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Kazembe taunts jailed activists, defends clampdown on dissent
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe has subtly criticized Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa regarding the ongoing detention of pro-democracy activists and opposition supporters. Mutsvangw...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:49hrs | 293 | by Staff reporterq
Adulterous cops ordered to pay US$5 000 to long-suffering wife
SHE has borne the agony of seeing her seven children go hungry and fail to attend school because her police officer husband has forsaken her for his work colleague.She has endured taunts from ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts 'sell-outs' within CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has launched an indirect reprimand on unnamed party comrades he branded "sell-outs" as he battles one of his most difficult challenges since t...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala taunts prosecutors
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker, Job Sikhala, currently languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Prison on alleged violence incitement, on Wednesday stood to defend himself as his defence ...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 15:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taunts uneducated opponents
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a disdainful rebuke on those accusing him of masterminding court generated disqualifications on election opponents, describing them as uneducated.This f...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 20:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts Mnangagwa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa finally launched his party campaign before a capacity crowd at Gweru's Mkoba Stadium yesterday following weeks of being denied to do so by the...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Tenant publicly taunts HIV-positive landlady
A HARARE woman yesterday approached the civil court seeking a peace order against her tenant whom she accuses of emotionally abusing her because of her HIV status.The complainant told Harare m...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taunts 'rogue' NGOs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Tuesday vowed resistance against "rogue" NGOs and "surrogate entities" he accused of attempts to fan instability at the expense of the country's hard-won independence....Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passion Java taunts Zimbabweans over gold theft
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and self-styled prophet Passion Java has torched a fiery storm after appearing in a video bragging that those implicated in Al Jazeera's four-part gold smuggling do...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena taunts ZACC
UNDERFIRE Gokwe-Nembudziya Zanu-PF legislator, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, has told the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to confiscate every piece of property he owns in a clear dig follo...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans call for coach Mandla Mpofu to leave
Bulawayo Chiefs 2-2 HighlandersTWO well-taken free-kicks by defensive midfielder Adrian Silla, including a last-minute strike, saved Highlanders an embarrassing defeat as they staged a late comeba...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the Goliath Complex Afflicts
My early days in primary school were dominated by the story of Goliath, the giant of Philistine.Goliath's name was onomatopoeic; this sonorous name heavily suggested physical hugeness afflicte...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zanu PF attacks on MDC will galvanise and blind supporters to Wizard of Oz Scarecrow trickery
Zimbabwe is caught in a catch 22! We a stuck in a political and economic mess and those who have landed us here are the ones profiting from our suffering and misery and, worst of all, they have the po...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 07:43hrs | 9 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mliswa taunts Mnangagwa over war veterans
NORTON'S Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa (independent) says successive Zanu-PF governments have dismally failed to look after war veterans since 1980.In a statement on his Twitter page, Mlis...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chammisa's MDC taunts 'Zanu-PF puppet' Mwonzora over national dialogue calls
Calls by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora for an inclusive national dialogue to untangle Zimbabwe's deepening political and economic crisis have been met with derision by his rivals in the main oppositio...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Mzembi tell Chinamasa to 'stop throwing sewage at us'
FORMER Zanu-PF top officials have accused the ruling party's acting national spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa of using undiplomatic language to fight his opponents.Chinamasa is holding weekly pr...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mwonzora taunts Chamisa
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora Saturday took time to harangue MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa, describing the politician as a hypocrite who pretended he did not like Zanu-PF when in fact, ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube taunts 'misguided' lawyers challenging SI 142
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has described litigations against the reintroduction of the Zimbabwean dollar and ban on the use of foreign currencies as "misguided".Currently, there are three c...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 17:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangudya taunts Mthuli Ncube
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday denied that the central bank was involved in any quasi-fiscal activities and called out Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and parliamentary ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday ordered his political nemesis President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa to do the "most gracious and revolutionary thing" by conceding defeat and start...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe characterised by too much freedom, diplomats declare
THE pre-election environment has been characterised by "too much" freedom and some opposition parties are now abusing that liberty, diplomats said yesterday.The envoys, who met Foreign Affairs...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF leading by example, claims SB Moyo
Zanu-PF Mberengwa Senatorial candidate Dr Sibusiso Moyo yesterday said the ruling party was leading by example in the conduct of mature politics by ignoring taunts and insults from other political out...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Denver sink Dembare
FATE, at times, has a cruel way of hitting back at us and, for Lloyd Mutasa, the football gods decided to punish him in the worst manner possible when the player he drove out of Dynamos somehow found ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo taunts 'hopeless charlatan'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has waded into the Movement for Democratic Change succession battle.MDC-T vice-president, Nelson Chamisa started fighting with his co-depu...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man taunts granny (90) with witchcraft slur
TEARS have become daily bread for Mathando Sibanda (90) whenever her grandson shouts at her for allegedly bewitching his mother, her daughter.She now wants her grandson Danisa Nyathi (46) out ...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
In this hour of truth, let us be reminded the enemy is not just Mugabe
All of them - all of the above - have are responsible for building this people-eating monster called Zanu-PF, together with Mugabe. And all of them, are not just directly implicated in Gukurahundi gen...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 12:31hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Akbay taunts Dembare
UNDER-FIRE Highlanders coach Erol Akbay says Bosso are playing some of the best football in the domestic Premiership and it's just unfortunate results have gone against them in recent weeks. T...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe nephew taunts Zimbabwe's army bosses
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's nephew, Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao, yesterday dared Zimbabwe Defence Commander Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga and Air Marshall Perrance Shiri to stay clear of Zanu-...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF taunts Tsvangirai
The Zanu-PF party yesterday said MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai can continue to sign as many memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with other opposition parties, but the coalition outfit should brace for ...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe
The Editor, I demand an honest answer from Mr. Mugabe. I want to know how he sit on the kitchen table with Bona and tell her that he is charting the way forward for Zimbabwe with someone who h...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 06:55hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Nathaniel Manheru - where is the 'revelation'?
