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Chamisa plans massive demo 'to topple Mnangagwa'
A titanic clash is looming between increasingly twitchy authorities and the MDC, over the main opposition's plans to mount a massive demonstration to protest the country's falling standards of living ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 11:47hrs | 7684 | by Staff reporter
The most treasonous act you can do for your country is to support Zanu PF
If you support Zanu, you will be helping future Zimbabwean children to become perpetual slaves of other Nations while armed thieves in Zanu exponentiate their wealth.Imagine a country where yo...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 17:19hrs | 4134 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 2367 | by Brian Sedze
Jonathan Moyo's Gukurahundi massacre beef with Mnangagwa is over
Exiled former Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo says he was never close to Emmerson Mnangagwa and the claim that his was a myth which exposes the lack of fact-checking in the Zimbabwean media an...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:51hrs | 6307 | by insiderzim.com
'ZAPU still regarded a terrorist organisation'
Opposition political party, Zapu is still regarded as terrorist organisation decades after the party assisted the country in attaining its independence.The party was not delisted as a terroris...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:09hrs | 1628 | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Is it Inkosi or Mambo for Matebeleland?
Just when we all thought the three-dimensional intra-Khumalo royal feud pitting Princes Bulelani Lobhengula, Peter Zwide and Raphael Stanely was enough of an unnecessary impediment in the path of the...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 1795 | by Imbovane YaMahlabezulu
War vets corner Mnangagwa over Obert Mpofu
Veterans of the country's liberation struggle last Saturday met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and demanded that he fires Zanu-PF's secretary administration Obert Mpofu who they allege faces a lita...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:26hrs | 5310 | by Staff reporter
Canadian soldiers suspended for selling Rhodesian merchandise
FOUR Canadian Forces soldiers who operated a Calgary-based online military surplus store have been suspended from the army following allegations they catered to a white supremacist clientele.T...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:18hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Mnangaga ready to deal with Chamisa and his followers
Government has drawn a line in the sand following threats by the main MDC party to roll out a series of protests in order to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to end a full-blown econo...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 16:49hrs | 15415 | by Staff reporter
UK politicians urge lifting Zimbabwe ban
Ministers came under mounting pressure last night to reverse an "outrageous" ban on Zimbabwe from attending the Cenotaph to remember southern Rhodesians killed in the two world wars.More than ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 08:45hrs | 4447 | by telegraph
Obert Mpofu receiving hostile reception at Zanu-PF HQ
It never rains but pours for Obert Mpofu, the Zanu PF secretary for administration who is being frustrated by a group of former liberation war fighters who want him out.The former Home Affairs...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:16hrs | 11603 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga fight divides Zimbabwe army?
The political fight between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and General Constantino Chiwenga over the control of the party and state apparatus has sharply divided the Zimbabwe National Army i...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:42hrs | 37731 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo says he almost resigned from Mugabe's govt
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister has sensationally claimed that the period between December 2014 and November 2017 was like hell for most bureaucrats in former president Robert Mugabe's g...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:05hrs | 6088 | by Staff reporter
Truth the medicine for a sick nation
"Before a nation can get on with the routine task of nation building, it has to come to terms with its past" (Walter Wink).My family brought me up in Germany after World War I (1914-1918) and ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 403 | by Fr Oskar Wermter sj
'I was there before Dabengwa'
The Sunday Mail's Deputy News Editor Levi Mukarati continues his conversation with Clark Ngiyo Mpofu, one of the first nationalists to undergo military training in China. Mpofu reflects on his time in...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:45hrs | 2697 | by Staff reporter
Retracing the life and death of Dr Sithole
This is the third and final contribution on the life, abduction, disappearance and subsequent death of Dr Edson Sithole - a veteran nationalist, barrister and national hero whose heroic life remains s...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:42hrs | 496 | by Isaya Muriwo Sithole
Dabengwa misses out on UK Gukurahundi Indaba Talk
ZAPU's Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has missed out on sharing the stage with the vibrant and eloquent Mzila at a grand event scheduled for 3 November 2018 in Luton, UK (Post Code LU3 1BS). This follows de...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 10:08hrs | 1217 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Anti Chiwenga Demo set for 12 November
A storm is brewing in ZANU PF as two factions in support of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and General Constantino Chiwenga are set for a major showdown at the ZANU PF Headquaters in Harare. A Z...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 08:46hrs | 20990 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Struggle, The Delayed Revolution: an Autobiography
The need to account for multiple narratives in the history of the liberation struggle compelled Andrew Ndlovu's autobiography to proffer his narrative from the front. The book serves to demonstrate th...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 502 | by Brian Maregedze
'Masiyiwa joins bootlicking squad'
It really hurts when noble business owners like Masiyiwa is yet to be enlightened on the Zimbabwe's situation. He has joined boot licking squad that see no evil at the expense of his all-time supporti...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 08:45hrs | 3183 | by Nkomah Isaac
Ndexit (Mthwakazi) is more than justified
Copy and paste from Social mediaNdebele - Shona relations have never been as bad as they are now and if it has come to the Ndebele people to want out, this can be understood. There has bee...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 15:29hrs | 1516 | by Raisdon Pasipanodya.
