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7 wasted years: How Ramaphosa's Presidency betrayed its promise

When Cyril Ramaphosa took over the presidency of South Africa in 2018, he pledged a "new dawn" of integrity, economic renewal, and responsive governance. The hope was that his leadership would end the era of state capture, restore public t…

Published: 6 hrs ago | 202 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo-born songbird spreads wings in SA

From the vibrant streets of Bulawayo to the bustling studios of South Africa, singer Sharon Mpala - popularly known as Qhawekazi - is steadily rising as one of the region's most distinctive new voices. With music rooted in faith yet boldly…

Published: 03 Dec 2025 at 15:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man sentenced to seven years for crude oil theft

The Vrede Regional Court has handed a seven-year prison sentence to Zimbabwean national Shepard Vareni (38) for damage to essential infrastructure and another seven years for the theft of crude oil. The court ordered that the sentences run…

Published: 24 Nov 2025 at 06:03hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter

Ramaphosa 'running his mouth' over US boycott of G20

The White House hit out Thursday at South Africa's leader for "running his mouth" over the United States' boycott of this weekend's Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg in another diplomatic rift between the U.S. and a country that has been …

Published: 22 Nov 2025 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe–SA relations: A long history of cooperation and tension

Despite current tensions over competition for jobs, social services, and scarce resources, Zimbabweans and South Africans share a long and complex history marked by both cooperation and conflict. Migration between the two countries dates b…

Published: 24 Oct 2025 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

SA can no longer afford to ignore Zimbabwe's accelerated descent

The South African government and its people face a host of pressing domestic challenges – from unemployment to corruption to crime.Yet, as the country demonstrated through its courageous decision to take Israel to the International Court o…

Published: 19 Oct 2025 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Stolen Lexus smuggled from South Africa intercepted

The National Anti-Smuggling Task Force on Wednesday intercepted a stolen luxury vehicle that had been smuggled into Zimbabwe through an illegal crossing point a

Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter

Failed state warning for South Africa

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) chief executive Busi Mavuso says that businesses cannot function properly in a failed state, but partnering with the gov

Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 09:10hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to host South Africa and New Zealand for Tests and T20I tri-series

Zimbabwe are set to host South Africa and New Zealand in what promises to be a high-profile home season after a long time. It will be the African bout to start

Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 10:04hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter

Critical evaluation of the South Africa's 2025 Budget effect on the property market

The 2025 Budget presents a multifaceted impact on South Africa's property market, balancing fiscal stability, infrastructure development, and housing affordability with rising taxation, debt-servicing pressures, and economic headwinds. Whi…

Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:43hrs | | by Dr Bekithemba Mpofu

South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy

GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is announcement of the new Cabinet under the GNU arrangem…

Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 10:28hrs | | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday

ED2030 sloganeering lacks practicability

GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, as I see it, the ED 2030 campaign sloganeering lacks practicality. It is corrosive, divisive and erosive. It contradicts the time-honoured leadership succession ideals. It presages p…

Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 06:26hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana

Challenging situation ahead for SA

THE latest from South Africa is that Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected president by the country's seventh Parliament.His election follows an agreement between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) to form a co…

Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 08:24hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo

Tough weeks ahead for SA's major political parties

SOUTH Africa concluded its general elections on May 29, 2024. They were held to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each of the nine provinces. This was the seventh general election held under conditions …

Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 07:13hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo

South Africa is testing the West's claim to moral superiority

Supporters of Palestine have long been told their position is fringe. But this case gives them legitimacy â€“ and tests the limits of human rightsIt was only a little over six hours of legal argument, but the genocide case brought by South…

Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | | by Nesrine Malik

South Africa recalls ambassador, diplomatic mission to Israel over genocide in Gaza

South Africa's government has recalled Monday its ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel in condemnation of the bombardment of the Gaza Strip, calling it a "genocide."The government also threatened action against the Israeli ambassado…

Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 20:53hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter

South African media has failed to bring regime change in Zimbabwe

Over the past 22 years since sanctions were imposed on Zimbabwe, western governments have invested billions of dollars into South African white owned media, with the aim of discrediting Zanu-PF. This was intended to discourage people from …

Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 11:34hrs | | by Rutendo Matinyarare

Mbalula remarks reflect how Zimbabweans are weighing on SA's public service delivery

NOTWITHSTANDING massive infrastructure projects and other developmental initiatives being undertaken in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwean development question remains debatable.A majority of the ongoing initiatives are proving to be insufficient in…

Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 06:07hrs | | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development

Can Afrikaners save South Africa?

