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Mnangagwa is sucked into multi-million Zisco assets stripping
A fresh probe has revealed that the government facilitated a shady US$225 million deal meant to strip the comatose Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) of its critical assets.The investigat...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1060 | by Everson Mushava
Defiant churches on coronavirus irks ZimFirst leader
ZimFirst Leader Maxwell Shumba has expressed dismay over most of the modern churches' defiance to both government and health experts warning for people to stop mass gatherings.Shumba said the ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 10:00hrs | 2088 | by Stephen Jakes
Zapu acts to avert spread of #Covid-19
Whereas ZAPU has a historical reputation and ability to foresee what is to come and its implications on our people,Wheras ZAPU prioritises preservation of life of all citizens of Zimbabwe and ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:12hrs | 573 | by Stephen Jakes
Advocate Miriam Tose Majome: noch etwas, noch etwas!!
I read your articles with great interest because I know there is a message always for me to take home with. Your last two articles; "Public Drinking and Educated Fools" and "Black Business and Superst...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1248 | by Nomazulu Thata
Black business and superstition
SUPERSTITIOUS beliefs and practices have negative consequences and thus need to be curbed to avoid society breaking down into medieval mayhem, something which is quite easy to do as illustrated in the...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 00:01hrs | 1112 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Public drinking and educated fools
WEEKEND afternoons in Harare as any Zimbabwean town go like this: The viscous African sun beats down furiously as gentle tropical breezes flirt pleasantly about.Gleaming SUVs and battere...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1669 | by Miriam Tose Majome
'Zanu PF hegemonic grip on power depends on poverty and violence' - without reforms, never be broken
Last week, former Zanu PF Minister Walter Mzembi promised to spill the beans of how Zanu PF has been rigging elections. Those who know Mzembi is but a man of little substance, an intellectual midget m...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 08:43hrs | 718 | by Nomusa Garikai
Of the late Morgan Tsvangirayi and Daniel arap Moi, where are they?
Why do I pause the aforementioned question? What has it to do with the reader, those who are still mourning the death of their loved ones and probably cherishing some good moments they had with them? ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 16:52hrs | 1632 | by Amen Mpofu
Zanu PF did not care about destruction caused by war, since it ruined us, still don't care - Enough is enough
"If you see anyone purporting to represent Zanu-PF youth league, those people are pretenders, they are masquerades. This is the real and authentic Zanu-PF youth league that is gathered here at the par...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 09:37hrs | 320 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa blundered by jumping into AfCFTA deep end
THE urge to be a member of a group is strong for some people, even if they are not suitable or ready for the membership. Zimbabwe, despite its struggling economy, has committed itself to join the Afri...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 08:30hrs | 3489 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Job Sikhala thanks Zimbabwe
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people of Zimbabwe in your thousands who thronged Masvingo yesterday to stand with me during the commencement of my Treason trial.You dem...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 12:16hrs | 2737 | by Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala
'MDC must apologise for disputing elections' Zanu PF demanding - why, rigged 2/3 majority can't rig economy
"The President is first and foremost a citizen who can communicate anything with fellow citizens, including cracking jokes with Zimbabweans," Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi told NewsDay."Chamis...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 07:23hrs | 3106 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Will send army to beat you if cause drought' Freudian slip from man of blood - still here cometh change
In a circular to local hospitals, Health and Child Care Permanent Secretary Agnes Mahomva announced that Ante-natal ward per day will now cost $200 at Parirenyatwa Hospital, $160 at central hospitals ...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1073 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Will send army to beat you if cause drought' Freudian slip from man of blood - still here cometh change
In a circular to local hospitals, Health and Child Care Permanent Secretary Agnes Mahomva announced that Ante-natal ward per day will now cost $200 at Parirenyatwa Hospital, $160 at central hospitals ...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:47hrs | 2203 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Let Zimbabweans find one another, by themselves' diplomats instructed - after 39 years, ravenous hyena midwife to a goat
It is a real tragedy that Zimbabwe is now in a serious mess; millions are facing heart breaking hardship from lack of water, no food, no work, no fuel, no medicine, etc. The situation is now so bad th...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 09:13hrs | 773 | by Nomusa Garikai
Teen boy 'drinks brandy' to death
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a boy (13) from Bulawayo who allegedly finished an undiluted 750ml bottle of brandy in less than an hour.The brandy has an alcohol percentage of 43 percent compa...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 08:40hrs | 1081 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa gobbles over US$11,4m on foreign trips
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his bloated entourage splashed US$12 million on travel expenses between January and September this year at a time government is battling to contain an intractable econ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
SADC waiting to see a bloodbath in Zimbabwe before finally taking explosive situation seriously!
