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Zifa dismisses fake Fifa letter as smear campaign
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has denounced as "a shameless act of deceit" a letter purportedly sent by FIFA, which alleged that the world football body's independent ethics committee was i...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:27hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's longest electoral season
IN exactly two weeks, Zimbabweans are going to the polling booth again, as the silly season that began last May stubbornly refuses to end for various reasons — single-minded pursuit of power by oppo...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:00hrs | 10 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Drama-filled 2023 ends in tears for CCC
POLITICS, according to social scientists, is loosely translated as a battle to control resources with man putting political contestation as a means to ensure equitable distribution of whatever is foun...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:22hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's diatribe against Western nations sad
IT is beyond doubt that the election silly season is upon us.This is a period when all unimaginable things are said and jaws drop at the farfetched promises made to voters, who are also spoilt...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Stands-for-votes gimmicks must stop
GOING by the spate of recent activities in Zimbabwe's political arena, we are, indeed, in the midst of a silly season.Silly season has started - political parties in Zimbabwe are on a rampage ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwe roads safe?
It is, indeed, the silly season, so silly that even the simplest of promises are used to secure votes.In this episode, some politicians have promised to "drive" their way to victory.Fo...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:34hrs | 10 | by Jairos Saunyama
Zimbabwe election silly season upon us
DEFINITELY the election silly season is now upon Zimbabwe if reports that the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Bulawayo blocked a campaign concert meant to encourage people to register to vote are anything...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A fool and his money are soon parted!
The cash taps have well and truly been turned on.It seems hardworking Zimbabweans in faraway lands have been doing their bit to support family and friends back home, including bankrolling pote...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 3 | by Bishop
Matabeleland does not need leaders from Mashonaland, we have our own
"The buzz word "change" in Zimbabwe has generated hope and excitement that will deliver gloom and doom only to be felt and experienced after the elections. Removing Zanupf and E.D Mnangagwa is not Cha...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Israel Dube
Chamisa must sleep with one eye open
Elections always unfailingly produce rare and curious political creatures and species.You might think you have seen it all only for another election cycle to remind you that you ain't seen not...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:49hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazi
Show us criminals that surrounded Gushungo
My People,Ignatius Chombo, the man who was branded the biggest criminal around Gushungo, is now a free man.Chombo was seized by soldiers on the night of the infamous coup while sleepin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Dr Stop It
Zimbabweans politicians lining up their pockets
THE silly season is slowly approaching with less than 20 months left before the next elections. We now have President Emmerson Mnangagwa promising voters manna from heaven, declaring that what happene...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Batsi Gonzo
Behold, Chamisa's circus comes to town
The pen, when wielded by the most potent hand, can indeed become mightier than the sword.As Bishop Lazi told you last week, there are a few men and women who belong to a pantheon of gods who c...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:31hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus
Maimane a paid fool
Indeed every village has its own fool, but to have a stray one seeking to stoke up the fires of chaos to a foreign community can be a bit disturbing to say the least. South Africa's Democratic Allianc...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by Jasper Hloka
It's Xmas, stop and reflect!
It's Christmas!He arrived in the dark and silent night. Change had come, but everything looked the same. Silent and undisturbed. There was no room for him who would change history forever. So ...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:44hrs | | by Milton Kamwendo
Varsities PhDs - a farce - Gukurahundi PhDs
IF the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) was a human being, it could be wrinkled and grey haired by now. All things being equal, it could be a seasoned citizen, mellowed by maturity; an individual who no lo...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Con-Court ruling ends the silly season
The recent judgment handed down by the Constitutional Court put an end to a season of jest fronted by the MDC-Alliance's Nelson Chamisa and his supporting cast of pseudo-democrats and Twitter revoluti...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Prosecutor-General
Dear Acting Prosecutor-GeneralMy heartfelt congratulations on your recent appointment, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi, as the Acting Prosecutor-General. Hopefully in the long run the appointment will be tu...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:02hrs | 3 | by Garikai Mazara
Hey, women of Zimbabwe, defend one of your own!
