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What constitutes a youth in Zimbabwe politics?
I have always been intrigued by members of Zanu-PF that fall under their youth branch or wing. The leadership is made up of middle-aged men probably in middle life crisis no wonder they are not in syn...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:10hrs | 196 | by AT Kadada
Bosso silences Dembare
Highlanders 1 - 0 DynamosHighlanders have stretched their dominance over perennial rivals Dynamos after registering another victory in a match played at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday.Bos...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:07hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
Sober approach to the Gukurahundi genocide problem
I take a bow to my lovely sister Nomazulu Thata who says she lives in Germany and stays in Berlin and Bremen interchangeably. This is in particular to her article entitled 'Israel Dube: First Things F...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:03hrs | 171 | by Clemen Moyo
Sober approach to the problem
I take a bow to my lovely sister Nomazulu Thata who says she lives in Germany and stays in Berlin and Bremen interchangeably. This is in p...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 13:45hrs | 2185 | by Clemen Moyo
Opposition, Civic Groups, et al should soon coordinate peaceful protests to inspire Mnangagwa to resign
"The voice of the people is the voice of God", said Mnangagwa before the elections. Little did he know that this will backfire on him. People spoke during the election but he refused to listen. He act...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 1568 | by Zanda Shumba
Where are you President Mnangagwa?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa where are you? The people of Zimbabwe want you to give them guidance, but you are nowhere to be found.Your silence has put the rumour mill into gear, causing a lot...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1549 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mnangagwa govt should listen to voice of people
"The voice of the people is the voice of God", said President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the 2018 elections. Little did he know that this will backfire on him. People spoke during the elections, but he...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 481 | by Zanda Shumba
Dabengwa burial snub cannot erase his legacy
Twitter: @MuckrakerZimTHE presidium was last week conspicuously absent at the burial of Zimbabwe's liberation war stalwart, the late Zipra intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa, at his Ntabazin...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:26hrs | 486 | by MUCKRAKER
Mnangagwa's declaration of war condemned
In a display of pure arrogance of incumbency the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration yesterday continued on its deleterious path by banning the citizens' right to register their discontentment through p...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 15:37hrs | 8867 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
Chamisa's ZCTU, Mnangagwa's govt come face-to-face
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday came face-to-face with Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa, who faces a charge of trying to unseat the former through unconstitutiona...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:43hrs | 7164 | by Staff reporter
Hunger and disease kill school children in remote Zimbabwe
Having grown up in a crude environment in Zimbabwe witnessing child abuse and negligence there are tell tale signs that are still haunting me this time the number of children going hungry in Zimbabwea...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 18:52hrs | 900 | by Makho Precious Moyo
Mnangagwa condemned for banning strikes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been condemned for signing into law a bill that prohibits workers from engaging in industrial action before exhausting ionternal channels of negotiation. ...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:35hrs | 5597 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa petitioned over 'slave wages'
ZIMBABWE's restive workers, hard-hit by an unrelenting economic meltdown which has eroded their incomes, have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) to organise an urgent Tripartite Negoti...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 16:48hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
4 'mysteries' of Zim'babwe's economic crisis
Zimbabwe continues to groan under the crushing weight of an economic disaster rapidly manifesting through hyper-inflation, capital flight and a crippling energy crisis, among other symptoms of economi...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:12hrs | 819 | by Learnmore Zuze
'Let's develop and not fear of sanctions' - said so for decades still no development
"While indeed we still say to those who imposed sanctions on us, remove them because there is no justification for the embargo, we should not bury our heads in sand because of those sanctions," said P...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 21:04hrs | 176 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa scared to face his own sins at Dabengwa's funeral
The lame excuse given by presidential spokesman George Charamba for Mnangagwa's failure to attend Dabengwa's funeral is that "it is in the spirit of respecting the bereaved family's request for privac...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 14:08hrs | 5910 | by Israel Dube
I smell a very very big rat