As the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe continually deteriorates beyond the average citizen's minimum threshold - as the suffering and over-burdened people increasingly become restive with...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 2841 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Has Mnangagwa failed?
This is not an apology for ED as president of Zimbabwe, but a careful examination of the facts. Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa popularly known as Ngwena has been president of Zimbabwe for more than a year...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:45hrs | 1517 | by Lovemore 'Briggs Ojugo' Sibanda Ph.D.
Nightmare is madman wielding a stick - pity Zimbabweans have corrupt president wielding absolute power, for 39 years counting
"If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1268 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Police budget alone exceed Ncube's initial ceiling - we in deep hole, stop digging for Pete's sake
When you are in a hole, stop digging because you are not doing to dig yourself out of the hole by making the hole deeper! That is obvious, common sense, but clearly not to some people; but I never tho...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1069 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chiwenga, Gen Sibanda in secret pact to hand Zimbabwe power to each other?
COLOGNE - Military czar Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga and Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander, General Philip Valerio Sibanda, reportedly made a secret pact to hand Zimbabwe pow...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 07:46hrs | 32535 | by Itai Mushekwe
The sad tale of Vungu's Mthuli Ncube
Namesakes are commonplace the world over and when one shares the same name with a public official it usually becomes an interesting scenario indeed, especially if that official is the subject of eithe...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 12:52hrs | 3517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe accelerating towards precipice of doom - Asante sana
The pace at which Zimbabwe's socio-economic situation is deteriorating is quite terrifying and a long-lasting panacea is urgently needed. I am afraid that we might be heading towards the precipice of ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:04hrs | 413 | by Canisio Mudzimu
Zimbabwean crisis gone above politics
IT began with the ouster of the late former President Robert Mugabe, who many identified as a liberator-turned despot. At the height of his rule, and in the twilight of his reign, a common factor endu...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 604 | by Learnmore Zuze
Zimbabwe now a country of glaring contradictions
ZIMBABWE, under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has now become a country of sickening contradictions.Last week, a visiting United Nations special rapporteur on human rights Clement Nyalessosi Voule issu...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
SA a destination of choice for ailing Zimbabweans
THE move by the leader of a union representing Zimbabwean medical doctors to seek specialist treatment outside the country is the latest testament of the collapse of Zimbabwe's once-vibrant health sec...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 297 | by CAJ News
Economic meltdown force Zanu-PF "to fast-track reform bill" - gimmick to dodge stepping down
Zanu-PF rigged last year's elections confident the party will "rig" economic recovery; that has proved a bridge too far. There is no doubt that the regime is now feeling the political pressure brought...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 22:27hrs | 3257 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Minister in plot to scuttle NRZ deal
TRANSPORT minister Biggie Matiza is reportedly manoeuvring to smuggle through the backdoor a Dubai-based firm into the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal, despite...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:22hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe needs international help' says Japan - above all, help to end cancerous bad governance
It is now nearly two years since Mnangagwa launched his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" campaign. He was cocksure this was going to open the floodgates on new foreign and local investments. That has ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:35hrs | 1619 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Challenging or toppling the government?
