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Party spoilers stun Simba Bhora
The race for the 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title will extend into November after league leaders Simba Bhora suffered a shocking last-minute 1-0 defeat to Herentals at Rufaro Stadium, del...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:18hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots protests against ED2030 spoilers
ZANU-PF provincial structures in Midlands and Masvingo are reportedly planning protests against a vocal critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has been campaigning against a proposed plan to exte...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 11:48hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa at the epicentre of regional governance
The last two weeks were action packed for Harare as it hosted the 44th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government. It was accompanied by a myria...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:11hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe ready to thwart all sponsored demos'
ANY attempts by foreign-sponsored opposition elements to cause violent protests before or during the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government later this month will be met with befitting responses ...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 07:28hrs | 394 | by Sgtaff reporter
CCCC President hits out at ZEC
President of Changu Chimuti Chikapinda Chapinda (CCCC) David Chitimbe says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is charging exorbitant nomination fees after reassuring the presiding officer that money wa...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
The Two Other Times the Premier League Had a Genuine Three-way Title Fight
In the annals of Premier League history, few title races have captivated the imagination of football fans around the world as much as the ongoing 2023/24 season. With just ten games remaining, Arsenal...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:25hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
How to fix Zimbabwe's broken politics
Resolving this stalemate is key to moving the nation forward constructively. What can be done to change this? What stands in the way? What are the opportunities?Broken politicsZimbabwe's p...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 22:08hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Why ZANU-PF Wins elections
Since 1980, ZANU PF has lost in two elections. They lost the 2000 referendum which forced the incumbent president to go with the old constitution albeit with later amendments which largely undermined ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Moses Moyo
Is Kasukuwere out just to spoil the broth?
THE sound of the gauntlet that presidential hopeful, former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere threw only last month has refused to die down.After his shock announcement that he would be cont...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 6 | by Kudakwashe Gwabanayi
Why Kasukuwere is giving Mnangagwa a torrid time
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is panicking over the presidential candidature of former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere at a time his administration is battling a floundering economy ahea...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere running against time to shake off 'violent' tag
WHEN former Cabinet minister Savior Kasukuwere announced that he would be standing in the upcoming presidential elections on August 23, many people were left trying to figure out his motivation and po...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere threatens knockout punch, but doubts persist
POLITICAL analysts say former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's entry into the presidential election race set for 23 August will eat into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's votes...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: Hoping for tricks of providence
A belch from a priest has greater valueFor a shiny trinket / Give not away your country / The foreigner is a trafficker / To mind him is no bargain / If you were skilled and artful / You'd sta...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Jamwanda
New sanctions on Zimbabwe spoiled US-Africa Summit
When President Joe Biden announced the hosting of United States-Africa Summit last year, he sounded like he was doing a favour to Africans. That was mistake number one.That is old archaic poli...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zec's 2023 general election nomination fees: Contributing to the narratives.
In Zimbabwe political parties do not have to pay fees to participate in elections neither are they registered by the Zimbabwe Election Commission (Zec) as is the case in countries which include Ghana,...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:27hrs | | by Farai Chirimumimba
American economics says ZimStat is run by a clown
UNITED States professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, Steve Hanke, has fiercely hit back at the Zimbabwe Statistical...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Isn't it pure madness expecting the same govt that destroyed Zimbabwe to be entrusted with country's revival?
So, there are Zimbabweans exceedingly thrilled with the completion of the new parliament building, and the commissioning of a brand new capital, named Cyber-City, in Mt Hampden, several kilometers nor...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 17:51hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Your Excellency Mnangagwa, the buck stops with you
DEAR President,Your Excellency, the cost of living has been skyrocketing for quite some time now. Salaries are subjected to progressive erosion. As I see it, long before teachers in public ser...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
'Media attacks on Zec contribute to voter apathy'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said persistent attacks on it by the media and political players and partisan reporting is contributing to voter apathy in the country.Concerns have...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF regime a pathetic victim of its own delusional thinking and propaganda
In aviation, there are numerous causes of airplane accidents - but, they are usually grouped in three categories - technical faults, external factors, or human errors.Technical faults can be a...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 17:19hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Biti bitten by that which he went hunting for
Tendai Biti was a legislator (among others) who partnered with foreign governments to collectively punish innocent Zimbabweans by inviting sanctions, in an attempt to coerce people to vote for his par...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military must not subvert democratic institutions
Zimbabwe's military should not take a prominent role in any political dialogue that seeks to break the country's socio-economic impasse as lobbying for talks intensifies, a leading scholar has said....Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic outlook for 2021
Zimbabwe's economy ended the year 2020 on a fairly stable note due to the return of the multi-currency regime and decline in general inflation levels in the market. Headwinds caused by incessant power...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Dialogue is important
Dialogue is important and it has to be real and objective. All those steak holders capable of providing a solution to the problem should be represented in the dialogue. I don't know what is wrong with...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:22hrs | | by Clemen Moyo
The Dialogue
Dialogue is important and it has to be real and objective. All those steak holders capable of providing a solution to the problem should be represented in the dialogue. I don't know what is wrong with...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Clemen Moyo
#ShutDownZimbabwe demos: Political warfare morphing into insurgency
The pending demonstrations ought to be viewed within the realms of a sophisticated effort at blackmail, whose sole agenda is to have the international community turning screws against the Government....Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Andrew Maimba
Every generation has its heroes
Today I felt encouraged as well as hopeful as I watched our comrades being escorted like criminals from Khami prison. Seeing Zimbabwe prison services officers in their unusual anti riot gear carrying ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 21:42hrs | 2 | by MRP Vice-president Ms Presia Ngulube
Why getting a video conferencing room onboard is a milestone
Why getting a video conferencing room onboard is a milestone for your content marketing strategy? Because your digital business, your product or service, has a good story to tell, and valuable knowled...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 21:10hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
Another Zimbabwe coup looms?