Mvundlana Homestead pictures, why we quest?
Brilliant Zimbabweans use sour situations to sweeten their lives. Where we are faced with dire hardship, we climb at the back of that hardship the hardest way and hammer it into a magnificent and attr...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 08:07hrs | 1987 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Mnangagwa flies out to Zambia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Lusaka, Zambia for the country's 54th independence anniversary.He was received at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport by his Zambian counterpart Mr...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 14:54hrs | 2769 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested over gun salute for dad
A MAN from Binga left villagers from his community in shock when he shot three times into the air in a military style gun salute for his late father who once served in the Rhodesian army. The ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe survived assassination in Gutu
Kenny Constantine Mabuya, whose Chimurenga name was Cde Kenny Ridzai, makes stunning revelations about their confrontation with the British authorities after they had been sent as the advance team for...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 15:32hrs | 10451 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga is not dying'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that he once considered throwing in the towel, but changed his mind after he was persuaded by his new boss.Last year Ch...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | 4305 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso player on his war exploits in Gwanda
Joko Thodlana, whose pseudonym was Hughes Mhondoro had sets his sights into turning into a football star, playing for his dream team, Bulawayo giants, Highlanders Football Club.However, the ca...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:35hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
'ConCourt ruling to open floodgates of demos'
The landmark Constitutional Court (Con-Court) ruling declaring unconstitutional the draconian Public Order and Security Act (Posa) is likely to open floodgates of protests, as agitated Zimbabweans are...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:55hrs | 1632 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU, why spare Bulawayo council over rates hike
That the United States has not seized a great opportunity to walk the talk on its human rights mantra shows that things are not what they appear to be.It was always too much to expect US Presi...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:32hrs | 535 | by Conway Tutani
National wisdom, honest optimism can rescue Zimbabwe
FELLOW Zimbabweans, it is almost November again. Are you getting this novemberish sense of déjà vu? Remember November 2017? It was the best of times and the worst of times.This November, pro...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 503 | by Brian Kagoro
Why Mnangagwa's been wooing Zimbabwe's white sports heroes
Sport in general, and particularly gifted sports people, have been known to rouse feelings of national unity. In the process, they instil a sense of patriotism and pride in their countries. Good examp...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:40hrs | 1735 | by Tapiwa Chagonda, University of Johannesburg
Major blow for Mnangagwa govt
The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) yesterday delivered a landmark ruling which has far-reaching implications for the policing of public gatherings and protests in the country.It said the dra...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 14:30hrs | 12925 | by Staff reporter
Another 'useless' doctorate for Mnangagwa
GREAT Zimbabwe University yesterday awarded President Mnangagwa an Honorary Doctorate of Politics and International Relations (Honoris Causa) during its 12th graduation ceremony. The President...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:09hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Some Zimbabweans have poisoned themselves with spit
THE more one reads some reactions to the current upheavals in the economy, the more one sees that some people have poisoned themselves with spite.It's not only me who has observed that. Level-...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1370 | by Conway Tutani
Mugabe's former white minister pens biography 'Mugabe's White Hand Man'
FORMER Agriculture minister, Dennis Norman, flew into the country from his retirement base in England to launch his autobiography - The Odd Man In: Mugabe's White Hand Man - which traces his life in t...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda reacts angrily to Chamisa attack
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa drew fierce reaction from an angry Defence and War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda after the youthful politician accused him of enjoying State feather...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | 5945 | by Staff reporter
RBZ's Monetary Policy for the haves, not the poor
IN Zimbabwean writer Shimmer Chinodya's Harvest of Thorns novel, there is a description of the main character's father, Mr Tichafa, as probably having been the best minister of Finance that Rhodesia p...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:54hrs | 943 | by Takura Zhangazha
Parly holds hope of displaced people
A FORTNIGHT ago, President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially opened the first session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe, delivering a State of the Nation Address (Sona) that elicited various reactions a...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:51hrs | 154 | by Francis Mukora
Bruce Grobbelaar can't tell how many people he killed?
