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Malawi swears in top comedian as vice-president
Top comedian-turned-politician Micheal Usi has been sworn as Malawi's vice-president at a ceremony held in parliament in the capital, Lilongwe.The 55-year-old replaces Saulos Chilima, who died...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 12:55hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere appeal defective, doomed'
The High Court decision to nullify the nomination of presidential aspirant Mr Saviour Kasukuwere is legally sound and the appeal which the politician seeks to file is destined to fail, a legal expert ...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe
This opinion-editorial piece was written by Japhet Ncube, a Zimbabwean-born former editor of South African daily, The Star, in November 2017 during the coup which ousted the late former president Robe...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:10hrs | 12 | by Japhet Mathanda Ncube
Chamisa drops the MDC Alliance tag, red colours and open palm symbol
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday rebranded his party name from MDC Alliance to Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) .Chamisa announced the new party name, symbols and slogan in Harare...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters hit Zimbabwe Exemption Permit visa seekers
DESPERATE attempts by some Zimbabweans in South Africa to clandestinely acquire special work permits are reportedly backfiring amid reports that many are being conned to believe they will be assisted ...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Let's not listen to these prophets of doom
POVERTY and the demonic world has caused Africans to be victims of tricksters in the form of church leaders, some existing among us.For a long time, they have been studying the Bible and incor...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Farmers do not be a sitting duck to fraudsters
Harvest time is upon us, a time of plenty. Fraudsters are on the prowl looking for who to con, taking your agricultural produce without paying a dime for it. A colleague nearly lost a tonne of...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mwonzora skeletons tumble
ASPIRING MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday exposed by one of his top allies who described him as "a deceitful and crooked trickster" as the fight for the presidency reaches a chaotic climax ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bonus, salary hike for civil servants
CIVIL servants are set for a happy end of year as the Government has assured them that they will receive their bonus while modalities are also being worked out to continue with foreign currency allowa...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Some cheap goods can be very expensive
Sweet tongue trickster is a conman (confidence man) who can be a woman as well. They are very smart with words and can actually sell a fridge to an Eskimo whose igloo is made using ice blocks. ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Idolization of the clergy is idolatry
Prosperity Gospel Prophets and most politicians are two sides of the same coin whose strongest weapon to win followers and supporters is lies. Call it 'raw lies'. They tell people what they wa...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:42hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Zimta, PTUZ in ugly fallout
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) and Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) are engaged in a war of words emanating from whether or not to engage in collective bargaining with their em...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Going back to our roots
The 'I receive' mantra is now dying a natural death, followers of later day prosperity Gospel Prophets have had their Damascene Day and most are now trooping back to their traditional churches. What m...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Chamisa's top 10 lies
"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!" - Walter Scott 1808.This beautiful line from a famous old poem simply means that if you tell lies, they will catch up with y...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Nkululeko Nyoni
What government awaits Zimbabwe next week?
How is it that with such a long, rich history of pain, and deep experience of heartbreak, abuse and lies, smart girls still fall for the lies of cheap confidence tricksters and con-lovers? How is it, ...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:37hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Zanu-PF destroyed Zimbabwe soon after taking over from Smith
Election time in particular, and politics in general, is predominantly a game for liars and tricksters, but as Zimbabwe heads towards the watershed 30 July harmonised polls, the electorate can not aff...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 08:28hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Wishful vs Thoughtful thinking: The curse of Chamisa
Dreaming is good because one would be imagining what he/she wishes for, but it becomes dangerous when you dream of unreal things, hallucinating and pass them for reality. If you see yourself dreaming ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
Zimbabwe Decides: 2018 - A prognosis through the vision of my prism
The better "crook" will romp home in the 2018 Zimbabwe national plebiscite."Cetris Paribus " though.ED is abated by the power of incumbency and the well girded state apparatus.His new dispensa...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 22:01hrs | | by Bernard Muchemwa
Unmasking Isibaya's scoundrel Ngwebedla
THERE are actors who always make immediate impact when they step on stage, spicing up things with their facial expressions, body language and their on-point costumes that draws the audience into their...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe would die 17 October 2017 - Beware of false prophets!
