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African countries assisted South African independence; payback is Xenophobic actions: blacks on blacks' violence
I quote from Byo24: Former ANC MP and Abantu Batho Congress Councilor in eThekwini, Makhosi Khoza, says South African natives have been shortchanged. Close quote. This is a statement that could cause ...Published: 14 Apr 2024 at 18:55hrs | 18 | by Nomazulu Thata
Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists
Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka
Zimbabwe has sunk beyond a banana republic!
I am sure the first time I came across the term 'banana republic' was in the early 1980s - when I was still a little boy in primary school.Obviously, I did not know what this meant.It ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:12hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa regime perpetuating the normalization of oppression!
I think it was around 1978 or 79 - at the age of five or six years old - when I posed a very pointed question to my parents. We frequently drove past the outskirts of the low density suburb of...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 22:56hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa miserably failed to utilise the coup d'état dividend
Robert Mugabe on Herbert Chitepo (and a Rejoinder on the Missed Opportunity of the 2017 Coup)Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 16:49hrs | 23 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Zimbabwe's tragedy is being led by a coward!
Over the past few days, I was in the breath-taking mountain city of Mutare - attending a dear cousin's funeral.During this visit to this captivating and awe-inspiring place - besides the immer...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 18:11hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Next, university graduates will be 'hailing' Mnangagwa for capping them!
It is now a well-established fact that the state-controlled broadcaster, ZBC - as well as the rest of the state media in Zimbabwe - is an embarrassment not only to the journalism profession, but also ...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:15hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
How can Zimbabweans be helped when they don't want to help themselves?
There is a popular Chinese adage - 'it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness'.Indeed, as the people of Zimbabwe, we have endure unbelievable untold suffering, oppression and po...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 13:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why ordinary Zimbabweans not particularly thrilled, or may actually be terrified, over possible gas and oil discovery!
The advent of the 'metaverse', or most specifically social media, has created an alternative reality for most people - which, oftentimes, is far divorced from the real physical world that we live in....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 10:29hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa finally proves 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe' a big fat lie!
I have always asserted to my friends that, as much as state media is an insufferable drag to read or watch - due to the pathetic and disgraceful substandard work - but, most of the Zimbabwe regime's l...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 09:31hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Are African leaders incredibly daft or deliberately pretending unaware why Zimbabweans are truly suffering?
The past week has been eventful as far as calls for 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe should be removed', by various, mostly southern African leaders.Firstly, it was the South African President C...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Climbing on rooftops' in criticizing Zimbabwe ruling elite is indictment on dictatorial regime insensitivity to citizens' cries
The past week in Zimbabwe was characterized by the fervent reprimand by two prominent individuals on citizens who ostensibly 'climb on rooftops' in condem...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 17:55hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Masisi proves ruling elite out of touch with suffering ordinary citizenry as he enjoys life in ivory tower with Mnangagwa!
I perfectly understand that life in the ivory tower of power and wealth is so lavish and comfortable!I am similarly aware that - living an ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 th...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Qaanitah Hunter
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 decisio...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:44hrs | 8 | by GroundUp Editors
Chamisa's CCC lost all humanity in search of power
One of our fellow-citizen has lost her life being victim of a heinous crime and heartless violence at the hands of one whom she had, at one time, shared her soul with.Moreblessing Ali had been...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:55hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Had Chamisa actually said to bring back whites he would have surely been guaranteed my vote!
I hate political correctness! I also loath not expressing what I truly feel and think - for fear of what people would think, or of a public backlash.In fact, the main reason the world ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 15:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZBC has historically always been tool of oppression which never spoke for suffering majority
Not surprisingly, the disgracefully lopsided and seriously flawed propaganda piece flighted by the state-controlled ZTV (Zimbabwe Television), on the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Star Rally, he...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 17:07hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Djokovic controversy exposes crumbling pro-mandatory COVID-19 vaccine house of cards
As tennis world number one Novak Djokovic sparks controversy over his granting of a medical exemption from mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement to enter Australia for the a major grand slam tour...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 13:01hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
How are pro-ZANU PF church leaders any different from prophets of Baal who stood behind King Ahab and Jezebel?
