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Chamisa was bribed by Zanu-PF claim rubbished
Nelson Chamisa, the former leader of Zimbabwe's Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party, has dismissed threats from his critics to expose his alleged underhand dealings, declaring that he has "noth...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 14:57hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema blunders again
Today, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will hold the 44th ordinary summit of Heads of State and Government in Harare, Zimbabwe. The SADC Summit is accountable for the regional bloc's...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 15:47hrs | 3289 | by Dr Fred M'membe
'Ideologically bankrupt' Ramaphosa's ANC in a governance tailspin
To suggest that the 2024 electoral outcome has fundamentally altered how parties relate to one another post-election would be an understatement.Never has the party with a majority of votes fou...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 13:56hrs | 2 | by Sipho Seepe
Maybe if there had been no social media, Zimbabwe would be free today!
When I started writing these social justice articles way back in 1989, as a form three pupil, the world was a very different place.Those of us who had chosen this path - of speaking for the op...Published: 05 Nov 2023 at 13:23hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo beer merchant sues police over US$110,000 worth of seized liquor
Bulawayo's Wood Liquor Warehouse Trading Company (PVT) Limited owners have threatened to take the Zimbabwe Republic Police to court if the law enforcement organisation fails to release an alcohol cons...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 09:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Our leaders are not just corrupt, they're godfathers of corruption. 'But who will guard the guards themselves!'
The announcement that government will be installing 5 KVA solar powered kits at the homes of over 100 top government official including service chiefs "to cushion them and their families from ZESA loa...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 09:34hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's CCC, Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF unite to 'loot' State coffers
GIVEN the fluidity of Zimbabwean politics, one can only second guess President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 elections strategy.Cabinet ministers have been offered US$500 000 "loans" they have not...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | | by Sibanengi Mswazi Dube
Chamisa's CCC to boycott 2023 elections?
Sources within the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC have revealed that a fierce debate on whether or not to participate in next year's elections is raging. According to the sources, the debate has...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 10:37hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa praise singer appointed to panel to investigate criminal activity at Phala Phala farm
The EFF has slammed the appointment of President Cyril Ramaphosa's "praise singer" associate Professor Richard Calland to the independent panel set to investigate whether there is a prima face evidenc...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 22:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa is 'useless, spineless', must resign says South African billionaire
Calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign are mounting, though he is showing signs that he is not fazed.This time South African billionaire Rob Hersov has said Ramaphosa was an embarrassme...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 22:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition should capitalize on ZANU PF glaring weaknesses and insecurities
If ever I have come across a weak and spineless entity - standing on shaky ground, that can cave in at anytime - then, the ruling ZANU PF perfectly fits that category.And, the party is fully a...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If civil servants not serious about their own sad plight then why should the rest of us care anymore?
There is a popular saying, "God helps those who help themselves"!I am not quite sure just how scripturally accurate that is - but, it is clearly packed with some wholesome truths!Even ...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 18:00hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Teachers now need to take decisive action if they desire to be taken seriously!
As our country's esteemed teachers leave their banks, shaking their heads in utter disbelief and disgust, at the continued brazen insults at the hands of their employer, after the recently promised 10...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:56hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We need new heroes!
Sometimes, Bishop Lazi is glad that his uncle is dead.The man was never the same ever since returning from the war.He was no longer the bubbly and chatty young man who revelled in the ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Chamisa's MDC attacks Khaya Moyo
A WAR of words has erupted between the country's two main political parties after the MDC Alliance Monday afternoon angrily reacted to Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo's claims that the oppositio...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Chiefs are the problem and Obert Gutu is the scapegoat
As far as I can remember, our Chiefs have been a problem since this country was colonized by "those without knees", the British colonial master. During the colonial times, the Chiefs were the better h...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Why are we not holding councils to account?
MY soul is so disquieted, as I feel so dejected as a Zimbabwean, wondering about our inexplicable docility, cowardice, and inability to stand up against local government authorities who have failed to...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:28hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If Zimbabweans can't even stand up against non-brutal opposition urban authorities who're failing in service delivery, then what
A morning like today, is one of those when my soul is so disquieted, as I feel so dejected as a Zimbabwean, wondering if we truly knew what we wanted as a people - displayed by our inexplicable docili...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 08:43hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
March against sanctions a banal, scapegoating exercise
THIS lot do not get it, do they?Or maybe they are deliberately obtuse?When I first read that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was due to address an anti-sanctions march, I thought it was o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Lies run sprints, truth runs marathons
They say time heals even the deepest of scars, but not for Bishop Lazarus.And they say everything — absolutely everything and anything — has a price, but not this man of scripture and pray...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
When Excellencies grace Chitungwiza shebeen
What a couple of weeks of diplomatic intrigue.Epoch-making, maybe.Hallelujah! Praise be to the living God!We had desperately reckless American diplomats abandoning their airy a...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
The loved opposition
I hope I can be brief enough to be witty but concise enough to be understood and effectual. I know the natural instinct for people when they see someone questioning the political party that they suppo...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Jason Huntley
World now comprised of weak leaders who have caused more harm than good
As Rwanda commemorates the 25th anniversary of the 1994 genocide by Hutu extremists against largely the majority Tutsi and Hutu moderates, one can not help but wonder whatever happened to the World Wa...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 09:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Callistus Ndlovu's hero status angers Zapu
The honouring of the late former Cabinet minister Callistus Ndlovu as a national hero has left the Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) seething with anger - as it sees him as "a...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 19:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
African Union and Sadc are spineless
A combined African Union (AU), Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa trio-solution to the entangled, Zimbabwean problem will not yield the correct result. In p...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Pearl Matibe
MDC petition to AU, SADC misplaced
Last Thursday saw the Nelson Chamisa led MDC embarking on a strike demanding the scraping of the 2 percent tax on all transactions, cash shortages, three tier pricing system and increasing budget defi...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 14:25hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
'Mnangagwa is a cruel killer' says Jonathan Moyo
Exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo has described President Mnangagwa as a ruthless killer who threatened to separate his head from his neck after he exposed his plans to conduct a coup at a explosive poli...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:12hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Early sunset to the false start of a stolen election
The past few days have been an indictment to Zanu PF, its politics of falsehoods and the habit of stealing elections.Developments have exposed the pretenders in Zanu PF, that the talk of refor...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 11:02hrs | | by Clr Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
African leaders are a weak cowardly treacherous bunch!
