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Did Mtukudzi speak his troubled life in song?
"TATSAUKA pano nekuti paita Tuku, (We passed by because you are playing Tuku music)" my late brother Johannes and his friend Evaristo Chiwara once told merrymakers in Rimuka, Kadoma, in the late 1990s...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:03hrs | 3594 | by Moses Chibaya
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1842 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
'You see skeletons' - the deadly migrant Limpopo crossing
The men who raped Portie Murevesi did not care that she was visibly pregnant. They attacked her with glass bottles too, she told us, pointing to a large and jagged scar on her forearm.Now, her...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Remains of 21 people exhumed in city
Remains of 21 people were exhumed from a housing development project site in Bulawayo's Killarney suburb before they were reburied at the city's Luveve cemetery.This was revealed in the latest...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt is getting crazier
IF you are a Zimbabwean citizen or resident and still want to live on, you need super strong shock absorbers because the Mnangagwa administration is capable of crazy things that can easily kill you....Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth readmission a must for Zimbabwe
WE reported yesterday that Britain is pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the Commonwealth.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the club of nations und...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa protects judge facing a series of corruption scandals
SOMETIME in February The NewsHawks reported that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) had recommended that President Emmerson Mnangagwa must set up tribunals to investigate High Court Justices Webste...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Why would SADC risk confrontation with Zim regime whilst citizens act as if all is well?
So, another meeting of SADC (Southern African Development Community) heads of state has come and gone without the much anticipated 'resolution on flawed elections recently held in Zimbabwe'!Of...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 15:40hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's CCC mulls full withdrawal of MPs
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was on Monday discussing a full withdrawal of MPs and Senators from parliament after 15 lawmakers were controversially recalled.Speaker of Parliament Ja...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere carries excess baggage
The impending August 23 harmonised elections hold an immense significance for the one who will come out victorious at the end of the race. Various political figures have emerged out of the woo...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:11hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Mnangagwa's UK visit fails to thaw relations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa did not meet any high-level official of the United Kingdom administration when he visited London for the coronation of King Charles III.In contrast, the likes of R...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fake news a tool used by detractors on Zimbabwe
Fake news is not a new phenomenon, for a long time, the mere mention of Zimbabwe in the global mainstream media (social media) has been associated with a negative story. Zimbabwe post-2000 ent...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Grace Zvavamwe
'Thieves' beg Ramaphosa to stay
Ministers with "smallanyana" skeletons are drumming up support for President Cyril Ramaphosa not to resign because they are afraid of going to jail or their shenanigans being exposed once he is gone....Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 15:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo exposes Kasukuwere?
FORMER Cabinet minister Mr Saviour Kasukuwere tried to bribe his way back into Zanu-PF following the fall of their bid to thwart President Mnangagwa's ascendency in 2017, his erstwhile ally Professor ...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's time Redcliff Municipality was investigated for its questionable dealings!
For a long time I had foolishly believed the yarn that poor service delivery, or the total lack of, in our small town of Redcliff was due to the non-payment of bills by residents. I was - afte...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:45hrs | 82 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zanu PF will never win free elections!' said CCC. True. So, why is CCC one insisting on elections with NO reforms?
When it comes to elections, Zimbabwe is caught in a catch 22 situation. After 42 years of corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF rule that has left the country in economic ruins, a pariah state and forced mil...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 13:51hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa afraid of live-streamed court proceedings?
THERE is something that happened in Zanu-PF in 2017. The play is about to be staged in a court of law.So many skeletons will pop out of the political cupboard. It is understandable why Preside...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:15hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Armchair activists make Pan-Africanism elitist and irrelevant to ordinary suffering Africans!
Imagine an impoverished widowed grandmother, struggling to fend for her orphaned grandchildren, somewhere in rural Marange, Zimbabwe - without any means of income, nor anyone to assist her tend her ti...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:26hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnanaggwa haunted by 2017 coup skeletons
NEW information emerging from Zanu-PF corridors indicates that the current factional fights in the ruling party are emanating from a 2017 power-sharing deal gone sour, NewsDay has gathered.Pre...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mafume sticks to his guns on Pomona
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday said the Harare City Council (HCC) had no capacity to pay in United States dollars the council committee set up to investigate the Pomona waste management deal....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga marries long-time soldier lover
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has married his long-time lover Miniyothabo Baloyi, the presidency announced on Wednesday.The two lovebirds exchanged their vows during a private ceremony a...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 17:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns SA flood victims
President Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolence to South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa following the death of over 300 people due to floods that hit KwaZulu-Natal province.In a s...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Four Decades of Uhuru - Minus.....