Before we reach the match-fixing trials which ruined his reputation, or remember the 13 major trophies he won as Liverpool's goalkeeper in 14 staggering years, we start with war in Africa. Bru...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:43hrs | 2553 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is a son of a Rhodesian African Rifles soldier'
Zanu-PF secretary for War Veterans and Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans, Victor Matemadanda has rubbished claims by MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa that he is "enjoying alone" while f...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:38hrs | 6442 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs walk out of parliament - another grand gesture comparable to Smith black MPs stooges
"Opposition legislators (Thursday) walked out of Parliament at 16:20 hours after the deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Muzenda ejected Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala over "unparliamentarily con...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 20:41hrs | 2997 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Bruce Grobbelaar to meet Mnangagwa
Former Warriors goalkeeper and coach Bruce Grobbelaar has revealed he is eyeing a role in Zimbabwe's sports industry ahead of his trip to the country next month where he expects to meet President Emme...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo defends Coltart
Self imposed exile former Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo has leaped into MDC Alliance senior official David Coltart's defend on accusations that he was a Selous Scout during the liberation war...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | 3160 | by Stephen Jakes
How football saved Grobbelaar's life
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar has spoken about how football "saved" him after his horrific experiences as a soldier in the then Rhodesian army, also recounting the trauma of the Heysel ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | 652 | by AFP.
British have cut ED adrift, has he even Smith's common sense to admit 'game is up!'
South Africa's then president F W de Klerk and the man who would succeed him, Nelson Mandela, were co-recipients of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.Nelson Mandela's citation for the prize was easil...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 00:30hrs | 7352 | by Nomusa Garikai
Biti attacks outgoing UK envoy
OUTGOING British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing was a card-carrying member of Zanu PF, who had no right to the diplomatic title, opposition MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Tendai Biti has sens...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 07:02hrs | 3061 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa, not Jonathan Moyo, is the brains behind POSA
ZAPU leader Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has revealed that he is the brains behind the original Public Order and Security Act (POSA) Bill but former President Mr Robert Mugabe refused to sign it because it was ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1792 | by Staff reporter
'Seek ye first the political kingdom' advised Dr Nkrumah - after 38 years of blundering, the penny has finally dropped
There is a growing hunger by an ever increasing pool Zimbabweans to engage in serious debate and search for the country's way out of this hell-on-earth mess the nation finds itself in. This is just wh...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 20:20hrs | 703 | by Wilbert Mukori
Soccer stars lost to the war
THE liberation struggle was an inevitable development in the history of the country.So many sporting talents were lost to the war because of the call to serve. Football was among the biggest l...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:42hrs | 461 | by Lovemore Dube
Mnangagwa's 'new' political project
The irony of Zimbabwean politics, today, is the variable that must change for matters to move forward is the one which new President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not prepared to change.What needs to ...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:07hrs | 1013 | by Vivid Gwede
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