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Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the roo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1025 | by Dr. Field Ruwe
Zimbabwean man wants his R1.6 million lobola back
SOUTH Africa-based businessman, Shepherd Chipatiko, is demanding back the R1,6 million (about US$91 000), he splashed on lobola and marriage celebrations, from his ex-wife after their short-lived marr...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 11:20hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Forbes Border Post could surpass Beitbridge
The Forbes Border Post in Mutare, Manicaland province, is poised to potentially surpass Beitbridge Border Post in handling commercial traffic in the coming years, according to Batsirai Chadzingwa, the...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 06:15hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Withdraw Zimdollar from circulation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, it is my conviction that the Zimdollar, all things considered, is a swine. It is the epitome of voodoo economics, based on implausible assumpti...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 19:25hrs | 1 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has made a lot of mistakes because he is trying
IN the aftermath of local political activist Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls tsunami and by-elections that have shaken the main opposition CCC to the core and disrupted it badly, party leader Nelson Chami...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 18:58hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
Zimbavwe sleepwalks into another unfair, discredited election
AS Zimbabwe sleepwalks into yet another sham election, amid the brazen subversion of citizens' constitutional right to vote for representatives of their choice, the 23 August polls are already irretri...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Why Ian Khama spoke out on Zimbabwe
FORMER Botswana President Ian Khama has said he always spoke out on Zimbabwe because he believed the country's former leader Robert Mugabe had deviated from principles of democracy and become a hard c...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police get 400% pay hike
Teachers' unions have slammed government over the selective remuneration of its workforce following the controversial awarding of a 400 percent pay hike to the military and police.Teachers are cur...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:35hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to have a landslide victor , claims SA pastor based pastor
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is going to have a landslide victory in the upcoming harmonised elections and the results are going to irk the opposition and their partners into fomenting anarchy in the country, ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean exiled Evangelist returns home
SOUTH African-based evangelist, Jay Israel, has announced plans to return home after a decade in exile.The 30 year old Israel arrives in the country Monday for a permanent return to the city t...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will reject political mannequins
FOR over two decades, some Western administrations have sponsored proxy political entities in Zimbabwe with the primary goal of dislodging ZANU-PF from power. Over two decades of moral, financ...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:51hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
Dangers of Arab Spring in South Africa
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki recently launched a sharp critique of the governing African National Congress (ANC) for failure to address what it has labelled the triple challenge of pover...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:15hrs | | by Sandy Africa
Chiyangwa ally sparks verbal war against rival empowerment lobby group
A WAR of words has erupted between officials aligned to two rival indigenous empowerment lobby groupings, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) and newly-launched Economic Empowerment Group (EEG)....Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
March 26 by-elections drive final nail in the MDC's coffin
THE names, Morgan Tsvangirai, Gibson Sibanda, Welshman Ncube, Fletcher Dulini Ncube and Isaac Matongo have been immortalised in some sections of Zimbabwe's political discourse. Against all odds, they ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wrestles seats from Chamisa
Zanu-PF snatched two parliamentary seats from the opposition in the by-elections held on Saturday, winning in Epworth and Mutasa South and also getting a foothold in urban local authorities.Ah...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to fire ZEC boss
OPPOSITION Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday demanded neutrality and fairness from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in tomorrow's by-elections.Addressin...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says by-elections to test Zec neutrality
OPPOSITION Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday demanded neutrality and fairness from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in tomorrow's by-elections.Addressin...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's party confident of victory
Zanu-PF is confident of snatching a number of seats from opposition political parties tomorrow when the country goes for by-elections in 28 constituencies and 122 wards.The by-elections are be...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Another set of futile Western sanctions
History shows that sanctions rarely achieve the kind of political objectives they are designed for, although they can cause fairly sizable economic damage to the sanctioned country.Former Unit...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare ref suspended
ZIFA have cracked the whip on controversial referee, Munyaradzi Majoni, by suspending the blundering match official for two months after a shocking show, which made a mockery of the country's refereei...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Potraz targets 1 500 schools, health centres
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has begun a project to connect 1 500 schools and 1 500 health centres to the internet to improve information dissemination....Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sibangilizwe Nkomo's interview was a disaster in the making
Not long-ago last month, Sibangilizwe Nkomo announced his Zapu candidacy to replace the late DD: Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa. I was excited about this, well as someone who grew up in Zapu and known the la...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 08:25hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Matemadanda's recall sets the pot boiling
Zimbabwe is settling to the news that the outspoken and imposing hardworking National Political Commissar Comrade Victor Matemadanda was relieved of his position and has been re-assigned a diplomatic ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Liberation War in Nkayi, Matebeleland: The Agenda by Rhodesian Army & State to starve 'terrorists', a personal experience!