"ZIMBABWEANS at 42" is the shrill theme on many a Zimbabwean lip as our nation ages towards April 18 which marks 42 years of freedom and independence for our motherland - but so what?So what!...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Stephen Mpofu
2023 elections, Mugabe predictive intelligence
THE leader who carries off the remarks by the late President Mugabe will likely win the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe. The leader who does not let the Mugabe decision affect him at a personal level will ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:44hrs | 9 | by Sharon Hofisi
Something stinks in Nelson's yellow shack
The fissures in the country's opposition party recently ruptured as Mr Nelson Chamisa formed a new political party going by the ideologically-barren name; Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), but ther...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
ZIFA councillors vow to fight on
THE ZIFA councillors have vowed they will go ahead with the proposed special Extraordinary General Meeting despite the spirited attempts by some members of the association's suspended board to block t...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora skeletons tumble
THOKOZANI Khupe has revealed that the MDC-T received assistance from the state through judicial and parliamentary processes in their fight to destroy the Chamisa-led MDC Alliance.This would se...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Political skeletons tumble out of Kazembe's closet
AS the potentially explosive Zanu-PF provincial elections take off Tuesday, party members in the volatile Mashonaland Central province are leaving no stone unturned, with daggers now drawn against the...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind forex dealers?
NO matter how well-meaning and determined, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) could be towards uprooting rampant delinquency in the economy, the effort may count for nothing if other institutions are ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Nathan Gurira
Sanctions are real, but we're shooting ourselves in the foot
No matter how well-meaning and determined the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) could be towards uprooting rampant delinquency in the economy, the effort may count for nothing if other institutions that ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Nathan Gurira
ED Pfeeee in UK hill Nehanda's head head home
The President of Zimbabweans His Excellence Cde Dr Emerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA will be gracing the Queen's land in October 2021. There is great excitement amongst Zimbabweans who are hoping to catch a ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:46hrs | 6 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
Zec skeletons continue to tumble
A LEAKED audio between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana and MDC Alliance secretary for elections Ian Makone has shown that the commission had been runn...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkayi Community Parliament: The model for peace in Matabeleland
The recently established, Nkayi Community Parliament, which fosters community involvement, participation and the development of Nkayi District, is a haven of ideas, peace, mutual respect and political...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:24hrs | 46 | by Nhlanhla Moses
No to factional mudslinging…Discipline comrades discipline!
My 54 political toddler years which are founded 'On the Shoulders of Struggle' signify a journey of robust African revolutionary tutelage which has been vastly enabled by those national paternal and m...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Obert Moses Mpofu
Zimra executives in US$585m tax evasion corruption scam
CORRUPTION skeletons involving a series of multi-billion-dollar tax evasion scandals are tumbling out of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) cupboard amid a new corruption scam involving Chinese di...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe resuscitation scandal explodes
EFFORTS to resuscitate the troubled national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), are effectively dead in the water after the exposition by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) of a systemati...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 10:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF skeletons tumble
The government stopped the demolition of fancy houses at an alleged illegal settlement on the outskirts of Harare after it emerged that Zanu-PF bigwigs owned some of the housing stands.Several...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:40hrs | 1 | 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
Kembo Mohadi and Enos Nkala learnt lifetime lessons; Israel Dube my reply!
The first time I agreed with Israel Dube about facts in our mainstream politics. Let me make it clear however, that I am not appealing to Israel to drop death threats hanging on my throat: I have been...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 12:48hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Woman breastfeeds snake
BREASTFEEDING is beautiful and natural.It is a sacred bond between a mother and her young one.However, it becomes scary when a woman in menopause breastfeeds a snake.This is th...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi sex skeletons tumble
VICE President Kembo Mohadi's shocking love romps with married mistresses have been laid bare in two leaked phone conversations in which the country's number 2 is heard inviting his sex toys for unpro...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora attacked by covid and loneliness in lockdown times
Imagine a day in your life or is it going to be every day of your remaining life?. You are now stuck in a room and the pace of life has slowed. You get up early in the morning and sit in your favorite...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 14:05hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Father's snakes feast on daughters
THERE are many relatives today who do not talk to each other anymore as they blame witchcraft for all their problems, with the "witches" being their relatives. There are those who believe in witchcraf...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 16:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chatunga in nasty social media fall out with ex-lover
The late former president Robert Mugabe's son Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe recently had a nasty fallout with an Instagram model and the alleged ex-girlfriend only identified as 'moniker Mimi Charasa' wh...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF skeletons tumble in Chitungwiza demolitions
LEAKED letters addressed to Chitungwiza Town Council bosses have exposed the government's involvement in the demolition of homes and other illegal structures in Harare and the dormitory town with the ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
The bittersweet toxicity of the new media
In 1982, when Steve Jobs was asked if he was keen on doing market research, he said, "No, because customers don't know what they want until we have shown them." His instincts, whether good-natured or ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:38hrs | | by Mandlenkosi Siziba
Chaotic MDC-T congress spells doom for opposition
THIS week's chaotic MDC-T extraordinary congress which was controversially won by party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora against rivals Thokozani Khupe, Elias Mudzuri and Morgan Komichi dealt the op...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora transferred $5,955,000 from MDC-T bank account'
SKELETONS are now tumbling in the MDC-T party amid allegations that Mr Douglas Mwonzora, the runaway winner in Sunday's disputed party presidential elections, misused nearly $6 million of party funds....Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora skeletons tumble
ASPIRING MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday exposed by one of his top allies who described him as "a deceitful and crooked trickster" as the fight for the presidency reaches a chaotic climax ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
The factions exposed during DCCs must be dealt with now
There are two primary causes for voter apathy: alienation and voter fatigue. Alienation is defined as,the sense that voters feel like the political system does not work for them and any attempt to inf...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 15:24hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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