UMthwakazi has known this character as a wide-nosed, strong-jawed anti-Mthwakazi Gukiurahundist and Shonaist, who like the rest of them who harbour these rabid anti-Mthwakazi, Gukurahundist feelings, ...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 17:42hrs | 1 | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Manheru and Mrs Charamba's so-called death?
Gukurahundi is just the name, an encapsulation of a mass-murder committed on an industrial scale on the Ndebele - uMthwakazi - by Shonaist and Gukurahundist Zimbabwe, solely because uMthwakazi is Ndeb...Published: 18 May 2017 at 15:44hrs | | by Mavis Mathole
Tsvangirai's empty talk deplorable
So, MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai says he will not accept the results of the 2018 harmonised elections if he loses to President Mugabe and Zanu-PF?We are not surprised by such utterances f...Published: 03 May 2017 at 14:05hrs | | by Zimpapers
Mnangagwa taunts Chinamasa
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa taunted Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa in humorous remarks last week, saying the frugal Treasury chief is pre-occupied with saving money. Taking pot-s...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
19-yr-old fakes being minor in rape case
A MAN from Matobo was acquitted of raping his "under-age" girlfriend who was said to be 12 years old when it was proved in court that she is 19.The woman further destroyed the State's case...Published: 04 Mar 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko taunts 'spineless' protest leaders
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday blasted "spineless" opposition party leaders for covertly abusing youths to commit criminal acts under the cover of street protests.His remarks foll...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Kasukuwere heckled in Masvingo
MASVINGO province is proving to be a hard nut to crack for the ruling Zanu-PF party.Last month, a delegation dispatched to Masvingo by the party's Politburo - the highest decision-making body ...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso's Akbay taunts Dembare
HIGHLANDERS coach Erol Akbay has stoked the flames in the Premiership and yesterday boldly ruled out bitter rivals Dynamos from the championship race, arguing that it will be a three-horse battle invo...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:25hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi
Robert Mugabe: Power and allure of the libidinal economy
In these last days of Robert Mugabe, to think of the Zimbabwean polity and economy is to confront crises, disasters and calamities. What is visible to even the uncircumcised is the crushing cash crunc...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 16:31hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Million Man March: So hard a fact, so harder to accept
BACK in the 1970s, marriage took the form of musical rivalry that pitted families of the bride and the groom. Each side composed songs that exalted the qualities of their side - both real and imagined...Published: 28 May 2016 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Has Zimbabwe become a nation of jokers?
In African literary discourse, the centre is the locus-standi that bestows an identity, integrity and legitimation of one's perception of his or her environment. In other words, the centre is the spac...Published: 09 May 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Zvirekwi taunts Dembare, 'time to silence big, noisy neighbours'
CAPS United defender Hardlife Zvirekwi believes the time has come for the club to end the six-year jinx of losing to Dembare. Speaking at the club's weekly Press briefing, Zvirekwi, who was in...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Grace Chingoma
Costa Nhamoinesu considering a number of options
ZIMBABWE international defender Costa Nhamoinesu is considering a number of options, including extending his stay at Czech giants Sparta Prague, moving to Germany or Turkey, or returning to Africa for...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 12:55hrs | | by Robson Sharuko
Caps United taunts misfiring Dembare
CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe appeared to taunt bitter rivals Dynamos' poor start to the season yesterday in the first shots fired ahead of the Harare Derby next weekend. Chitembwe, who is usually...Published: 22 Apr 2016 at 07:58hrs | | by Grace Chingoma
Mujuru taunts Mnangagwa
FORMER vice-president Joice Mujuru believes her successor Emmerson Mnangagwa is tasting his own medicine after First Lady Grace Mugabe turned on the Midlands strongman on Friday, accusing him of plott...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fan taunts Mphoko
Businessman and musician-cum Zanu-PF political activist Energy Mutodi has branded vice president Phelekezela Mphoko a failure who has fuelled debilitating factional fights in the ruling party....Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso loses invincibility at BF?
TO the huge Highlanders following Barbourfields was some kind of a battlefield where they came to cheer their warriors as they traditionally annihilated their opponents.BF has always been the ...Published: 17 May 2015 at 11:54hrs | | by Ngqwele Dube
Zuma, Khama grill Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe yesterday came short of blaming Zimbabweans for the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, describing them as thieves. His taunts came just after Sadc deputy ch...Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Memory, Knowledge and the difficult Future
Sometime in a lonely day in 1749, a small scale thinker with a taste for music and a reputation for familial irresponsibility was walking on a foot path in a village a few miles from Paris in France. ...Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 14:30hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Mujuru remains a wandering ghost hovering above the whole initiative
I AM so happy we are, as a people, now able to construct meaning outside Western hegemony. It takes a lot to be able to do that, certainly much more than intellect. The recent developments in France w...Published: 17 Jan 2015 at 12:16hrs | | by Nathanie Manheru
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