If anyone had ever seriously taken Philip Mugadza's so-called "prophecy" that President Robert Mugabe would die today, October 17, they need to see him for the fraudster that he is.The moment ...Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 17:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tricksters target money changers, cash dealers
POLICE in Bulawayo have warned residents who buy and sell cash that they are now targets of fraudsters and robbers.Residents are buying cash and are charged interest of between 10 and 20 perce...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
It is that time again - youth interface or youth interfere?
I hear the sound, the sound is highly trumpeting and melodious! I thought it's the sound of abundance, yet it's just a deceiving sound. Hyenas are back again, this time clad in goats skins. Woe to tho...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 12:47hrs | | by Godwin Mupakair Tshetu
I voted multiple times for people living in the diaspora at the insistence of Tobaiwa Mudede
Tobaiwa Mudede, a Mugabe's apologetic civil servant who is somehow immune to retirement is a perennial electoral impostor, manipulator of the voters roll and an agent of corrupting the democratic elec...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 11:33hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
When Peter Ndlovu and Bruce Grobbelaar made Zimbabwe dare to dream
The following is an extract from Ian Hawkey's article from Issue Nine of the Blizzard, published in June 2013. The Blizzard is a quarterly football journal available from ...Published: 24 May 2017 at 08:52hrs | | by Ian Hawkey
Chief in trouble over tricksters Tsikamutanda
The provincial assembly of chiefs in Mashonaland Central reportedly ordered Chief Makope to dismiss a witch hunter (Tsikamutanda) who are allegedly cleansing Chipanza farm.Chief Makope (Jacob ...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 20:24hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Why hang Helen Zille?
Look at her: she is beautiful, she is elegant, and she is provocative, even at the mature age of 66. Moreover, Helen has got the African talking once again, even thinking, about his place in this Whit...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Joram Nyathi Spectrum
Zimbabwe a Country with many names
I write to quiz all Zimbabweans about what constitutes a country name. Our country appears to be lost in the course of making history as all empires in it, seem to have disappeared. The Mapungugwe emp...Published: 24 Dec 2016 at 05:16hrs | | by Irvine Sibhona
Pickpocket thieves hit Beitbridge border post
Pickpocket thieves has reportedly descended on the border town of Beitbridge this festive season.According to Newsday a total of 70 cases of pickpocketing were reported in one day alone....Published: 24 Dec 2016 at 04:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Apostle Try Immanuel lambasts false prophets
Greaterlife Embassy leader Apostle Try Immanuel lambasted mushrooming Prophets for seating on their hands at the expense of congregants in the Christian community.Addressing his followers at G...Published: 21 Dec 2016 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Panashe Makufa
Mujuru a Zanu-PF trickster - analyst
A political commentator Rita Moyo has described the leader of the ZimPF Joice Mujuru as a trickster who is pretending to be part of the opposition political parties in the country but still has Zan...Published: 03 Nov 2016 at 06:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Team Lacoste live to die another day?
As the race to succeed the 92 year old president, Robert Mugabe is fast reaching boiling point and fouler, Zimbabweans are yet to witness more heads rolling in the troubled Zanu-PF, since the dice has...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 16:17hrs | 3 | by Godwin Mpakairi Tshetu
This and that with Mal'phosa - Long live the love letter
Four ‘love' letters still stand out prominently from among the many I am lucky to have seen and read. Of course, one was written by me and it made me the laughing stock of the whole class if not the...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 14:12hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
The long trial of Joshua Nkomo
Even as he rests in peace, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo faces contesting judgments. In appreciation he is "Father Zimbabwe," the adorable "Umdala Wethu" who was once called "Chibwechitedza," the small slipper...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:46hrs | | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Zimbabwe: A History of the Future
If in the present world there was no propaganda and no war, politics would not be seen and experienced as a very dirty game. The telling of lies as truth, marketing of myths as reality and the shootin...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 19:50hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Comrade Morgan Mugabe?