Indeed, some may say, actually most of our morden-day Christian churches and their leaders, the world over, have become like the false prophets of Baal - ...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 08:28hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A chain is as strong as its weakest link
The Bishop's heart always bleeds each time he thinks about Ethiopia, the land of brave men and women who valiantly frustrated Italy's imperial designs in the 20th century, making it difficult for colo...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 10 | by Bishop Lazarus
Cyberbullies are Cowards
Am I the only one receiving cyber attacks on social media? What can you do if you are a target of cyberattacks? In this paper, the author would define what cyberbullying is and what cyberbullies a...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 13:51hrs | 1 | by Etiwel Mutero
There's more evidence of rampant corruption in Zimbabwe than imagined economic sanctions!
As the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan winds up her much talked about visit, I wonder what real incontrovertible evidence she has managed to garner, on how exactly the so-called 'e...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:28hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Nehanda must be brought back but what about gukurahundi victims, post-2000 election victims?
I don't cope and usually don't quote fellow bloggers but on this one, I will quote Nomazulu, who said "I used to think bootlicking,hero-worshipping was for the uneducated but even the highly educated ...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:41hrs | 3 | by Phosiwe Ncube
'It's not just Loga alone'
Zimbabwean football fraternity has for the past few months been engulfed in a series of debates surrounding the quality of Warriors head coach Zdravko Logarusic who has been making headlines for all t...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa lied on police corruption the officers he said are fired are all at work
"False Accusations without recrimination. When does it stop?" Complaints about lies are nothing new to elections. Zimbabwe must have a Legislation which prohibits certain types of false st...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 09:48hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
There was more democracy amongst white Rhodesians than we have between black Zimbabweans
Yesterday, I penned possibly the most painful and heartrending article, entitled, "Our elderly experienced life under both Rhodesia and Zimbabwe, so why arrest them when they say Smith was better?" - ...Published: 18 May 2021 at 10:26hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Would you eat cyanide laced oranges, why accept poisoned constitutional amendments only for some youth/women's quota clauses?
As the shock over the recently gazetted Constitutional Amendment No 2 Act deepens, and the realization of the reality of the brutal shredding, and callous assassination, of any semblance of democracy ...Published: 10 May 2021 at 10:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Forced patriotism as Zanu-PF moves to entrench police state
Zanu-PF is pushing the controversial Patriotic Bill to entrench a police state and quash any dissenting voices ahead of the 2023 elections, analysts have said.The government has been previousl...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
If peaceful demonstrations in Zim 'banned' due to some violent elements, then ZANU PF should've been banned 40 years ago!
