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Opposition now dead as dodo
The opposition political vacuum that is currently prevailing in the country is actually draining away all the hope of most progressive Zimbabweans who are yearning for change and trying to unshackle t...Published: 23 Sep 2024 at 18:31hrs | 1858 | by Leonard Koni
Give Chamisa a chance
Zimbabwe is currently suffering from aggravated kwashiorkor of leadership, both in the opposition and the ruling party.The political space without the charismatic Nelson Chamisa is seemingly l...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:50hrs | 1119 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa’s tasteless, infantile politicking regrettable
Losing Presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, who is now a political orphan, for the umpteenth time chose to ridicule the man who walloped him during the 2023 Harmonised General elections, President ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 09:51hrs | | by Tonderai Ndoro
Chamisa describes CCC as a 'mushikashika'
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa likened his former party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), to a "Mushikashika," a term referring to a dilapidated vehicle used as an illegal taxi in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 10:19hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
RBZ is the problem not ZiG!
Before going to press on the Zimbabwe currency crisis, I had seven questions I wanted authoritatively answered. Professor Gift Mugano was the answer."Isn't he the one who is supposed to disapp...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Council boss blows thousands on bling
Chiredzi Council, which is struggling to deliver standard services to its 300 000plus residents, is in the eye of a storm following revelations that the local authority could be pampering its executiv...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:56hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
First it was Chamisa, now it's Biti, who is next?
WHEN THE KITCHEN GETS HOT, THEY UNCEREMONIOUSLY BOLT OUT: FIRST IT WAS NELSON CHAMISA, NOW IT'S TENDAI BITI, WHO IS NEXT?The recent state of the conduct of leadership ranks in the Zimbab...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 21:17hrs | 2 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Biti dumps CCC
FORMER Finance minister and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) co-vice-president Tendai Biti, has dumped the main opposition political party saying he is taking a sabbatical away from politics as he ...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Dubai based businesswoman has political ambitions
DUBAI-BASED businesswoman, politician and human rights activist, Edith Chibhamu has revealed that she went on a year-long sabbatical after falling ill.Speaking from her base in the Middle-East...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tried to kill opposition, says Mutambara
Former deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara says President Emmerson Mnangagwa wanted to destroy the country's main opposition party by denying it funding and using other unorthodox means.Mut...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bosso form gives Masomere sleepless nights
LUKE MASOMERE is having sleepless nights in the resort town of Kariba as he braces for his toughest task since returning to the Premiership dugout. Masomere, a veteran gaffer who coached Hwang...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 18:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Opposition MP candidate withdraws for lack of funds
ZIMBABWE African National Congress National Assembly candidate for Emakhandeni-Luveve Constituency, Mr Khulumani Ndlovu, has withdrawn his candidature due to alleged frustration over lack of campaign ...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Warriors players celebrate return to Fifa family
FORMER Warriors and Highlanders FC defender Bruce Kangwa has been watching the unfolding drama between Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC) and FIFA concerning the return of Zimbabwe into the interna...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says Mnangagwa is the best foot forward
President Mnangagwa and a Zanu-PF Government is the best foot forward towards the realisation of Zimbabwe's national health targets that best serve the people and their needs, Vice President and Minis...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Writing's on the bright yellow wall
The Bishop is back.What a restful, restorative and therapeutic sabbatical it was!Once in a while, it is quite helpful to extricate ourselves from the maddening rush of our manic lifest...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Carl Joshua Ncube bounces back
Zimbabwean international comedian Carl Joshua Ncube has bounced back from a comedy sabbatical with a show dubbed The Triumphant return of Carl Joshua Ncube which lived up to its expectation in Harare ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 11:59hrs | 2 | by Nicholas Ncube
Respect former ZANU PF leaders on political sabbatical
Walter Mzembi is a renowned thinker, innovator and all-round nice guy who would add value to any political or corporate organization. It comes as no surprise that some within the ruling party ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Mapisa-Nqakula rejects UDM, ATM request for Parly probe into Ramaphosa
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has declined requests by the United Democratic Movement (UDM) and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) for a parliamentary probe into allegations...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not talking to Zanu-PF
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has quashed reports that he is in talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the aim of forming a government of national unity....Published: 03 May 2022 at 06:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa speaks on reports that he is negotiating with Mnangagwa
CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has denied reports that he is engaged or seeking to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa on forming a coalition government under any other other name. Chamisa was ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 09:22hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa: When the snake bites the charmer
Staring the abyssVery slowly but definitely quite surely, the world is drifting towards a scary nuclear abyss. The conflict in Eastern Europe now has all the makings of a major superpo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | | by jamwanda
'Nelson Chamisa wants elections postponed for 7 years' Charamba says
CCC President Nelson Chamisa wants elections in Zimbabwe to be postponed for 7 years, Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba says. Writing on his weekly Saturday column in the state-owned H...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 09:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bomber plots return to the ring
SOUTH Africa-based former World Boxing Federation (WBF) Africa heavyweight champion Elvis Moyo is planning to return to the ring in March, ending a three-year sabbatical.Popularly known as "Bu...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Roki kicks off 2022 with Chidzoka acoustics
URBAN Grooves sensation, Roki has kicked off the new year with an acoustic version of his yesteryear chart topping track, Chidzoka.Chidzoka acoustics music video premiered on Tuesday.T...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members protest against district elections amid vote buying
Zanu-PF's ward 8 Mziba district is pushing for a rerun of September 26 elections, which it says were fraught with rigging.The district petitioned the provincial leadership on October 3 seeking...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:16hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Roki added to Big Zulu show line-up
ANNUALLY, Bulawayo is turned upside down when South Africa's Kalawa Jazmee stable comes to the city on the 27th of every December to host the "Homecoming Party" but this year, it is going to be differ...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Miss Rural pageant in false start
THE annual Zanu-PF national conference has forced the Mr and Miss Rural pageant for Matabeleland South province to be postponed with organisers saying sponsors and partners were tied up preparing for ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is Zanu-PF ready for elections or its just a masquerade?
