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Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 357 | by Silas Nkala
Bosso silences Dembare
Highlanders 2 - 1 DynamosKelvin Kaindu could not have hoped for a better kickoff to the 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) season as his team secured a 2-1 victory over bitter rivals, D...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 18:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ulunyoka, the spell that binds love and punishes betrayal
IN the shadowed corners of tradition lies the practice of ulunyoka - a spellbinding ritual that binds a spouse to fidelity with consequences dire enough to stir the soul. This ancient art of "centrall...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:43hrs | 15 | by Leonard Ncube
'Low turnout in Zimbabwe election cost Chamisa presidency'
Over two million registered voters did not vote in Zimbabwe's 2023 election, potentially costing Nelson Chamisa the presidencyA total of 6 623 511 individuals were registered to vote in the 20...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 20:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Gogo MaTshabalala accuses CCC of mimicking Zanu PF's identity and tribal politics
If there is one critical thing that Zimbabweans don't want to openly and frankly discuss, it is ethnicity and how it shapes and influences social, political and economic relations in the country....Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rift exposed by rigging
Zanu-PF bigwigs accused of rigging January provincial elections have embarked on a witch-hunt to silence dissent in lower structures as infighting in the ruling party boils over following the disputed...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Defending banned Streak is like trying to defend a rapist'
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) on Tuesday night launched a scathing attack on cricket publication ESPN Cricinfo for an article about Heath Streak and what led him to his eight-year ban for corruption by the In...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket savages Streak, Coltart
Zimbabwe Cricket has hit out at former national team coach Heath Streak for telling ‘lies' in a bid to clean his image as he serves an eight year ban.Streak was handed an eight year ban last...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers ready to fight Mnangagwa's govt
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) says it will face down threats from government, and a court case that could strip it of regulatory powers in a case analysts say has wider implications for other perc...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa removed Chiwenga from army to prevent another coup - Book
The book that President Emmerson Mnangagwa colourfully endorsed recently claims he removed Vice President Constantino Chiwenga from the army to avoid another military coup.'A Life of Sacrifice...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa savages Miles Tendi over Mnangagwa book criticism
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa has launched a scathing attack on UK-based academic and biographer Blessing Miles Tendi over his criticism of the recently publishe...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 16:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma's jail case was a golden opportunity: a catalyst to real issues
Criminals have taken a golden opportunity to hide behind another criminal who disdained the nation's constitution he once presided. Chinua Achebe writes about corruption in Nigeria's early independenc...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 18:40hrs | 17 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mbeki criticises ANC and Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership
Political analyst Moeletsi Mbeki has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership and the ANC's governance of the country.In an interview, Mbeki said with the government's deployment of t...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 19:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
King 98 lightens up Xmas with Tanzanian connection
Zimbabwean rapper, King 98 has teamed up with two Tanzanian music sensations, Juma Jux and Shebby Medicine to lighten up the festive mood with an explosive hit song, Jogodo which is a fusion of Afro-p...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 14:47hrs | | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
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 | | by Staff reporter
The horrors of Gukurahundi relived
At a time when former president Robert Mugabe's government avoided debate on Gukurahundi massacres to an extent that talk about the bloody past was criminalised, a human rights activist was helping th...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's daughter silences 'step mother'
The late music icon and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi might have left a big void in the music industry, but through her daughters, Selmor and Sandra, Tuku's fans might have something to smile a...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa silences critics with new Cabinet
A developmental Cabinet I would call it. Brilliant balance between old and trusted hands, technocrats and youthfulness. A well thought out Cabinet that balances the competing demands of the economy an...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:23hrs | 6 | by Lloyd Msipa
'Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done' - Is there Justice in Zimbabwe?
In the case of R v Sussex Justice, Ex parte McCarthy in 1923, an English case on the impartiality and recusal of judges, this aphorism was birthed. The full statement was that it was of fundamental im...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:13hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Mukupe silences Doug Coltart with this photo
Underfire Finance and Economic Development Deputy Minister Terrence Mukupe has tried to silence Douglas Coltart by attacking his father.Mukupe posted a picture caption David Coltart.Do...Published: 23 May 2018 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
And then Chombo was gone
Imaginations run wild when things like those happening now happen.Stories have been told of how newly-installed Finance and Economic Development Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo was taken into mili...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sexting silences wedding bells
WEDDING plans for a Victoria Falls-based woman were called off by her long time boyfriend after he reportedly discovered intimate messages and indecent photos of another man she was allegedly double-c...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Rapist' herdboy silences victim
A Mberengwa man from Munyamani village employed as a herdboy would have sex with his employer's under-aged daughter and pay her $1.The issue came to light when the two were spotted by the comp...Published: 05 May 2017 at 11:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe
Every time I keep asking myself what the Zanu-PF leaders discuss about when the state of the nation is in shambles this. Do they not see that they have failed and the best solution to the country ...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 17:45hrs | | by Tendai Mazenge
Bosso silences ZPC Kariba
Highlanders FC finally pulled a victory against tricky ZPC Kariba at Barbourfields Stadium today to collect three points.Highlanders FC had never beaten ZPC Kariba in four attempts.In ...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 17:06hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Coltart: (Hi)story and our story as Africans
As I sit down to write this piece, it is February 18, 1978, and David Coltart has just taken off for South Africa, to start his university studies at UCT, the University of Cape Town. He leaves behind...Published: 07 May 2016 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe Independence, should we celebrate or mourn what we have lost?