Traditionally, it has been known that the major characteristic of a fascist dictatorship has been the nefarious enactment of laws that were solely meant to stifle any freedom and democracy, thereby en...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 12:42hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If Zim govt calls Dendairy's displacement of people from their ancestral land 'investment', so can we say Rhodes was an 'investo
To say I was shocked by the lame, disingenuous, and shamefully ridiculous attempts by the Zimbabwe government to sanitize the septic, cruel, and repulsive displacement of over 12,000 Chilonga villager...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 12:23hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Boys and men are raped also - urgent need to eliminate double-standards in prosecution of sexual gender-based violence cases
As a survivor of childhood sexual gender-based violence - which I was subjected to at the tender age of seven years old, at the hands of an older female, whom we resided with, and for some strange rea...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 14:36hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Dr Masimba Mavaza is a tribalist: Inherent hatred for non-Shona people
I want to excuse myself right from the beginning of this article: It is not about protecting VP Mohadi and his scandals of his previous marriage with Senator Tambudzani Mohadi that left us cold about ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
If South Africa still believes there isn't a serious crisis in Zimbabwe, then they should just look at the Beitbridge border pos
The debate on whether there is a crisis in Zimbabwe has been raging on ever since the early 2000s - and, is as old as whether targeted sanctions imposed on certain top individuals, or economic mismana...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Since when have opposition parties 'cooperated' with ruling parties - the tragic opportunism of Zim politics
I seldom delve into political party politics, because of a life-long distrust and disdain for partisanship - as I regard this as the most opportunistic and self-serving system of governance, that is f...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 09:34hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Whoever poisoned the late Bulawayo Town Clerk Middleton Nyoni, poisoned the whole of Bulawayo
I cannot prove that the former Town Cleck Middleton Nyoni was poisoned. I rely mostly on news in the social media. His death was suspicious though: I could not comprehend how he would have succumbed t...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 22:55hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Struggling millionaires
HIS nickname, which I find a bit harsh, is Poor Millionaire. I prefer calling him just SP - for Struggling Peter.He shares a small cabin with his younger brother at an illegal settlement adjac...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:02hrs | | by Black Edward
Velaphi Burial; Mnangagwa shy away from Gukurahundi issue
After saying people are free to talk about Gukurahundi, Zimbabwean President himself avoided talking about the genocide when given the perfect opportunity to do so. In his speech at the National Heroe...Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:21hrs | 2 | by Harare Correspondent
Mnangagwa's anti-graft unit probes PSMAS
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special unit on anti-corruption is investigating alleged rampant abuse of funds at the government-owned Premier Services Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) amid claims that top...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious fires raze down two family homesteads
VILLAGERS from Goodwood in Inyathi, Matabeleland North province are living in fear after a series of mysterious fires razed down three huts at a homestead in four days.The fires also destroyed...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lets support the man on the ball
Dear Zimbabweans Growing up my poor father used to tell me that no team gonna win a match if other players dont support the man on the ball! Wise words from an old man as this surely makes sen...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 13:32hrs | | by Munya Shumba
Zvidzai dismisses letter claiming Mwonzora has been suspended
MDC-T led by Nelson Chamisa's official Sesel Zvidzai has distanced himself froma letter circulating on social media which is purported to have been written by him that announces that party's secretary...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabweans being bribed
It's sad to see the downtrodden citizens that live in poverty throughout a five-year term without the government doing anything meaningful to better their lives, only to emerge a few weeks before the ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:10hrs | | by Zenzo Siziba
It's not about Chamisa or Mnangagwa, stupid!
The political brouhaha is fast reaching a crescendo, with political parties launching their manifestos pasted with unrealistic promises. I am no longer a fan of those, as they have become nothing ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Chamisa's out of control sexism
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa appears to have a problem with women; he doesn't value them very much. We saw this is in the way he dealt with former, or current, depending on how you look at it...Published: 07 May 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Faith, Harare (student)
Why not forget the Chimurenga, and let bygones be bygones!
As Zimbabwe commemorates its 38th independence anniversary, amid pomp and fanfare - especially, at the main event held at Harare's National Sports Stadium, attended by new president Emmerson Dambudzo ...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 11:03hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe is being betrayed by the MDC - The opposition must think outside the box
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai stands as a giant in Zimbabwe politics. More than any other, he has taken the fight up to ZANU PF for the last 18 years and he has paid dearly for his courageous stance. At a...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Tapson Muchena
Mutsvangwa stop misleading us - Mnangagwa govt, not just G40, was also part of Mugabe era
I was truly flabbergasted when listening to last night's VOA Studio 7 news bulletin, when Advisor to the President Christopher Mutsvangwa was alleged to have blamed the poor state of affairs in Zimbab...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 07:47hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mashona vs AmaNdebele: A legacy of disgusting racism
Being born into an Ndebele family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was, in 191...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Davos missed one crucial aspect on Zimbabwe - Who really is in charge?
It was very somewhat inspiring and encouraging witnessing the amazing interest that both the international business and political establishment placed on the 'new dispensation' in Zimbabwe, and the va...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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