Our biggest enemy right now is corruption, drought and cartels. Faceless but powerful individuals or cliques whose agenda benefits nobody but themselves.Those who know the faces behind the car...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 21:19hrs | 3726 | by Thomas Murisa
Dumiso Dabengwa: An epitome of courage, endurance and integrity
HE used to call me at random and odd times; almost always late at night. The last time he did was at 11pm several weeks ago. He wanted to tell me he was in South Africa and was not well. This was the ...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 15:55hrs | 1789 | by Siphosami Malunga
Zanu-PF blasted for monopoly over national hero status
ACTING Zapu president Isaac Mabuka yesterday said the Zanu-PF politburo should not have the monopoly to declare who national heroes are and called for an independent body to be set up to select people...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:54hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dilemma over Dabengwa
TO go or not to go? That is the question. And damned if he does; damned if he does not.This is the dilemma President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces tomorrow over whether or not to attend the burial ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 18:22hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stance on Dabengwa correct
The corruption riddled ZANU PF party MPs whose clueless Government has impoverished and pauperised the entire nation were after all correct in their childish pettiness. A cabal that has driven million...Published: 30 May 2019 at 15:38hrs | 5162 | by Nkosenhle
Dabengwa Foundation threatens ZANU PF
The Director of Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Mduduzi Hanana Ncube has fired salvo at the ZANU PF Members of Parliament for their refusal to observe a momement of silence in parliament in honour...Published: 30 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 3902 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF MPs' Dabengwa rebuff ignites anger
OPPOSITION political parties, war veterans and civic society organisations yesterday rapped Zanu-PF legislators for refusing to observe a minute of silence in honour of the late Zipra intelligence sup...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs' conduct appalling
Dumiso Dabengwa (DD) is a national hero. That is beyond doubt, whether we agree with his politics or not. That the ruling party legislators could not spare a minute to honour one of the country's most...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:50hrs | 506 | by Editorial - Newsday
Chamisa condemn Zanu-PF MPs
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has condemned Zanu-PF MPs who failed to observe a moment of silence for war hero Dumiso Dabengwa in Parliament on Tuesday.Chamisa referred to the incident on Twitter ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:22hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs refuse to honour Dabengwa
TEMPERS flared in the National Assembly yesterday when Zanu-PF MPs refused to observe a minute of silence in honour of the late national hero and opposition Zapu leader, Dumiso Dabengwa.This f...Published: 29 May 2019 at 15:51hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Reliving Gukurahundi and need for reparations
It is now nearly four decades after the Gukurahundi genocide that saw more than twenty thousand people killed in a seemingly ethnic cleansing act in the Midlands and Matabeleland north provinces. Ghos...Published: 29 May 2019 at 13:22hrs | 458 | by Makhoprecious Moyo
Police arrest kidnap & rape couple
POLICE in Shurugwi have arrested a couple that allegedly kidnapped a 14-year-old girl before the wife assisted her husband to rape the minor. The couple gave the girl 50 cents and wild fruits ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 07:52hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Parliament snubs Dabengwa
ZANU PF Members of Parliament on Tuesday refused to observe a moment of silence in honour of the late ZPRA Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa who was declared a National Hero on Sunday by President ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 18:32hrs | 6010 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF plots to hijack Dabengwa's funeral
The ruling ZANU PF party is plotting to hijack the funeral of the late ZPRA Intelligence Supremo Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, Mthwakazi Republlic Party founding Spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo has revealed. ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 19:07hrs | 8664 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF must back off
We are at the residence of the late Dr Dumiso Dabengwa's house. The official position is that the body of the late national and international hero was left in SA because of lack of space in the cargo....Published: 26 May 2019 at 18:31hrs | 2409 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
A smoking pipe hung precariously from his blackened lips
We stood crowded in this rural watering hole at Nzvimbo Growth Point in Chiweshe, Mash. Central. It was pretty cold outside and everyone who entered the bottle store for a beer did not go out. B...Published: 25 May 2019 at 16:12hrs | 244 | by Thomas Murisa
PM May resigns over Brexit and sheds a tear – ED Pfee will shed buckets of crocodile tears but never ever resign
"Brexit means Brexit!" said British Prime Minister Theresa May when she took over from David Cameron in 2016. After three years of blundering from pillar to post, she has failed to deliver Brexit and ...Published: 24 May 2019 at 21:23hrs | 2587 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa now more paranoic and desperate
