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Robert Mugabe: Rule by the whip
Books he trusted. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe's leader. He would be home at State House by 5:30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would k...Published: 6 hrs ago | 947 | by The Economist
Mnangagwa offers no apology for the coup on Mugabe
Robert Mugabe died a "sad man", his nephew told a state funeral service attended by two dozen current and retired foreign leaders in Harare on Saturday.Walter Chidakwa fought back tears as he ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3671 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa's police refuse to charge Mutodi with hate crimes
Police in Bulawayo have refused to charge Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi with hate crimes after the Zanu-PF politician declared on social media that Ndebeles are refugees in Zimbabwe....Published: 6 hrs ago | 531 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: Lessons to be learnt
Nations, like families, learn from past experiences.The death of Robert Mugabe, the second president of a liberated Zimbabwe, 1987-2017, brings many memories to us all.I will propose t...Published: 6 hrs ago | 267 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Stop mourning Mugabe, family says
Former president Robert Mugabe's family yesterday said the nation should now just celebrate the life of the former Zanu-PF leader and stop mourning him as he lived a long life."We must stop mo...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1261 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims react to Mugabe death
ANY mention of the late president Robert Mugabe still invokes a deep sense of resentment from many a villager in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, who are haunted by the army massacres, infamously known as...Published: 7 hrs ago | 412 | by Staff reporter
Graca Machel: Appreciate Mugabe's role in Zimbabwe
FORMER Mozambican First Lady Graca Machel has urged young people to appreciate the role played by the country first black leader the late former President Robert Mugabe who died last week in Singapore...Published: 7 hrs ago | 145 | by Staff reporter
The installation of the Lozwi King at Emawabeni
FROM a high up vantage point along the highway leading from Bulawayo to Beitbridge one's attention is drawn to an expansive area down below that is covered by white tents. From here you see lots of pr...Published: 7 hrs ago | 331 | by Pathisa Nyathi
The 'Zimbabwean' mogul in SA police's crosshairs
A BMW M4 Convertible has a base price of US$77 000 while a G63 G Wagon costs as much as US$149 000. A Ranger Rover SVR goes for US$113 000 while the potent 503-horsepower Mercedes Benz AMG C63 S Sedan...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe praised
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and endearing legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerso...Published: 7 hrs ago | 349 | by Staff reporter
South Africans need a history lesson
JULIUS Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has tried telling his countrymen that the borders they are so fond of were imposed by racist imperialists.He has also told them th...Published: 7 hrs ago | 169 | by Mtandazo Dube
'The West is upset about Zimbabwean land'
Let us start by saying that Robert Mugabe is a Zimbabwean giant, Robert Mugabe is an African giant.From 1960 to 2017 - 57 years - he was at the front-end of African politics, front-end of Zimb...Published: 7 hrs ago | 134 | by Prof Arthur Mutambara
Final salute for Robert Mugabe
WHILE his remains will be interred at the National Heroes Acre after completion of a mausoleum currently being constructed at the national shrine, over the past week thousands of Zimbabweans gave the ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 95 | by Staff reporter
A too-comfortable end for Mugabe
"Peace has come to Zimbabwe/Third World's right on the one/Now's the time for celebration/ ‘Cause we've only just begun." So sings Stevie Wonder in Master Blaster, his 1980 hit single. And he wasn't...Published: 7 hrs ago | 124 | by Jason L Riley
G40's ahistorical narrative
It was a comic spectacle to watch some G40 elements coming out of hibernation, mouth-frothing like demented confused fools gushing vitriol that former President Mugabe was forced to die in exile. Noth...Published: 7 hrs ago | 134 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwe nears SA industry loans deal
Zimbabwe is closer to sealing over half a billion US dollar syndicated loan package with South African banks to support the private sector, amid revelations Treasury is now finalising the insurance gu...Published: 7 hrs ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa apologises for xenophobia
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, yesterday apologised to the African continent over the recent spate of xenophobic attacks on African immigrants in his country, promising to improve cohesion ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 83 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's success inevitable, says Mnangagwa
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and enduring legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson...Published: 7 hrs ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's body to be kept in Zvimba?
The body of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe is being kept in his birthplace, after a sparsely-attended state funeral at in the capital Harare.African leaders hailed Mr Mugabe as a li...Published: 15 hrs ago | 5555 | by BBC
Is grieving Grace behind Mugabe funeral plans drama?