IN a constitutional democracy such as ours, the government can be legally challenged and removed, as long as it is done constitutionally.The government gets some things right and pleases some,...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2136 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa's SONA was empty promises and murderous defence of status quo – antithesis of what nation dying for
"Mnangagwa ndiChomugore!" (Mnangagwa is Chomugore!) was my instinctive response to President Mnangagwa's State Of Nation Address (SONA) yesterday.Chomugore was a mean old man who would ask you...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:21hrs | 1574 | by Wilbert Mukori
No free Chinese lunch
CONSTRUCTION of the US$100 million six-storey new Parliament building in Mt Hampden, Harare, is well ahead of schedule, with the Chinese contractors working round the clock.This is good news t...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1750 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Mnangagwa's moves are intelligent, complicated and effective' - what a laugh, name one, just one, such move
"Highly placed sources from Harare have indicated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is vetting MDC MPs who are under consideration to form a quasi-government of national unity,"...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 20:59hrs | 4374 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Building a strong foundation for future prosperity
The 2019 Mid Year Budget Review presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Prof Mthuli Ncube presented more challenges than solutions for the ordinary Zimbabweans.The theme ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:28hrs | 176 | by Nkosikhona Dibiti
Mnangagwa govt getting in the way of its own reforms
FOR much of the past year, Zimbabwe's economy has oscillated between confusion and chaos, and as the second half of 2019 wears on, the headwinds show no immediate sign of relenting.This is in ...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 454 | by Perry Munzwembiri
The fight against graft: How far is Mnangagwa willing to go?
Its difficult to decide what to make of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's latest bid to tackle graft: Is it tokenism or the real deal? Is it a case of bolting the door after the horse has bolted or maybe...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 21:59hrs | 1686 | by NewsDay - Editorial
ZHRO walk for freedom 2019
The ZHRO leadership has advised that the Walk for Freedom 2019 will take place on the 10th of August 2019. The walk will be from Brighton to London. It will be a 105km walk. The dest...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 15:31hrs | 634 | by ZHRO Team
These fuel queues you see today will be no more
Austerity, who are your parents and why not relenting? You are invisible but effects, signs and symptoms. Fathers and mothers are moonlighting on vending sojourns to make ends come nearer, never mind ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 15:12hrs | 6453 | by Thomas Murisa.
Zesa Holdings' breach of contract
THE frustration and futility of it all; no person living in Zimbabwe is happy with the current electricity supply situation.Not even the most hopeful optimists can think brightly about power c...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:30hrs | 2902 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mangudya pleads for national dialogue
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday added his voice to the growing calls for a national dialogue to unlock the country's socio-economic and political logjam.Mangudy...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1875 | by Staff reporter
Smokescreen corruption arrests, spare us the drama
The arrest of Minister Priscilla Mupfumira is nothing but smokescreen to hoodwink the nation that the Junta leader has now heeded calls to fight head on corruption.The word corruption has now ...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 386 | by AT Kadada
Chaos, corruption in councils
THIS continues from last week as we look at actual examples of some of the rot happening in councils reported in the Auditor-General's Report for Local Authorities 2018.The report shows the ex...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:28hrs | 819 | by Miriam Tose Majome
'ZACC will leave no stone unturned to rid of corruption' - sit and eat and spare us the insults and chutzpah
In Zimbabwe, corruption is deep; it is a key pillar of the Zanu-PF dictatorship's patronage system. It is fair to say that to uproot corruption one must first dismantle and uproot the Zanu-PF dictator...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 886 | by Nomusa Garikai
The calibre of councillors
THE Auditor-General's (AG) Local Authorities Report for 2018 makes for some serious, but disturbing reading.It reports the state of financial management of local authorities and shows the exte...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | 484 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Having Zanu-PF and MDC for leaders is like having parents who are not a full shilling - life is hell-on-earth
In the rural village where I grew up lived an odd couple, both the husband and wife were "not a full shilling", people said. As luck would have it, the two were blessed with a child. The two would not...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:57hrs | 875 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Perverse opulence amid squalor likely to sink Zimbabwe
The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amids...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF will not turn around economy' said MDC A, gleefully - neither will you, just want TA
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube says the current Zimbabwean government is poised for failure and anyone pinning their hopes on it will be disappointed."Is there still anyone who st...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 15:18hrs | 1591 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mudenda calls for new GNU - last was soft-landing for Zanu PF, not this time
Zanu PF Speaker of parliament, Jacob Mudenda, calls for the formation of a new GNU."We enjoyed serenity of politics during the GNU. That spirit must come back. It must come back."I pray to...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 07:33hrs | 6682 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Prophet Magaya protégé hogs limelight
All Families International Church (AFIC) Ministries is hogging the limelight in Mashonaland West province with droves of followers flocking the Prophet Chamunorwa Nyamupinga-led place of worship each ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:45hrs | 2837 | by Staff reporter
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