A REGIME failing to provide its citizens with basic necessities is unsurprisingly afraid of itself and those who differ with its lopsided policies.The arrest of four civil society activists th...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 3985 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is a subculture of demonic evil
I have often wondered what it would have been like if my great, great, great grand-father; who, until that very moment had only seen the distorted image of his own reflection in pool of water and told...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:24hrs | 3415 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mnangagwa's govt muzzling civic society'
Civic groups yesterday accused government of muzzling them and using unconventional ways to silence them following the arrest of four activists at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on Monday...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:18hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
'I silenced Zanu-PF,' says Tabitha Khumalo
OPPOSITION MDC stalwart Tabitha Khumalo said she stood toe-to-toe with Zanu-PF hardliners as part of the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic) between 2009 and 2013 and would not be pu...Published: 21 May 2019 at 09:56hrs | 4197 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens unlawful change of Mnangagwa govt
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa on Sunday threatened unlawful change of power in the country, suggesting that President Mnangagwa would not see off his constitutional five-year mandate. The o...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:18hrs | 2796 | by Staff reporter
ANC (South Africa) and Gukurahundi
Amhlophe to the African National Congress for resoundingly winning another term under President Cyril Ramaphosa. There is an obligation for South Africa to avoid the tribal and racist path of ot...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:47hrs | 1570 | by Sihle Ndlovu
Mthwakazi people visit Ntabazinduna mountain
In a show of unity and solidarity in defense of Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, activists across the political divide, as well as civic society activists today braved the threats by state securi...Published: 18 May 2019 at 20:26hrs | 3328 | by Mbonisi Gumbo.
Some dreams are so strong they can be real
At a time most workers are jostling to present their requests for pay rise on the back drop of soaring prices of goods and services, NSSA pensioners can only watch. Not because silence mean co...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:50hrs | 313 | by Gabarinocheka
George Charamba goes missing
Presidential Affairs Spokesperson George Charamba is a man who is missing in action at a time when the President and his Administration are facing relentless attacks from citizens who are bearing the ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 17:36hrs | 14942 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZAPU fires warning shots at Mnangagwa
ZANU is a criminal organization built on a foundation of lies, conspiracy, treachery and a network of bought puppets masquerading as all sorts of officials. These officials are found on all strata of ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 09:38hrs | 5361 | by ZAPU
Mpilo Hospital sets up register for people with ambiguous genitalia
MPILO Central Hospital has initiated a register for people with ambiguous genitalia in a bid to help them deal with the issue and avoid future psycho-social problems they may encounter regarding sexua...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:49hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni's life in danger time now ripe for citizens' intervention
I used to undermine the supernatural powers of God but after the confrontation between ZANU PF youths and a defenseless Chief Ndiweni I am over-confident that God is the savior for the oppressed and d...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:17hrs | 3598 | by Don Chigumba
'Nick Mangwana and your government go hang'
We would like to state categorically clear that we support Chief Khayisa's statement fully. The statement by the Permanent Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Ndabaningi Nic...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 834 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Gukurahundi activist survives 'assassination attempt'?
Journalist and renowned Gukurahundi Activist Zenzele Ndebele on Saturday survived a suspicious accident in which all four bolts on the lower arm of the front wheel on the left side of his vehicle came...Published: 14 May 2019 at 16:12hrs | 6621 | by Staff reporter
Nick Mangwana bashed
Mthwakazi Republic Party Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo has blasted Permanent Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana over his remarks that Chief Khayisa Ndiweni's vi...Published: 13 May 2019 at 16:14hrs | 4051 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zapu Presidency Sets up a Gukurahundi Committee And Calls for Sincerity
The Presidency of Zimbabwe African People's Union - Zapu has set up a Committee on the Gukurahundi genocide. This comes after numerous activities and talks about the issue. The Zapu Presidency...Published: 07 May 2019 at 09:31hrs | 2599 | by Mkhululi Zulu, Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
Mnangagwa: cunningly succeeded in harmonising independent press
I used to send some of my articles to Alpha Media Holdings subsidiaries through Trevor Ncube and they would be published. But as soon as he was roped into the ED Mnangagwa President's Advisory Council...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:38hrs | 1494 | by Zanda Shumba
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