Some fellow countrymen would probably forget events of history, but some of us would never forget whatever we have committed to memory. They say, "the axe forget, BUT the tree will never forget the cu...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 16:55hrs | | by Godwin Tshetu Mupakairi
VID conman on the loose
A CONMAN is on the loose, targeting transporters to swindle them of cash after posing as Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) Gwanda manager.The VID Gwanda manager, Norman Mthethwa, confirmed t...Published: 13 Jun 2015 at 13:03hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Tricksters jailed for cheating shop cashier
Trick stars who went all the way from Bulawayo to Lupane where they cheated a shopkeeper and a shop owner of over R600 through creating confusion around the change they were to get after buying an...Published: 24 Mar 2015 at 13:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Let's not put all Eggs into one basket on Itai Dzamara!
The untimely disappearance of Itai Dzamara, a journalist and political activist, is a regrettable development. We pray for his soul wherever he is but should never to put all eggs into one basket...Published: 13 Mar 2015 at 16:59hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Chaos at SA embassy in Zimbabwe attracts tricksters
Confusion over the renewal and application for South African work permits and other documents has spawned an influx of conmen at the South African Embassy in Harare as thousands flock the embassy in s...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 19:33hrs | | by Tavada Mafa
'Mugabe has destroyed his legacy,' says Rugare Gumbo
Former Zanu-PF spokesman Rugare Gumbo, who was expelled from the ruling party last year, has rallied behind former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa who this week released a statement attack...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 08:53hrs | 7 | by Blessing Zulu
'Jonathan Moyo carries the necessary brain that any dictator would want to employ'
THE WRITING seemed to be on the wall for Information minister Jonathan Moyo when in August President Robert Mugabe called him the devil incarnate, but three months down the line he has emerged as an u...Published: 25 Dec 2014 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pressure mounts on Didymus Mutasa to resign
PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister Didymus Mutasa faced growing calls for his sacking yesterday after revelations that he told a girlfriend that President Robert Mugabe would be "shot" if he blocked Vice ...Published: 17 Nov 2014 at 07:44hrs | | by Felex Share
Soldiers beat 'fejafeja' crew to a pulp
BULAWAYO - TRICKSTERS, popularly known as ofejafeja operating at Egodini long distance terminus were allegedly left licking wounds after a suspected soldier whom they had tricked returned two days...Published: 11 Oct 2014 at 12:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu must explain the $600 000 legal fees, say Court
The High Court ruled yesterday that former Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu must explain himself for authorising payment of $600 000 as legal fees to a Harare law firm under unclear c...Published: 28 Aug 2014 at 06:22hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Obert Mpofu asked to explain US$600K legal fees
The Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, who is former Mines and Mining Development minister, Dr Obert Mpofu, has come under fire for allegedly instructing ZMDC and two other mining c...Published: 04 Aug 2014 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prophets Makandiwa, Angel and Magaya under siege
Zimbabwe's leading prophets -Emmanuel Makandiwa, Uebert Angel and Walter Magaya - are under siege following several blackmailing reports and plans aimed at extorting money from them.Last week,...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 18:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Convicted rapist faints after sentencing
A Harare man convicted of rape was so shocked last week that he collapsed in the dock and had to be remanded from the holding cells at the Rotten Row Magistrates Court after he failed to recover....Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 06:57hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
I shed a tear for President Sata
With tear-bleared eyes I looked at the picture of the president. I know I am his critic, but I felt a touch of pity and choked, distraught at the sight of him. What heart could not bleed? I imagin...Published: 27 May 2014 at 14:57hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Prophet Makandiwa rubbishes Ghanaian pastors
Zimbabwe`s United Family International (UFI) Church, Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa described a group of pastors from Ghana who accused him of being a trickster who uses occult powers to deceive and blind...Published: 26 Feb 2014 at 12:54hrs | 6 | by Mercy Mushonga
Makandiwa secret finally exposed - Video
This article was originated by The Telescope News.Zimbabwe Prophet, Emmanuel Makandiwa, has been exposed as a trickster using occultic powers and cha...Published: 07 Feb 2014 at 05:32hrs | 4 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/ Joseph Asamoah
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