In today's Africa, we often ascribe the violation of African rights to only African governments and easily forget a long-standing history of wanton violation of African rights by gun-ho racialist geno...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 22:38hrs | 15 | by Thembani Dube
Some 'good' that can come out of Covid-19
As usual, but maybe particularly now, at every funeral, as they bury loved one after loved one and in the hospital wards, as their parents sink in their own breath, people throw in a frustrated towel ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:05hrs | 4 | by Zifiso Masiye
Zimbabwean ex-Japanese car importers to pay radiation inspection fees
GOVERNMENT yesterday ordered all newly-imported vehicles from countries which have experienced nuclear radiation such as Japan to be inspected for radiation before they enter the country with immediat...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Before the July 30 elections in 2018, MDC Alliance's swashbuckling and technophile public relations machine nourishingly fed us the optics of what we were told were the makings of a political tsunami ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
We trust Zimbabwe has a future
We are not exactly optimists in this country. We have seen too many disasters; man-made disasters I should hasten to addWe have seen a Tsunami like Cyclone Idai, and we expect "the next cyclon...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
Let's embrace the Zimbabwean spirit of Ubuntu
Dear ZimbabweansSo prices of basic commodities are tumbling and the foreign currency dealers are kicking and screaming! Surely that's the Zimbabwe we want not this madness of profiteering and ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:03hrs | | by Munya Shumba
Musona disappointed
KNOWLEDGE Musona is putting on a brave face amid the tsunami of criticism with the Warriors' captain clearly disappointed by the outcome of their 2019 Afcon Group A clash against Uganda on Wednesday n...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in make-or break battle
PREDICTABLY, there has been some toxicity, which is part of our game's DNA, regrettably there has been a tsunami of negativity, which is part of its tortured soul and, refreshingly, there has been a r...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt steps in to end Warriors impasse
Government last night intervened to end a crippling impasse between the national soccer governing body, ZIFA, and the senior men's team - the Warriors - to pave the way for the team to fulfil their op...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda coughs blood - No one left this position in good shape is it cursed?
ZANU PF has seen a number of Political Commissars and then there were none. As of the appointment on Monday of Cde Victor Matemadanda to replace cde Major General Rugeje ZANU PF commissariat is once a...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
South African top leader endorses Chamisa
The South African Federation of Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has given a thumbs up to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa for his ability to rally Zimbabweans around the change agenda....Published: 28 May 2019 at 09:34hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
When the boom comes - A What-if Scenario Analysis
I would like to carry out a What-if Scenario Analysis (WISA) based on the prediction of a positive change in the outcome of the Zimbabwean economic performance. In Project Management we use WISA to pr...Published: 17 May 2019 at 08:46hrs | 3 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Zimbabwe blighted by a 'tsunami' of fake news
Zimbabwe has once been described as a country blighted by a 'tsunami' of fake news since the beginning of a "new dispensation" following the largely unexpected or seemingly impossible removal of forme...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:31hrs | 14 | by John Masuku
Build to live not just stay
Disaster times are not for political grandstanding and populist manoeuvres. For a whole someone with ambitions to occupy the highest office in the land to say government did not do enough for cyclone ...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:25hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
John Mangudya's Bonditary policy confirms US$100 salary for a teacher
I am not an economist, I am a subsistence farmer but with a little knowledge of economics that I grasped from my experiences with primary education, John Mangudya's latest Bonditary policy is going to...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 19:11hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Zimbabwe protests: A tale of misery, sorrow
ERUPTING like a volcano that had lain dormant for several decades, the masses in Zimbabwe this week vented their anger on any object they came across - burning tyres, as well as barricading roads - th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | | by Gumisai Nyoni
More deadly protests lined-up in Zimbabwe
DEADLY street protests which brought Zimbabwe to a standstill this week have added impetus to calls by opposition parties and civil society organisations for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree to d...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa suspend Gift Banda for reshuffling the Warriors technical team
JUST a month after coming into power, the Zifa board have been rocked by a tsunami with vice-president Gift Banda being suspended yesterday following a meeting of the game's leaders held in the capita...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sense finally prevailed at Zifa
AFTER a few months of bickering, controversy and drama, the Zifa elections have come to a close and boy oh boy, what theatre we were treated to!While those that suffered defeat will be licking...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to oversee negotiation with striking doctors - Merry Xmas VP, you filthy animal!
"Vice President Constantino Guvheya Nyikadzino Chiwenga has taken over the oversight role on the negotiations between government and striking doctors," reported Bulawayo24.Most people wo...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Finance Minister - its you who caused this nonsense
The response by our Finance Minister to the demands by striking doctors and other civil servants to be remunerated in forex reflects the highest level of selfishness and inconsiderable government. Com...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Isaac Nkomah
'We want unity!' says desperate VP Mohadi - new GNU will NOT end economic meltdown
Zimbabwe's economic situation is getting worse and worse by the day; as much as President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF friends would want to ignore it, it is now clear that they cannot do so. The regime ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Take care of the elders, they deserve more
In all this economic turmoil, prices madness and the consumer unfriendly three tier pricing system, how are NSSA pensioners making ends meet? Do they also have to pick their walking sticks and...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Tondo
Former MDC legislator confronts supermarket over cooking oil
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has confronted Greens Supermarket senior officials in Plumtree for demanding that customers buy grocery worth $10 before they could be allowed to buy 2lt cooking oil...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 16:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mthuli Ncube has invited to his breakfast table ingredients from both the chicken and the pig
The unmistakable, yet inevitable atmosphere of limbo, utter despair, confusion and analytic paralysis engulfs the nation yet again. It has become our accustomed portion.The triumphant arroganc...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:06hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
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