I AM not a South African, so I venture into their space with trepidation because I know how sensitive these things are. But I am an African and a keen observer of events that affect all of us who live in the south of the continent. Last we…

Published: 24 May 2023 at 05:03hrs | | by Eddie Cross

SA gives in on migrants

ZIMBABWE's general elections are looming large on the horizon. Political parties have started rolling down their candidate selection processes. In the mix was South Africa threatening to send back home 180 000 Zimbabwe Exempt Permit (ZEP) …

Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

Why SA is destination of choice for asylum seekers

CURIOUSLY but not surprisingly, post-apartheid South Africa has turned out to be one of the preferred destinations for political exiles.The country has played host to many prominent political exiles in the past three decades.Exile, the for…

Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | | by Dr Sizo Nkala

Zimbabweans face 'modern day Mfecane' in South Africa

ZIMBABWEANS in SA are living in a perilous state of uncertainty as the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) system is due to come to an end in June 2023.There are reports of Zimbabweans, living and paying tax in SA for more than a decade, being…

Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 05:16hrs | | by Ciaran Ryan

Medical xenophobia: It's time to level the power imbalance in healthcare facilities

I WAS extremely angry, but not shocked, by the utterances of South Africa's Limpopo Health MEC, Phophi Ramathuba.So many things ran through my mind as I watched the video. Having watched her berating a patient, I cannot even bear to call h…

Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Shakira Choonara

South Africa should not carry burden of Zimbabwe's poor leadership â€“ Chamisa

Like many people in Zimbabwe and elsewhere around the world, I recently watched a video in which Dr Phophi Ramathuba, the Limpopo MEC for Health, spoke to a Zimbabwean patient seeking care in a hospital.As I listened to my dear compatriot …

Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 18:57hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa I CCC President

The day South Africa closes the border

THE past two decades have seen over 1,5 million Zimbabweans migrate to South Africa as economic refugees. Most of the refugees are unskilled and, therefore, directly compete with locals for menial jobs and social services, creating potenti…

Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 05:20hrs | 44 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

Limpopo doctor's Nazistic remarks despicable

An ANC official and senior medical officer for Limpopo province spews Nazistic and hypernationalistic sentiments that go beyond the ideals of the medical profession against a stricken patient waiting to receive medical attention simply bec…

Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 19:47hrs | | by Sapien Sapien, Harare.

Not to dehumanising other people based on nationality

THE Zimbabwe Community is South Africa is dismayed by the distasteful treatment and humiliation of an obviously frail and powerless patient by Limpopo province health MEC Phophi Ramathuba.The dehumanising treatment of the Zimbabwean patien…

Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Zim Community South Africa

Movements between Zimbabwe, SA drop 13%

LAST month, 44 380 movements were observed and 2 537 migrants were interviewed across 44 flow monitoring points in Zimbabwe.This represented a 13% drop in total movements compared to the previous month.The major drop of flows was witnessed…

Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by International Organisation for Migration

SA's decision to end permits for Zimbabweans is shameful

WHEN December 31, 2022 arrives, South African Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi, like his peers in Cabinet, will be with their families and will not have to fear being displaced from a country they have called home.Instead, this will …

Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Qaanitah Hunter

Dangers of Arab Spring in South Africa

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing African National Congress (ANC) for failure to address what it has labelled the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequality.Mbeki, …

Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 07:15hrs | | by Sandy Africa

Aaron Motsoaledi's shameful outburst

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has published a shameful attack on the Helen Suzman Foundation and civil society.The Foundation is taking Home Affairs to court because of its decision to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit.…

Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 18:44hrs | | by GroundUp Editors

SA government's decision to end permits for Zimbabweans is shameful

SOUTH AFRICA: When 31 December 2022 arrives, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, like his peers in Cabinet, will be with their families and will not have to fear being displaced from a country they've called home.Instead, this will be …

Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 11:32hrs | | by News24 editorial

Zec's 20-day voter registration blitz too short

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has earmarked 20 days only for the voter registration exercise and is calling it a blitz.It can hardly be called a blitz when Zec is only providing one team per constituency and only allowing 20 days…

Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 07:10hrs | | by A Mbire

Dear Zimbabweans, time for brutal conversation about xenophobia in South Africa

I AM a Zimbabwean, so this is difficult to write, and I stand to lose a lot. But I will do it anyway.Anti-immigrant sentiments, or much simply xenophobia is difficult to write about because nobody wants to speak candidly, and the few that …

Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa

The political agency of xenophobia, violence in SA

SOUTH Africa is home to millions of immigrants, mainly from Lesotho, Nigeria, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The regional giant has played an immense role for more than a century in attracting labour for its economy. However, this has come at a …

Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:50hrs | | by Tatenda Mazarura

Zim â€“ SA higher education partnerships for excellence

THE new normal has been revealing. An oscillation between threats and opportunities. On one end, we are exposed and the revelation, our great need for physical connectedness. The restrictions posed by the COVID-19 have limited our ability …

Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Willie Chinyamurindi & Munacinga Simatele

South Africa and foreign labour

THE unemployment rate in South Africa hit a new record high of nearly 35% in the third quarter of 2021 which some allege had an influence on the African National Congress (ANC) dismal performance in last year's local government elections.F…

Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo

SA Deportation A Step Backwards for Africa Unity!

If the AU has any purposes at all, one of them should be to address and redefine what "foreigner", means.The deportation of any African from another African country, need not  be a traumatic event, as exemplified  by the recent i…

Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 18:33hrs | | by Hlatshwayo Dhlamini

SA Constitution is not sacred, judges not demigods

SOUTH Africa's Tourism minister Lindiwe Sisulu penned an opinion piece on January 7 2022 titled: Hi Mzansi, have we seen justice?It was quite a refreshing critique of the challenges confronting South Africa.Sisulu's right to express hersel…

Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:18hrs | | by Arthur GO Mutambara

SA immigrants crisis: Zimbabwe must play ball

AT the centre of the immigration crisis that has been making headlines for the past few days in South Africa is the failure by the Zimbabwean government to provide better living standards for its citizens.This truth must rise above propaga…

Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:29hrs | | by Tatenda Kaponda

Mnangagwa slowly morphing into a Mugabe

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, it was typical of Zanu-PF banality that its 19th National Annual People's Conference, held in Bindura last week, rubber-stamped your candidacy. It was given on a silver platter that you we…

Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana

Chinese will cost Zanu-PF votes

The history of Zimbabwean elections would never be complete without a loud enough reference to one big patch on our map. This place they call Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe (UMP) in Mashonaland East province.In all elections since independence in …

Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni

Mounting concerns over breach of ethical journalism

The names of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Washington Post reporters who gained international eminence as premier investigative journalists, following their investigation and exposure of the Watergate Scandal have remained embed…

Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:51hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota

It's a cruel world for black people

So the world decided to gather in Glasgow, Scotland, last week to try and save the planet from what we are told could be an imminent apocalypse caused by rising global temperatures.Well, Bishop Lazi has always been fascinated by this cold …

Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus

What has gone wrong with South Africa's Constitutional Court?

For many years, our Constitutional Court basked in glory. It was lauded worldwide. Its judgments were studied in legal academies around the world. Many of our judges were in demand to teach seminars on the court's enlightening and rich jur…

Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Ziyad Motala

Inequality ignited SA protests

THE protests that engulfed South Africa a few weeks ago were not about outrage over former President Jacob Zuma's incarceration.The protests are an offshoot of the social inequalities in the South African society, where the "haves" have mo…

Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 05:40hrs | | by Precious Shumba

Jacob Zuma is not to blame for South Africa's mess

At the time of going to press, over 100 people had been killed and hundreds hospitalised after riots and protests related to the imprisonment of former South African president Jacob Zuma.Don't blame Zuma for the mess.Zuma may be a bad guy,…

Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka

South Africa's Ramaphosa walking on a tight rope

I HAVE been watching countless videos about the crisis in South Africa.I have been enjoying the witted debates going on. South Africa is at a turning point, a turn into uncharted territory.We can blame the leadership, blame the ego of poli…

Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by The Watcher

Who owns South Africa?

FORMER South African President Jacob Zuma did not bring the Guptas to South Africa. His folly was allowing the Guptas to be bigger than the Oppenheimers.Atul settled in Johannesburg and sold shoes downtown. Then he started a company - Saha…

Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 08:12hrs | | by New York Times

'South Africa needs a total judicial and system overhaul and transformation'

It's not just the Zulus, it's the generality of the South African masses that are living pathetic lives in desperation, poverty, hunger, joblessness and in a continuous state of debt with no hope for relief at all.The so called Rainbow Nat…

Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 13:25hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira

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Secondary runway and terminal for Mugabe airport

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Beitbridge drops contractor for bus terminus project

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Bishop acquitted of sexual assault charges

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Fifa derails Warriors' Afcon plans

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