When former President Robert Mugabe was forced out of office by a military intervention in November 2017, the accusations were that he was surrounded by criminals.In the process of targeting t...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum plot Pirates spoiler
FC Platinum will be looking to take advantage of a fatigued Orlando Pirates side hoping to collect their first set of maximum points in a Group B clash of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) C...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elective congress and the Chamisa factor
Genuine leaders are elected into office and not appointed. To set the record straight it is health for the Chamisa led MDC Alliance to hold its elective congress. The forth coming congress for MDC All...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 18:32hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue is not about power-sharing
Within five weeks of coming to power in November 2017, President Mnangagwa did the unthinkable.He drove to ailing opposition MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's place of residence and he...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Police should probe vandalism, looting
Whenever the bulls fight it is always the grass that suffers.The aforementioned adage is true as witnessed by the recent destruction of ordinary people's properties, including retail shops whi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo Gweru show flops
Ageless Chimurenga music legend Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo's maiden Peace Tour show slated for Gweru on Friday night failed to take off amid a plethora of challenges that left music lovers, who had pa...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti is a clever lawyer - but no match for Mthuli in the economic sphere
AFTER weeks of conjecture we had the first budget of the new government on Thursday. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was not thrown by the chaos that resulted when the MDC members refused to respect the...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:20hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Emergency recovery measures to stop Zimbabwe economic free-fall
This article will be brief and straight to the point. There is no need to continue to pontificate on the political-economy of the country because we all know that after the 30th July elections the eco...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 14:00hrs | | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada
Teacher, money-changer, fuel dealer, thigh vendor - all rolled in one
WHAT is this that we hear about this fortune hunter who is venturing into any trade that guarantees her an extra penny? Initially Blabber was not whether she is a teacher or hairdresser given ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc repels 'vultures'
IN a distinctive show of character, solidarity, objectivity and defiance, the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) recently endorsed Zimbabwe's elections and went one step further by appointi...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Shame Isaki
Mugabe-less Zanu-PF is still the party to beat in Zim elections
Zanu-PF goes into the upcoming general election in Zimbabwe as the party to beat – but a lot has happened since former president Robert Mugabe was forced to step down in a military-assisted transiti...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by TimesLive
Full Text: Zhuwao reveals why Mugabe will vote for Chamisa
When Nelson Chamisa stated on 19th March 2018 in an SABC interview on that he suspected President Mugabe would vote for him in this 2018 election, my ego, arrogance and emotions refused to accept such...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 12:04hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Of dark horses, spoilers and kingmakers
In last week's instalment, I analysed the chances of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC-T and MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's prospects in the July 30 presidential race....Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Dumisani O Nkomo
Chiwenga unpacks military's role in peace-building
I feel honoured to speak on "The role of the military in peac-building and national reconciliation" itself a topic under the broad theme "A Reflection on Ethical Leadership. The theme honours the 100t...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Dr Constantino Chiwenga
No more coups, declares Chiwenga
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has declared that the military would not carry out another intervention similar to Operation Restore Legacy which saw former President Robert Mugabe being forced ou...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chides the other 21 'pretenders to the throne'
Although a staggering 23 candidates have put their names forward in a bid to lead Zimbabwe after the July 30 national elections, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says in reality his only challenge for...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo is right about Kasukuwere after all!
Can someone tell me kuti zvinombofambiswa seiko munyika muno – how can two border jumpers be treated differently like that? I mean Saviour Kasukuwere and our President ED. We all know that the...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 17:54hrs | | by Mapombi
Mapeza not worried about Ngezi
FC Platinum coach, Norman Mapeza has said his team will only focus on their performance and not about what their rivals Ngezi Platinum Stars are doing.FC Platinum are chasing history by becomi...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Democratic Opposition begins grassroots campaigns
Bulawayo based Democratic Opposition Party (DOP) has began its grass roots campaigns with its leader introducing the parliamentary candidate for Lobengula constituency and a councilor for ward 14 in B...Published: 20 May 2018 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, the land of thieves
If you are on social media there are a couple of home truths.Munyaradzi Mitchell Gumbo must have a secret degree in gynaecology – we see his posts to that effect once in a while. Prince Nobl...Published: 19 May 2018 at 15:02hrs | | by Robert Mukondiwa
NPF in paralysis, fails to hold elective convention
The National Patriotic Front fronted by Ambrose Mutinhiri is facing a stillbirth as it has failed to hold its elective convention as originally planned due to explosive in-fighting over control of the...Published: 18 May 2018 at 11:53hrs | | by Bevan Musoko
How I would work with Chamisa to build a Zimbabwean bullet train?
As an inventor who holds two British University Degrees in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Design, I was taught that a man with a dream is the man I must stick to. Nelson Cha...Published: 06 May 2018 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Ryton Dzimiri
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