The controversy swirling around the burial of Zimbabwe's founding leader, Robert Mugabe, centers on his widow, Grace, who has remained dramatically cloaked behind a heavy black veil as she succeeded i...Published: 16 hrs ago | 4739 | by AP
Xenophobia in Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF and Mugabe
Ever since it was founded, Zanu-PF has persistently propagated a criminal mindset that the people of Matebeleland are foreigners to this country. Its blind membership including Minister Mutodi is ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2174 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Zimbabweans now living in extreme poverty as economy declines
With Zimbabwe's economy all but confirmed to contract by at least 8% in the year 2019, households are feeling the heat as poverty levels surge at alarming levels. Zimbabwe's last recession cycle occur...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1024 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Mnangagwa dumping Mugabe's black empowerment drive'
EXILED former Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of attempts to reverse the gains of black empowerment which were introduced by late former President R...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2873 | by newzimbabwe
Ramaphosa booed, jeered in Zimbabwe
Cyril Ramaphosa was booed at former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's memorial in Harare on Saturday.Earlier the South African president had received a lukewarm applause when his arrival wa...Published: 24 hrs ago | 4760 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters snub Mugabe funeral
African leaders have hailed Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe as a liberation hero at his funeral in the national stadium in the capital Harare.Current Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mn...Published: 24 hrs ago | 4924 | by BBC
Mugabe's death, an omission of justice
It is with profound grief and sadness to learn that RG. Mugabe, the first prime minister and indeed the first executive president of the independent Zimbabwe passed away in Singapore on Friday t...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:56hrs | 232 | by Andrea Sibanda -MLF SG
Xenophobia dishonour Pan Africanism ideology
Few weeks ago winds of xenophobia started blowing, leading to loss of life, destruction of property and causing some severe wounds. This time around xenophobia erupted in Gauteng province which is the...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:54hrs | 194 | by Matora Hupile
Matemadanda dresses down Hungwe
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda last Saturday launched a scathing attack believed to have been directed at politburo member Josaya Hungwe whom he literally accused of trying to...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:39hrs | 3085 | by Staff reporter
RG Mugabe's number one admirer speaks on his unfulfilled cherished wish
LOSS takes many shapes and likewise the death of Zimbabwe's founding President Robert Mugabe undeniably evoked contrasting emotions for many people across the country and beyond.For a Bulawayo...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Kalanga association rubbishes recently installed Mambo King
The Kalanga Language and Cultural Development Association (KLCDA), a representative association of the Kalanga Nation in Zimbabwe and affiliated to the Society for the Promotion of iKalanga Language ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1885 | by Kalanga Association KLCDA
South Africa mfecane 2 victim repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial
The remains of a Zimbabwean man who was killed in xenophobia-motivated violence in South Africa last week has arrived in the country via Beitbridge Border Post. Isaac Sithole's body arrived on Thursda...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to be remembered for land reform, says Masuku
THE late former President Robert Mugabe will be remembered for the bold and historic land reform programme which he undertook to empower the people of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF deputy national secretary for t...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:09hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's pictures
AS the country continues to celebrate the life of the late former President Robert Mugabe, The Chronicle went to its archives to get some pictures taken by its photojournalists over the years....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 23:23hrs | 7764 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki lands in Zimbabwe ahead of Mugabe's funeral
Former president Thabo Mbeki has described the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe as an important player in the remaking of the African continent.Mugabe died last week in Singapore...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 22:18hrs | 1891 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hikes interest rate to 70% to help plummeting currency
Zimbabwe's central bank raised its main interest rate to 70% to stabilize a plummeting currency and rein in surging inflation.The decision is the first by the southern African nation's Monetar...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 22:02hrs | 2679 | by Bloomberg
Police need riot control training: ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to implement recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 politically-motivated violence by ensuring police officers a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:44hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's own family bitterly divided
The family of Africa's strongman and fallen giant Robert Mugabe are in a squabble over the site and date of burial, not wanting to go against his last wishes.According to the family of the ex-...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2083 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to hold mock Heroes Acre burial for Mugabe on Sunday?
A mock burial will be conducted for former President Robert Mugabe at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Sunday – but his actual burial will not be held for several days after, his nephew and fam...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:48hrs | 10624 | by ZimLive
Drama over the burial of Robert Mugabe
LIKE the rest of Zimbabweans, we are watching the unfolding drama over the burial of Zimbabwe's founding father, Robert Mugabe.This appears to be a game of brinksmanship between the family of ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 3412 | by Staff reporter
Stampede to check if Mugabe is really dead
THOUSANDS of people yesterday stampeded to view the body of the late former President Robert Mugabe at Rufaro Stadium, where he took his first oath as the country's founding Prime Minister at midnight...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 2258 | by staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets up centre for xenophobia victims
Government has reactivated a reception centre at Beitbridge to handle Zimbabweans fleeing xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The first batch of 60 repatriates was expected to arrive last night....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:05hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
South Africa: Punish Xenophobic violence
At Least 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced (Johannesburg, September 13, 2019) - The South African police should take...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1624 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Mugabe offered Chiwenga presidency
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, who died in Singapore last Friday, offered Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to take over from him at the height of the coup, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:50hrs | 6938 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces serious turbulence
THE quasi Zimbabwe currency this week weakened against the United States dollar as the authorities struggle to defend the value of the domestic currency. The local currency, which was trading at ZW$11...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1788 | by Economic Global Capital
Mugabe: A liberator turned oppressor
ROBERT Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for almost four decades, died aged 95, leaving behind an indelible stain on his country's human rights record.His early years as leader of Zimbabwe, following t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 252 | by Amnesty International
Mugabe Zimbabwe's hero and tyrant
The "icon of liberation" who led Zimbabwe to independence also drove the nation into poverty.Obituaries of Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe who died in Singapore on Friday at the a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:42hrs | 104 | by The New York Times
I dreaded Mugabe's death for years, write ex-CIO boss
ON Friday September 6 2019, I woke up to the news that former President Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe was no more. His death was something I dreaded for years as I worked to secure his wellbeing....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 3877 | by Happyton Mabhuya Bonyongwe
Mugabe, Tsvangirai died miles away from Zimbabwe's dilapidated death traps
THE death of former president Robert Mugabe - some 8 260 kilometres away from home in far-flung Singapore - is a terrible indictment on his legacy and the state of the country's healthcare institution...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya faces daunting task
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya will soon present his mid- term Monetary Policy Statement, tasked with introducing a cocktail of measures to instil confidence in the market amid a deep...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's selected quotable quotes
"Surely this is now time to beat our swords into ploughshares, so we can attend to the problems of developing our economy and our society." — Mugabe at Independence in 1980.***"Let's str...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
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