I have been following closely events in South Africa, as they mark Women's Week - with special focus on gender-based violence - and this led me to make comparisons between abusers and leaders we have ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 15:57hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MRP launches a Mthwakazi Parliament
At a secret location after the revolutionary party launched what they termed a Union of Mthwakazi Parliament. The launch was supposed to take place at City Hall in Bulawayo, but the partisan and scare...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 19:31hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Mugabe's bitterness the X-factor
FORMER president Robert Mugabe (pictured) has accused several of his former Zanu-PF lieutenants of betraying him in his hour of need and launched a fresh attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu and Obadiah Musindo: political chameleons
Dear Editor Editor we are sick and tired of opportunists who does not have roots of their own to stand. During the era of Mugabe and his Jezebel, Musindo and Zivhu showered praises to them and...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by Isacc N
Matabeleland and Midlands Genocide: 1980-1987 and beyond - Zanupf's Agenda in the region
We the people of the region affected by the Gukurahundi Genocide must come to a common understanding of why Zanupf did the crime whose impact on our political, economic, cultural and emotional lives h...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Principled politics vs political opportunism - Zanu pf MPs caught with pants down
Zimbabwean opposition member of parliament Mr James Maridadi took the bull by the horns. ZANU PF should applaud him for that. He stated that "we Zimbabweans must be dignified and we must be honest wit...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mnangagwa and Chinamasa are chameleons'
Devolution and nothing else is what people asked forRevolutionary greetings dear comrades. I still reiterate that a leopard will never change its spots....Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by NPP
Zimbabwe's 'new dispensation' has no room for bootlickers and sycophants
I could not help but be flabbergasted and disgusted by the manner in which some sections of our society, especially the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), seem intent on continuing the 'legacy' ...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
RG Mugabe airports name causes a stink
Opposition parties have reacted angrily to the renaming of Harare International Airport by government this week which honoured President Robert Mugabe by naming the airport after him in a process whic...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 16:14hrs | | by staff reporter
Liberal Democrats' view of Zimbabwe today - Political conundrum
We have gone through the press statements of the War Veterans of Zimbabwe. We have listened to political commentators, we have listened to political outcasts from the ruling party or from disintegrati...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda (LDNC Chair)
Mnangagwa's allies vanquished
Several allies of former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa have been fired by their respective provinces, with the decision now awaiting ratification by the Zanu PF politburo.There was a compl...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prince Nyamande Was Never King of Mthwakazi
1. The recent announcement by Zwide Khumalo and his family members that Prince Nyamande was a Ndebele King for 33 years is a walking scandal whose sole purpose is to cripple and paralyse the closing s...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Bulelani's foot soldiers
'Why Moyo is the most ideal presidential candidate for Zimbabwe'
The announcement of Dr Nkosana Moyo's presidential bid, close to two weeks ago, has raised a lot of dust on the political landscape. Both analysts and other political players have reacted differently ...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 18:45hrs | | by Sibanengi Ncube
'Mnangagwa will run Zimbabwe better than Mugabe'
FORMER Industry and Trade minister, Nkosana Moyo yesterday said he believes Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to run the country differently compared to the long-serving President Robert Mug...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Nkosana Moyo not a Zanu-PF project'
PRESIDENTIAL aspirant and former Industry minister Nkosana Moyo has dismissed claims he is a Zanu-PF agent planted by President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF government to divide the opposition vote in next...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strange Facebook posts send family, friends into panic
THERE was widespread panic among relatives and friends of prominent Bulawayo lawyer Mr Mlweliwenkululeko Ncube yesterday following strange posts on his Facebook page, which appeared like suicide notes...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo shakes Zimbabwe politics
NKOSANA Moyo created a buzz in 2001 when he did the unthinkable and dumped President Robert Mugabe, just 10 months after he was roped into his "war Cabinet".Moyo had been brought into Mugabe's...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Why I'm running for the Presidency'
AFTER several months of speculation, former Industry and International Trade minister Nkosana Moyo (NM) yesterday launched his 2018 presidential election bid at a time the economy is underperforming, ...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo to challenge Mugabe and Tsvangirai in 2018
Former Industry and International Trade Minister, Nkosana Moyo, says he will contest in the 2018 presidential election against his former boss President Robert Mugabe and several others.Moyo m...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nationwide protests an anticipated show of defeat for opposition
It is unfortunate that political activists decide to engage in destructive protests in efforts to de-campaign ZANU PF and unconstitutionally unseat the Government, at a time when it is more critical t...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 16:01hrs | | by Tatenda Gono
Removal of ZCTU representative from the NSSA Board irks workers
The removal of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) representative from the NSSA Board has reportedly irked workers.ZCTU Secretary General Japhet Moyo said they have been and continuously ...Published: 23 May 2017 at 09:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Nkosana Moyo thinking of challenging Mugabe
FORMER Industry and International Trade minister Nkosana Moyo is considering challenging President Robert Mugabe in next year's elections, where he intends to contest as an independent candidate....Published: 12 May 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
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