IT was refreshing to see white commercial farmers mixing and mingling with the President last week. The President told the farmers that "you are part of us" and reports say the farmers were charmed by...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:20hrs | 2 | by Bishop
Alliance of tantrums
The MDC Alliance have turned into political crybabies who are hellbent on attacking anything that involves the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.The opposition coalition is taking advantage of new...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 16:42hrs | 5 | by Hubert Sithole
Nobody wins spiteful wars
TWO separate news items from the past few days have been most instructive in their own way.The first was about MDC Alliance presidential spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda walking into Herald Hous...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Conway Nkumbuzo Tutani
Chamisa taking 'silly season' literally
Nelson Chamisa, the MDC Alliance presidential candidate, is a man of many hats. He is a pastor, a lawyer and a presidential aspirant. People who wear many hats usually use them to their advant...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Lovemore Chikova
Silly election season is upon us
We are officially in election season, silly season you might be tempted to call it, and we are likely to hear all sorts of stories and promises.True and false promises, you will need to sift t...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Condom distribution to prisons sparks religious, moral debate
Alfred Kurai (not his real name) twitches uncomfortably as the "talk" begins. He says calling this an interview would make him feel dehumanised and uncomfortable. Kurai is a convict in a Zimba...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance primary elections: bottled smoke
African politics appears simple, yet it is a delicate balancing act. The most savage part of it is that those involved never tell each other the truth of what they think of each other, but what the ot...Published: 11 May 2018 at 16:20hrs | 1 | by Bruce Zvandasara
Of Statesmen, puny politicians and the 2018 elections
As this year's harmonised elections draw close with each sunset, activity on the political landscape is increasing. More political parties, more independents candidates are coming on stream and more d...Published: 08 May 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
2018: An opportunity for national restoration
We are at that point in the national political cycle when spaghetti roads are promised and people are told aircraft will ferry tomatoes from gardens in Mutoko to Mbare.The nation will hear of ...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: Is the West now seeking new, better puppet?
ZIMBABWE'S political discourse is intriguing. What is particularly striking is how the same old narrative that shaped Rhodesia is today playing a central role in all the factional dynamics bedeviling ...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
What South Africans can expect under the christmass tree this year
Cape Town - While most businesses are still gearing up for the festive rush, the container trade industry - driven largely by the early preparation of big retailers - experiences the Christmas rush mo...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Nkosana Moyo's presidential bid divides opposition
Former Industry and International Trade minister Nkosana Moyo announced yesterday that he will run for president in 2018, but his presidential bid has been met with whispers of disapproval, especially...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Silly season is upon us
The teachers must be wary that their cause is not hijacked for devious ends, unless that is the mandate they have given to the union leadersIS the silly season already in full swing again? Whe...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 05:38hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
Silly season for Didymus Mutasa
Inasmuch as laws are like sausages which most of us would not want to witness their manufacturing, the same goes with democratic processes which certainly involve the toleration of a plurality of idio...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 13:01hrs | 1 | by Morgan Ngomwa
Fist fighting is the characteristic of MDC-T
Morgan Tsvangirai's references to himself as being imbued with leadership qualities are laughable and misplaced in a serious autobiography. The man has no nationalist institutional memory apart ...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 18:45hrs | | by Stewart Murewa
Mliswa, the Tezvara of our time
Temba Mliswa was recently in The Saturday Herald where he poured out his deeper feelings about his expulsion from Zanu PF. Of interest was his explicit pleading for re-admission into the revolutionary...Published: 18 Nov 2015 at 09:49hrs | | by John Sigauke
Silly season has ripened for the private newspapers.
In 1861, a term silly season was coined in the United Kingdom to describe a midsummer period when parliament and law courts are not sitting. There is nothing much newsworthy that happens during t...Published: 30 Jun 2015 at 10:09hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Tsvangirai faces Doom
At this moment in time fresh storm is brewing in the MDC-T with party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, threatening to dissolve the party's provincial structures accused of waging a social media campaign to ...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 09:46hrs | 1 | by Stewart Murewa
Will Mugabe deliver?
The silly season of free cell phone vouchers, gallons of scarce cooking oil and free goats is over. Promises were made and now they must be kept. Although it took very little to convince those...Published: 29 Aug 2013 at 06:41hrs | | by Vince Musewe
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