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Don't you feel envious seeing democracy at work in neighboring countries, Mr. Mnangagwa?
Zimbabwe stands as a glaring anomaly in a region where democratic transitions have become the norm. Since gaining independence in 1980, the country has never experienced a smooth transfer of p...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:34hrs | 318 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema threatening to delay 2026 elections
On 13 September, Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema addressed parliament in fulfilment of the Constitution that requires the president to address the National Assembly every year and provide a repo...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 657 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Zambian's Hichilema strips ex-President Lungu of retirement benefits
Zambia's government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics.Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Botswana rejects Iant Khama's 'outrageous' claims of assassination plot
The Botswana government has dismissed as "outrageous" claims by former President Ian Khama that his family is under siege and that there is a plot to assassinate him.Khama, who left Botswana i...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the Goliath Complex Afflicts
My early days in primary school were dominated by the story of Goliath, the giant of Philistine.Goliath's name was onomatopoeic; this sonorous name heavily suggested physical hugeness afflicte...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Mnangagwa attends Rupiah Banda's funeral
President Mnangagwa yesterday attended the State funeral of former Zambian President Rupiah Banda, whom he described as a regional icon and a pan-Africanist who wanted to see illegal sanctions imposed...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staf reporter
Hammer wielding Bosso fan arrested
HE has been caught.The Highlanders fan who was caught on camera wielding a hammer inside Barbourfields Stadium a fortnight ago has been arrested.The staunch fan identified as Bongani N...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda born ex-Zambian president dies
Former Zambian President Mr Rupiah Bwezani Banda has died at the age of 85. Mr Banda was the fourth president of Zambia from 2008 to 2015. He was born on 19 February 1937 in Gwanda, Zimbabwe (...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Zambia: There goes the puppies again!
OVER the past few months, the political temperature has been heating up as if the country's general elections are scheduled for next year.Watching developments from my poshto has been quite in...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:06hrs | 11 | by Retired Major Action Mandingo
HH finally president after five losses, Chamisa will rise to become the next president of Zimbabwe
The victory of Hakainde Hichilema, or HH as he is popularly known among his fellow countrymen, as the seventh president of Zambia, our sister republic across the Zambezi, has been variously viewed by ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:07hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Will Zimbabwe ever have any elder statesmen since our leaders want to die in office?
As the entire African continent in general, and the southern region in particular, keep their eyes firmly focused on the exceedingly emulable events unfolding in Zambia - with yet another smooth democ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 17:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Moral authority is a pre-requisite for Good Governance
I'm writing this article with tears, with a heavy heart Lord help Zimbabwe!!!It is not about money or power, it is about conscience, reputation, moral power & obligation. It is about the p...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:45hrs | | by Big Monday with Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:
Zimbabwe situation needs proper strategic development plan
We lack basic fundamentals to fulfil the benchmark of legitimacy and credibility. We need to correct a lot of things on the ground. We have so much potential, we simply need to pass the legitimacy tes...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 16:11hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Ian Khama learnt at Whitestone Primary School in Bulawayo
Former Botswana President Dr Ian Khama Seretse Khama has revealed his Zimbabwean connection, saying he leant at Whitestone Primary School in Bulawayo's Burnside suburb.Dr Khama praised Zimbabw...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 15:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Visits his 'Homeland' Zambia
Zimbabwe leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived in Zambia as part of his mission to update regional heads of state about political developments in Zimbabwe.Zambia is President Mnangag...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 15:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Globetrotting' Mnangagwa in Zambia
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will today visit Zambia on the fifth leg of his tour of Sadc countries to apprise his regional counterparts on political developments in Zimbabwe.He will meet Pres...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Approachable presidency, the panacea to national engagement
Since taking the reins of power end of November last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presence in office has been felt far and wide. Locally, he has made impact on the political terrain with his c...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 11:58hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Mnangagwa visits Namibia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today visit Namibia on the third leg of his regional tour to brief his counterparts on the political situation in the country and the forthcoming harmonised elections...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai can still win'
An ailing Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC Alliance can still defeat President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his "reformed" Zanu-PF hands down in this year's eagerly-anticipated harmonised elections, an MDC off...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa doesn't need a sick Tsvangirai for publicity
THE Holy Book in Ephesians 4 vs 25 advises us that: "Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour, for we are all members of one body." As a Bishop I think it's ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 12:16hrs | | by Bishop
Former Zambian president visits Prophet Magaya
Former President of the Republic of Zambia His Excellency Dr Rupiah Banda is in the country.The Zambian leader visited PHD leader Prophet Walter Magaya for possible investment ventures....Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 13:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Critical examination of the current affairs of this country
It is very important to take a mirror and go through all events throughout the year and have a reflection on political and economic events before we have a shutdown of 2017. Before we come to the year...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 13:34hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Thousands witness dawn of new era
It was an epic and historic moment reminiscent of the 1980 independence celebrations yesterday as Zimbabweans witnessed the dawn of a new era when Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa took the oath of office a...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc leaders pledge support
Three sitting sadc Heads of State and Government and four other former Presidents from the region attended the swearing-in ceremony of President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday and pledged support for th...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sekeramayi shames Mutsvangwa
The Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) has confirmed that Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi has undergone specialist medical training and has qualifications from Sweden that...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T still in sync with hearts, minds of impoverished people of Zimbabwe
I am no prophet nor prophet's son but for all intents and purpose the demonstration by MDC-T managed to convey an unequivocal message to the Mugabe Regime that enough is enough.The demonstration also ...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira a Political Scientist
Ranking Zambian Presidents: See where Lungu stands
Since 1964, our country has had six presidents. The first president Kenneth Kaunda suffered a qualitative declivity. The second president Frederick Chiluba was driven by a fateful sense of entitlement...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 07:14hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Edgar Lungu's first fatal mistake
It's been three months since Edgar Lungu became Zambia's sixth president. Back in January, fresh from the swearing ceremony, the impressionable president jumped into the presidential jet and flew ...Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 06:23hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Buyanga's accolades, allegations and alliances
"I don't know how many cars I have, of course I don't. How am I supposed to know? It's not like I wake up in the morning and start counting how many cars I have everywhere," Frank Buyanga revealed dur...Published: 21 Feb 2015 at 08:39hrs | | by Lifestyle Reporters
Edgar Lungu treading on thin ice
Just past the hour, the motorcade passed the gates to a tumultuous welcome. Edgar Lungu, dressed in a blue suit and a matador tie, stepped out of the Mercedes that had transported him to the Heroes St...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 23:49hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Mugabe receives a hero's reception at the inauguration stadium
President Mugabe received a hero's reception at the inauguration of Zambia's sixth President Edgar Lungu at Heroes Stadium in Lusaka yesterday. This contrasted sharply with a demonstration by oppositi...Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Morris Mkwate
Excuse me! Let me speak
Excuse me! Let me speak. If you let me I shall speak calmly and rationally. When I am done let come on me what may for I have staked my life in order to fulfill nothing less than a dream for my co...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 05:41hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Zimbabwe, Zambia grapple with political turmoil
Ever since colonial cartographers drew their common frontier across the Zambezi River, Zambia and Zimbabwe have shared an uneasy destiny: landlocked nations, onetime adversaries and now mirror images ...Published: 03 Dec 2014 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambia's ruling party splits
A MAJOR split in Zambia's ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has seen two factions select rival candidates for presidential elections next month, raising the possibility that the opposition could snatch vict...Published: 02 Dec 2014 at 21:47hrs | | by AFP
Hunt for Successor: God has spoken
"God works in mysterious ways," is a trite so often uttered at the pulpit, and it is the one that precedes my article. I know there are many who will recoil with repulsion at my audacity to evoke God'...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 08:36hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Too Early for Dr Kaseba Sata to Comment on National Issues
As ZRP we advise the former first lady Madam Kaseba not to be used by the cartel and indeed to start commenting on national issue which are thorn because we believe it's too early for her to make ...Published: 17 Nov 2014 at 14:27hrs | | by Wright Musoma ZRP President.
Zambian ex-minister arrested for 'celebrating' Sata's death
Lusaka - Zambian police on Friday said they had arrested and charged a former government official for celebrating the recent death of President Michael Sata by firing a gun in the air."We ...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 15:38hrs | | by AFP
Messy struggle for Zambian presidency under way
Lusaka - The battle for Zambia's top job was already under way before long-ailing president Michael Sata died on Tuesday, but it looks set to become messier and more intense in his wake.When S...Published: 29 Oct 2014 at 17:13hrs | | by AFP
Zambia to have a white President
Zambia's vice-president Guy Scott will become Africa's first white head of state since South Africa's FW de Klerk in 1994 following the death of Zambian President Michael Sata who died in London, wh...Published: 29 Oct 2014 at 12:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambia's President 'King Cobra' Sata dies
Zambian President Michael Sata has died in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, three private Zambian media outlets said.The reports on the private M...Published: 29 Oct 2014 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe, Tsvangirai are the same,' says Biti
MDC-Renewal team leader Tendia Biti has suddenly realised that there is grinding poverty in Matabeleland North MDC-Renewal team leader Tendia Biti has suddenly realised that there is grinding poverty ...Published: 06 Aug 2014 at 20:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
No longer a curse? - African leaders take action that may transform the mining
The Hollywood blockbuster movie, Blood Diamond, tells a gripping story of how diamonds fuelled Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war which erupted in 1991. It depicts kidnappings, use of child so...Published: 17 May 2014 at 07:39hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Top Zambian commentator Liwewe dies
Zambian football is mourning the passing of legendary commentator Dennis Liwewe, who died on Tuesday aged 78.Known as the 'Voice of Zambian football' Liwewe succumbed to liver complication...Published: 23 Apr 2014 at 20:26hrs | | by Kennedy Gondwe - Lusaka, Zambia
Biography of President Michael Chilufya Sata
The "Africa Year Book and Who's Who" (1977) edition has President Michael Sata's date of birth as January 6, 1936. Aislinn Laing, the Telegraph reporter who interviewed Sata at State House in 2011...Published: 03 Feb 2014 at 05:20hrs | 2 | by Field Ruwe
Zambian police beat up, teargas opposition activists
Lusaka - Zambian police on Monday used batons and teargas on a crowd of opposition activists gathered outside a police station in the capital where their leader had been summoned, an AFP reporter witn...Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 18:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Kaunda held hostage by President Sata
A thousand hearts bleed for KK as he is helplessly dragged into the dungeon of destruction by President Michael Sata. At best, a shrewd tactician and strategist, Sata is skillful at discerning wh...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 12:44hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Statement of the Africa Forum on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Statement of the Africa Forum on the situation in the Syrian Arab RepublicWe, members of the Forum for Former African Heads of State and Government, commonly referr...Published: 09 Sep 2013 at 10:46hrs | | by APO
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
Why Robert Mugabe scored landslide victory
THERE is a phenomenon in African politics called the preponderance of incumbency. Simply put, it maintains that it is difficult to defeat an incumbent president in an election because they control t...Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 05:20hrs | | by Blessing-Miles Tendi I Guardian.co.uk
'Sata is a satanist slur,' Rupiah Banda's son arrested
LUSAKA - The son of Zambia's former president Rupiah Banda was arrested Thursday on charges of defaming his father's successor, his lawyer told AFP.Andrew Banda was picked up by police at a co...Published: 27 Jul 2013 at 06:04hrs | | by AFP
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