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Zimbabwe experiencing tyrannical peace
A recent report has unveiled that a significant portion of Zimbabweans find themselves ensnared in a state of what can be described as "tyrannical peace" – a facade of non-violent order upheld throu...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zipra urges war vets not to be used for violence
VETERANS of Zimbabwe's war of liberation should not be used by political parties to engage in violence during this year's electoral season, the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) has said....Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF and its history of violence
ZIMBABWE'S ruling party subjugates the country's people so as to rule illegitimately and loot resources with impunity.This looting by individuals in Zanu-PF results in "unequal power and unequ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Thandekile Moyo
'Zimbabweans are serial plan B people!' Where is plan B if millions are in the dark and starving
"Zimbabwe did not become a failed state overnight. The collapse of the country happened over a period of decades, starting as early as the 1980s," wrote Malaika Mahlatsi in an article circulating in m...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 10:01hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe on the brink: Living in fragile peace
YESTERDAY, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) launched the 2021 State of Peace Report. It is an annual product of the ZimRights' Right to Peace Campaign which seeks to empower communiti...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Dzikamai Bere
Peace and reconciliation in the Second Republic
The inherent Western footprints in the ontology and epistemology of African nationalism in the past has stagnated the dream of realising how we can reconstruct the past and re-imagine the future....Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:45hrs | 11 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
ZPRA veterans demand apology
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must set up a truth commission to address the 1980s army atrocities in Midlands and Matabeleland to bring finality to the issue, former Zimbabwe People's Liberation Army (...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the politics of water in Matebeleland
Today, His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa marches back to history and affirmatively posts his legacy to posterity by officiating at the Gwayi-Shangani water pipeline groundbreaking c...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 4 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Call for revival of Bulawayo industry
CIVIL society organisations have called on the government to formulate a policy aimed at reviving industries in Bulawayo.Zimbabwe's second largest city used to be an industrial hub before a co...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tracking the genealogies of societal violence and its manifestations in Zimbabwe
Investigating the Liberation war and post war timelines 1960 – 1987Zimbabwe is a country marred by a myriad form of violence. The entry point in this article is to establish the genealogies ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 18:02hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Motlanthe commission: Too little, too late
MDC Alliance leaders appeared before the Kgalema Motlanthe-led commission of inquiry into the August 1 killings and the presentation by Tendai Biti and Nelson Chamisa left the commissioners in awe....Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Wilton Machimbira
Gukurahundi commission accused of shutting out victims
THE Gukuruahundi massacres yesterday dominated deliberations at the National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) symposium currently taking place in Bulawayo, with participants accusing the Nat...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Marange diamond comes under the spotlight in Brussels
Human rights abuses in Marange and plans by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) to rope in artisanal miners risk putting the country on the agenda of the Kimberley Process Certification S...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Is there anyone listening? It's not about Mnangagwa and Chamisa!!
I have said it over and over again and I will say it until I die, Zimbabwe situation does not need a political solution. Mass street protests by themselves are not sufficient to effect political chang...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 17:45hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Unresolved ethnicity conflict haunts Bulawayo
For the past few weeks, the second largest city has been on the spotlight with the mayoral election taking centre stage.Residents gained interest in the election process as they argued that th...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Africa: Beyond the captive state
The phrase "state capture" comes very easily into our formal and informal communication these days.What is not easy, however, is true understanding of what the phrase fundamentally means. In S...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:36hrs | 2 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Impact of Zimbabwe's post-electoral violence
On the eve of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s announcement of the outcome of the contested presidential results, Harare's central business district was barely recognisable, yet familiar, as ...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Mandipa Ndlovu
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt2
Continuing from here...Truth be said, this is a great opportunity for Mnangagwa. And truth be repeated, the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:03hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Sanctions: A contradiction to free and fair elections
Zimbabwe since the year 2000 has repeatedly confronted the scathing effects of economic sanctions that have outrightly challenged the plane handling of Zimbabwe's economic aspirations. Often, politica...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Tedious Ncube
Zipra veterans engage Tsholotsho villagers
THE Zipra Veterans Association has engaged Tsholotsho villagers at Mbamba in a peace and healing programme since the area is one of the districts in Matabeleland North seriously affected by Gukurahund...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland: the case of a bitter people
Just less than 72 hours ago social media was and is still awash with an article where I allegedly arrogantly said "I will take Mujuru to Bhalagwe".I want to personally apologise to anyone whom...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 10:12hrs | | by Apostle Anglistone T Sibanda
Protests started escalating in June - ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that the country started seeing the escalation of protest against the government this year in June.In a statement ZPP said in the month of June Zimbabwe...Published: 31 Jul 2016 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
This is where Zimbabwe went wrong
Since the birth of Zimbabwe in 1980, there is no denying that Zimbabwe started to decay sooner than it was born.Politics of vengeance, atavism and reward, economics of egoism and structural vi...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 16:19hrs | 1 | by Andisiwe Sibindi
Zimbabwe needs a truth recovery process to move forward
Over the years, the human rights movement in Zimbabwe has called for a commission to bring to surface the truth of past human rights violations.One of the questions that keep resurfacing in su...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 09:52hrs | | by Dzikamai Bere
Youths Lament Lack of Local Skills Development Opportunities
Youths in Ntabazinduna have castigated the Government for turning their vocational training centre into a police training depot that has never benefitted them since it came into existence. They ar...Published: 04 Nov 2011 at 13:47hrs | 2 | by NYDT
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