MASQUERADES perform very important political and electoral roles in outmanoeuvring political opponents.In a more complex and fluid political scenario such as ours, masquerades are common....Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | | by Charles Mutasa
Mkhululi Bhebhe opens up on suffering from gastrointestinal disorder
SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean contemporary gospel singer Mkhululi Bhebhe has revealed that he was forced to abandon his online series titled My Music Journey after he suffered gastrointestinal disorde...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Who needs two VPs, anyway?
TODAY is six months and 11 days since former vice-president Kembo Mohadi resigned from his post following two weeks of juicy revelations of his bedroom commissions with two married women, one of who w...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:59hrs | 5 | by Tawanda Majon
Mandi Chimene pleads with Mnangagwa for forgiveness
THE once outspoken former Manicaland Provincial Minister Mandi Chimene has pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to forgive her as she misses home.Now in self-exile after fleeing Zimbabwe ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let the children learn and play
Who said puppies cannot bite? Deep cuts and 'weeping skin lacerations' have all been observed on victims of puppy bites 'Tumbwa'. These are cheap illicit alcoholic spirits packed in plastic bo...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:35hrs | | by Tondo. Chinehasha
German side ropes in George Mbwando
ALMOST two years after reportedly quitting to work as a technician in oil refineries in Europe, former Warriors defender George "Zambia" Mbwando has made a return to the sport after being appointed de...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Business has learned nothing and forgot nothing
SO there was this prominent businessman-cum-pastor who was obsessed with religiously lampooning politicians as occultic during his daily sermons.Preaching from his moral high horse, the raboni...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:50hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Jailed MDC activist says, 'I will be back!'
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition party says the government is again cracking down on critics with a prison sentence given to 28-year-old Makomborero Haruzivishe. A court found him guilty of inciting violenc...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners deface school in gold rush
A week before schools open, after a long Covid-19 induced sabbatical, pupils at Gwangwava Secondary School in Rushinga are returning to a school ravaged by illegal miners who left a trail of destructi...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
There is 'strategic advantage' in Chamisa's silence over SC judgement - as would in having hyaena for pet
"Since the dubious 31 March 2020 SC (Supreme Court) judgment on the MDC's leadership, Mnangagwa has used cronies, recalls, arrests, abductions, torture and defections to destroy the MDC-A," commented ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 08:21hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Somandla Ndebele now surviving on hustling
Sungura musician Somandla Ndebele is one of those who have never embraced virtual platforms in a bid to stay relevant and promote the music since the Covid-19 lockdowns started last year. Many...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's national dialogue 'window of opportunity' opens
WITH the momentum towards national dialogue continuing to gather speed, as Zimbabweans cry for an end to the country's decades-long political and economic challenges, analysts have urged the Church to...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF warms to Zimbabwe talks
AS THE country's politics continues to mature, a powerful Zanu-PF bigwig says he is open to the ruling party meeting leading opposition figures outside the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), if that w...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not in COVID-19 quarantine
George Charamba, the interim Chief Secretary to the President, has rubbish allegations that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was under 14-day quarantine after being in contact with one of his aides who pu...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former schoolmates revive imbube group
After taking a sabbatical for nearly 14 years, imbube ensemble Ontaba Kayikhonjwa have come together and reestablished their acapella group.The six men ensemble was founded by former school ma...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Keep knocking at Heaven's door with prayers to God
Now that again schooling seem out of sight due to the evil Coronavirus, parents and guardians are urged to keep an eye on their children. Being young, energetic and restless, they are vulnerab...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 11:31hrs | | by Tondo
How does HE take leave during such a crisis?
COMPLIMENTS of the season, Cde Acting President, I hope I find you well in these trying COVID-19 times.Your Excellency, the year has started on a sad note and today you happen to be the recipi...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Moses Matenga
Olinda, Tytan back together?
UNITED Kingdom based socialite, Olinda Chapel and musician, Tytan seem to have rekindled their relationship after a messy split.The two went through a scandalous divorce in August last year ju...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC frets over infiltration
THE opposition MDC Alliance is panicking over suspicions of infiltration within its structures by suspected State agents to destabilise the party.A leaked audio recording by the MDC Alliance B...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Allan Chimbetu reignites Dendera mood on new album
When Allan Chimbetu announced a few weeks ago that he would be bouncing back into the showbiz industry with an album titled "Urgent Matter", Dendera music fans were upbeat about itFor years th...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 13:44hrs | | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Allan Chimbetu returns
When Allan Chimbetu took a sabbatical to music industry he has shelved songs he intended to release sometime in future.While doing some menial jobs, the musician was just penning songs though ...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 09:51hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mzembi warns Mnangagwa
FORMER cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has advised his erstwhile colleague, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to desist from using the State to punish or settle political disputes with his opponents....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
For there is no authority except from God
After taking a lengthy Covid 19 induced sabbatical from church, yours truly had an opportunity to attend one this week which was characterised by a blast sermon which was topical, intellectually and s...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 18:55hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
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