In 1980 there was jubilation throughout the country the masses were celebrating the birth of Zimbabwe. It had been many years of fighting in the bush. Both warring races lost many combatants and non c...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 18:43hrs | | by Mativenga Mbondiya
Man rapes 2 daughters, silences them with sweets
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Gweru allegedly raped his two daughters aged two and seven and gave them sweets to buy their silence.The accused (name withheld to protect the identity of the minors) ap...Published: 02 Apr 2016 at 14:07hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
LISTEN: 'Mbeki must shut up,' says Tendai Biti
Former Zimbabwean finance minister Tendai Biti on Tuesday accused former president Thabo Mbeki of failing to negotiate fairly between Zanu-PF and MDC by advocating for a coalition government after the...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn silences Mamelodi Sundowns
Zimbabwe soccer champs Chicken Inn humbled high-flying Mamelodi Sundowns one nill at a packed Barbourfields Stadium today.Chicken Inn's Michelle Katswayiro scored in the 34th minute of first h...Published: 13 Feb 2016 at 17:47hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
The 'monster-victims' that society creates
Through adept characterisation, realism and language, Brian Chikwava's "Harare North" (2009) purveys, among other concerns, the way society creates victims who invariably become monsters, because of t...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 05:34hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Zimbabwe: A History of the Future
If in the present world there was no propaganda and no war, politics would not be seen and experienced as a very dirty game. The telling of lies as truth, marketing of myths as reality and the shootin...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 19:50hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
'Zimbabwe's mineral wealth gives it an outsized importance,' says US envoy
MY heart goes out to all the African-African American church-goers gunned down summarily by a pro-Rhodesia, pro-Apartheid American white supremacist terrorist named as Dylann Roof. This white supremac...Published: 20 Jun 2015 at 17:43hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
'Mugabe silences Oliver Mtukudzi'
In a sensational claim, a veteran journalist and former publicist to music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi says President Robert Mugabe bought the influential music maestro's loyalty by showering him wi...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso silences stubborn Tsholotsho FC
HIGHLANDERS FC youngster-Teenage Hadebe become the first Bosso player to find the target this season.And what a spectacular goal it was.Towering defender Hadebe found the net deep fr...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 18:35hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Kingston Nkatha silences Kaizer Chief critics
Zimbabwe international striker Kingston Nkatha silenced some of his critics by scoring for Kaizer Chiefs yesterday as they extended their lead at the top of the Absa Premiership to 16 points. ...Published: 17 Dec 2014 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
What opinion do you hope to get from a rival suitor?
THE OTHER SIDE I love Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He is late, that Nobel laureate from Columbia who passed on this year, just a day before our National Day. I have drawn from his writings, a point my loya...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 21:10hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
ZANU PF silences little girl
The Matabeleland South ZANU PF leadership stopped a 14 year old primary school girl from recitation of a some what controversial poem in front of first lady Grace Mugabe in Gwanda on Monday....Published: 14 Oct 2014 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe succession battle has heightened in the last few months
Since President Robert Mugabe was last year re-elected for another five-year term, Zanu-PF politics has been dominated by explosive succession battles, some of which have been fought publicly while o...Published: 18 May 2014 at 20:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
The MDC-T circus continues
Ringmaster Morgan Tsvangirai in control of proceedings.In order to suspend a Standing Committee member the following must be done.Article 12 Disciplinary Proceedings against members of...Published: 08 Mar 2014 at 14:02hrs | | by Amos Biti
Egyptian military authorities silences Al Jazeera
Egyptian forces raided Al Jazeera premises overnight. 28 Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr staff members were detained, with most released later. The channel's managing director Ayman Gaballah and Al Jazeera A...Published: 04 Jul 2013 at 18:38hrs | | by Own correspondent
ANC silences Julius Malema with immediate effect
Johannesburg - ANC Youth League president Julius Malema's ANC membership has been suspended with immediate effect, the party's national disciplinary committee (NDC) said on Wednesday.This fol...Published: 04 Apr 2012 at 10:49hrs | | by Sapa
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