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Mnangagwa exhibited traits of tribalism on Cont Mhlanga's national hero status
Observers have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of exhibiting traits of tribalism by failing to accord national hero status to the late legendary Zimbabwean playwright, actor and theatre director ...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 17:56hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele artists compelled to perform in their 'oppressor's' language?
In his analysis of ethnicity and tribalism in Zimbabwe, Eleph Gula-Ndebele explains that the ethnic cleansing of Ndebele people during the Gukurahundi genocide is a sore that refuses to go away for ma...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1928 | by Gibson Ncube & Gugulethu Siziba
IsiNdebele teaching in Buhera/ Buyela excites chief
THE Ndebele community in Buhera, Manicaland Province, has commended Government for reintroducing isiNdebele teaching at their local school, saying it is important for cultural preservation.The...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:57hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zapu speak on Nkomo's persecution by Zanu-PF
OPPOSITION political parties yesterday accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of persecuting the late Vice-President and former PF Zapu leader Joshua Nkomo after independence despite his selfless sacrifice ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:20hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
'Joshua Nkomo fought for black empowerment'
AS Zimbabwe marks the 23rd anniversary of the death of Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, Zanu-PF Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi has urged the nation to cherish the values of unity, freed...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:20hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
'Joshua Nkomo's legacy lives on'
TODAY marks 23 years since the late veteran nationalist and Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo died, and the nation still cherishes his lifetime legacy of selfless sacrifice, peace, unit...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:16hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
SA's Zimbabwe exemption permit scheme is a money racket and a ‘fraud'
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) scheme is the "largest case of fraud and theft ever committed by the government of one country over nationals of its neighbouring country in African history", accor...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 07:02hrs | 5008 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo says bye bye to Rtd Major General Bhebhe
THE late Major-General (Rtd) Sydney "Yengani" Bhebhe was among a crop of visionary leaders whose credentials are not questionable, going down the annals of history as people who served the nation dili...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:06hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda starts recruiting Zimbabwean educational personnel
The Rwandan government has started recruiting Zimbabwe's educational personnel, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two countries in December last year.The MoU was...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:50hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda urge Zimbabweans to fight tribalism
Zanu-PF Bulawayo province chairperson Jabulani Sibanda has urged Zimbabweans to fight tribalism in some parts of the country.Sibanda made the remarks on Wednesday during the Africa Day celebra...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:49hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
AU failing to rein in rogue regimes, says Zapu
THE opposition Zapu party, led by Sibangilizwe Nkomo, has accused the African Union (AU) of deviating from its objectives of uniting Africans by failing to rein in oppressive regimes.In a stat...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Boardroom coup to topple Matabele leader backfires on Chamisa
When it comes to tribalism in Zimbabwe, CCC aka MDC and ZANU-PF lead. To put it in other words, ZANU-PF is the first anti- Matabele Shona project and first home for Shona supremacists in Zimbabwe and ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:12hrs | 636 | by Israel Dube
Mayhem rocks Zanu-PF youth league
AS reported last week that a war is brewing in Zanu-PF following last week's divisive youth league congress that saw the party leadership imposing leaders instead of convening elections, the party's n...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:47hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Southern African opposition parties need to form a shadow SADC to represent oppressed masses!
It has now become an open secret that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is nothing more than a leaders' club, which seeks to serve and protect the interests of those in power, at the e...Published: 16 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 1238 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 1524 | by Israel Dube
Youth indaba divides Zanu-PF
THOUSANDS of Zanu-PF youths from across the country who were attending an indaba in Harare are departing the capital with bitterness, accusing party bigwigs of stifling democracy and fanning tribalism...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:26hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa warned about Thokozani Khupe
Shadowy pressure group Team Pachedu has warned the Nelson Chamisa led CCC has been of its association with former MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe. Pachedu accused Khupe of causing the death of th...Published: 05 May 2022 at 11:37hrs | 5430 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZBC must stop marginalising Ndebele
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation is now the chief architect of tribalism and regionalism, through the airwaves.All its stations have now been turned into de facto Shona and English channe...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:21hrs | 415 | by Martin Stobart
Jabulani Sibanda warns corrupt Government officials
THE day of reckoning is nigh for corrupt Government officials, Zanu-PF chairman for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province and former Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association chairman Jabulani Si...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:34hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF faces 2023 polls defeat under Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF is facing the risk of losing the 2023 elections if it fails to reform and deploy a new candidate to replace President Emmerson Mnangagwa whose popularity in and out of the party is waning, a f...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:22hrs | 2763 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Ramaphosa talks tough on killing of Elvis Nyathi
Dear Fellow South African, Twenty-five years ago, our new democratic Constitution came into effect. In adopting this Constitution, we affirmed our commitment to a society based on democr...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 13:19hrs | 2360 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa condemns killing of Elvis Nyathi
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the killing of Elvis Nyathi in South Africa's Diepsloot and described it as immoral, racist" and criminal.In a statement shared on the President's websi...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 16:23hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda says violence is evil
Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson Jabulani Sibanda has called on the ruling party to renounce violence.Sibanda said this while addressing a Zanu-PF rally at Mkoba Stadium in Gweru at the...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new brooms failing to sweep clean
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa embarked on a clean-up exercise when he took over leadership through a coup from the late former President Robert Mugabe in November 2017.However, his leadership h...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:06hrs | 804 | by Martin Storbat
Liberation war stalwart pens political book
