically placed my party ZAPU in its rightful political space, it is time for members to sober up to reality. Let me begin by congratulating all those who stood in...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:43hrs | 1653 | by Mso Ndlovu
Whither ZAPU: The morning after
Now that the 2018 plebiscite has emphatically placed my party ZAPU in its rightful political space, it is time for members to sober up to reality. Let me begin by congratulating all those who stood in...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 11:35hrs | 2348 | by Mso Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC Alliance sets conditions for GNU
A GOVERNMENT of national unity (GNU) could be determined by margins of the win in today's elections, MDC Alliance secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has said.Mwonzora, who was responding to se...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:04hrs | 3311 | by Staff reporter
For Mnangagwa, it's not over until it's over
TODAY'S harmonised elections are a highpoint in judging Operation Restore Legacy. The watershed elections that have created so much interest in Zimbabwe, the region and beyond will see President Mnang...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:54hrs | 310 | by Tendai Manzvanzike
My Sunday thoughts ahead of the Zimbabwean historical elections
Prof Jonathan Moyo characterises the 30th July 2018 elections as a transition from what he calls the first republic to the second republic. In his thesis, Prof Moyo argues correctly that, the 1980 ele...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 12:10hrs | 502 | by Ngqabutho Mabhena
The hero of Tjewondo battle
On 27 May this year, we carried an article under our Lest We Forget column about how two elderly women, Loiusa Ndlovu and Eveline Ndlovu who are in their late 80s, witnessed the battle that took place...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:16hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zipra's plan after downing Rhodesian Viscounts
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how he left Tekwane High School with a group of 34 other students to join the liberation struggle in 1976. He narrated how he went for military tr...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:01hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Why I will beat Mnangagwa: Chamisa
A few months after taking over from MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Nelson Chamisa ran an impressive campaign for the presidency where he has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a good run for h...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:21hrs | 1681 | by Staff Reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt2
Continuing from here...Truth be said, this is a great opportunity for Mnangagwa. And truth be repeated, the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:03hrs | 702 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt1
If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first his throne erected within you is destroyed lest what you call freedom is the strongest of chains. The Gibranian perception sums the November 201...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:02hrs | 718 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
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