A liberation war stalwart Andrew Ndlovu says his latest book titled Africa in Darkness aims to remove fear from the people, which Zanu-PF instilled in the minds of the people in the country.Th...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:36hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa represents hope, future
ON Sunday I was following the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) star rally at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, Harare.On the same day, the ruling Zanu-PF party held its second rally at Rud...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 540 | by Chief Chiduku
Citizen Coalition for Change the only hope
On Sunday afternoon I was closely following the three political parties which will be battling it out for by elections seat on the 26th of March 2022.It was so interesting to take note o...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:49hrs | 840 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa mocks Chamisa
President Mnangagwa today mocked opposition leader Nelson Chamisa for naively thinking that challenges being faced by Zimbabwe can only be resolved by foreigners.On Sunday, while launching by-...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa's CCC
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened to deal with the newly-formed opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) if it causes trouble ahead of the March 26 by-elections and the 2023 harm...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe still at war, says Muzorewa
THE United African National Council (UANC), one of the oldest political parties in Zimbabwe, says the country remains at war long after winning majority rule because it struggling under a dictatorship...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ready to deal with Chamisa
President Mnangagwa yesterday said Government was ready to deal with threats of violence made at the weekend by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa.On Sunday Mr Chamisa&n...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Clandestine dealings with Mnangagwa! Thokozani, you stripped your dignity
Drear Dr Thokozani Khuphe, Much as activists would like to assist women against gender discrimination in public spaces, we find your case too complex to intervene. We do not have the loci stan...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:24hrs | 3399 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tribalist Chamisa flies into a storm in South Africa
Soon after launching his anti- Matabele party in Zimbabwe, President of the so called Citizens Coalition for Change, Nelson Chamisa ran to the South African media to put a threat, telling SABCTV in an...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:31hrs | 4047 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa Chete Chete! Ndebeles are bamboozled deputies in CCC project
For how long is the region going to be bamboozled by Chamisa and his group of tribalists? We have been saying this time and again that Chamisa does not represent the people of the region of Matabelela...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 14093 | by Nomazulu Thata
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) - Nothing new to behold
ON Monday, Mr Nelson Chamisa, the former MDC-Alliance leader formed a "new" party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) after throwing in the towel in the battle for the control of the MDC-T party, ...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:38hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Chief begs for another coup
In a daring move alien to Zimbabwean traditional leaders, Chief Murinye born Ephias Munodawafa who recently castigated the President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration for failing to deal with corrupti...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:32hrs | 4369 | by Staff reporter
200 to contest for Zanu-PF posts in Bulawayo
MORE than 200 aspiring candidates in Bulawayo submitted their CVs to Zanu-PF for consideration to contest party posts in the party's provincial elections scheduled before the end of this month....Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Khupe faces recall from MDC-T
IN a dramatic turn of events revolving around a political merry-go-round, and after spearheading recalls of main opposition MDC Alliance legislators in a cutthroat power struggle with Nelson Chamisa, ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:17hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa finally announces by-elections dates
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday finally announced that the long-awaited by-elections to fill 133 vacant local government and parliamentary seats would be held in March next year.Mnangag...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to deport Zimbabweans, where would stateless Ndebeles go?
On Thursday 25 November 2021, Matabeles woke up to bad news from the South African government that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit program has been scrapped. Matabeles and Zimbabweans that are benefic...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 07:32hrs | 45 | by Israel Dube
Boom secrete out-Fortune Charumbira is a Zanupf Agent!
The person responsible for blowing Chiefs Council President, Fortune Charumbira's cover is none other than himself. He did it in broad day light at a Zanupf annual conference last month. And this he s...Published: 20 Nov 2021 at 16:39hrs | 8 | by Israel Dube
New Zapu SG, a real Political Testosterone
Innovation is a word only relative to the young, and this is what Zapu produced yesterday. Just to start from the right place, Zapu elected a Deliberate Black Log, Ugodo Olumyama Ngenkani,...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:17hrs | 15 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF break Covid rules
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and hundreds of Zanu-PF officials congregated Friday for the party's annual people's conference in Bindura, a gathering in direct conflict with Covid-19 regulations....Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
No to tribalism, says Mnangagwa
ZANU PF President and First Secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged party members to abide by the party Constitution and ensure unity of purpose saying tribalism, regionalism, and corruption have no pl...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 12:59hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Tiri pama one: Now it's the people of Mashonaland demanding a cake for all
You can't help but wish Joshua Nkomo was alive. This is exactly what he prophesized. Josh said in his own words: "This tribalism will not take you anywhere Robert. This pasi newe, pasi naye cannot be ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 20:27hrs | 144 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwean courts have no spectacles to see Mnangagwa's illegitimacy
President Mnangagwa's legitimacy as a Zanu leader and President of the Republic, has been challenged in court. But, any Zanu leader's first duty on the job is to take the Court's spectacles and keep t...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:18hrs | 7 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Shona managers dominate PicknPay leadership in Matabeleland
Details emerging are that the TM Pick n Pay stores in Matabeleland have Shona managers dominating the leadership amid concerns by activists in the region.An activist Nkululeko Mpofu said it wa...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 12:51hrs | 98 | by Stephen Jakes
Mapostori seek to affiliate with Zanu-PF
ONE of the largest apostolic sects with membership across the southern African region has applied for official affiliate status with Zanu-PF and in return, the sect leaders would rally their followers...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mudha Ncube chickens out of Zanu-PF Midlands race
STATE security minister Owen Mudha Ncube has dropped out of the race for the Zanu-PF Midlands provincial chairmanship as the deadly internecine fights for control of the party heats up following the i...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: Politics of sabotage in 'Jambanja'
The opening chapter of Eric Harrison's memoir, "Jambanja" (2006) is telling in that it places Zimbabwe in the context of the many sanctions the country had been exposed to, either by the United Nation...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:29hrs | 6 | by Elliot Ziwira
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