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CAPS United Coach sees unity

CAPS United coach Ian Bakala has revealed that when he first arrived, the team was grappling with internal divisions, but now he is witnessing a strong sense of unity and commitment among the players at the Green Machine.The Zambian coach,…

Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:05hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter

Minister Tatenda Mavetera Calls for Unity Among Young Zimbabweans

Cabinet Minister Tatenda Mavetera has urged Zimbabweans aged below 40 to unite in confronting the challenges facing their country. Using her Twitter (X) platform, Mavetera emphasized the importance of collective hope and dialogue over divi…

Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 17:04hrs | 321 | by Staff Reporter

Mnangagwa calls for unity in push towards Vision 2030

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a powerful call for unity, accountability, and accelerated grassroots development, as Zimbabwe advances toward its Vision 2030 goal of becoming a prosperous upper-middle-income economy.Speaking at a …

Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:31hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter

Garwe calls for National Unity in advancing Vision 2030 Agenda

Local Government and Public Works Minister, Cde Daniel Garwe, has called on Zimbabweans to support the Vision 2030 drive, emphasizing that it is a unifying national agenda that transcends political affiliations. Speaking to councillors fro…

Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:40hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa says Unity Day has lost its lustre

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has sharply criticized the current political environment in Zimbabwe, saying that the promise of a united nation has been sacrificed on the altar of "toxic politics." He argued that these divisions have dee…

Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:55hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa reaffirms commitment to National Unity on Unity Day

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to uphold strategies that strengthen national unity and social cohesion as cornerstones for Zimbabwe's economic transformation.In his Unity Day message delivered at State House in Harare, marking th…

Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:36hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter

National Sports Stadium Revamp Gains Momentum with Bucket Seats Installation

The installation of bucket seats at the National Sports Stadium (NSS) is well underway, signaling a critical step towards rehabilitating Zimbabwe's largest sporting venue. Once characterized by grey concrete terraces, the stadium is gradua…

Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:30hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter

Our unity to last an eternity

UNITY, peace and development.These three words are all deeply rooted in the ZANU-PF way, such that they have become our official motto, for the party recognises that, without unity, there is no peace and without peace there is no developme…

Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:04hrs | 91 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu

Zanu, Zapu Unity Accord

It is exactly 36 years today since the signing of the Unity Accord, which brought about lasting peace and unity in Zimbabwe. The pact was a culmination of pain-staking negotiations between 1985 and 1987 pitting Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu. Robert …

Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 06:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

The story behind the graduation scarf

Someone once said, when a man who has been virtually paralyzed starts walking, even slow, they are greeted with joy by well-meaning friends, but as expectations are raised, disappointments begin to set, if his progress is perceived to be s…

Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 07:09hrs | 16 | by Nicholas Ncube

Zanu PF Youth League boss preaches unity

Zanu PF Youth league secretary, Tino Machakaire, on Saturday pleaded with feuding party factions to unite saying divisions will cost the ruling party dearly in the upcoming elections.The ruling party has been battling intense divisions fol…

Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Mugabe, Nkomo Unity Day has lost relevance in Zimbabwe'

Unity Day celebrations have been described as a farce by analysts, who feel the holiday is no longer relevant.Zimbabwe declared December 22 a national holiday to commemorate the Unity Accord which was entered into in 1987 by two political …

Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa preaches unity in Kenya amid political intolerance back home

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he and other African Heads of States have challenged newly-elected Kenyan President William Ruto to put aside the disputed election outcome and embrace perennial losing opposition candidate, Raila Odinga.W…

Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa accused of reversing Unity Accord

FORMER Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says the late former President Robert Mugabe was far better in honouring the tenets of the 1987 Unity Accord than his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa.The exiled Ndiweni was referring to Mnang…

Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa preaches unity

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday showed his preaching skills calling on the nation to value the word of God in fostering unity towards the development of the country.The President emphasised the Second Republic's mantra of a nation being buil…

Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Youths advised to promote unity

Zimbabwe celebrates its 42nd Independence Day anniversary today and President Mnangagwa has called on youths to promote unity as it forms the basis of the country's development.The President said this in his weekly column in The Sunday Mai…

Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

A crime against humanity cannot be covered by twisted definitions of words Peace and Unity

In his speech on the Unity Day President E. D. Mnangagwa said a lot about the outcome of a unity accord that was signed by Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe. Mr Mnangagwa describes Zanu's quest for a one party state as â€˜fires of conflict". …

Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:53hrs | 12 | by Mkhululi Zulu

'Unity Day commemorations now ritualistic, meaningless'

ZIMBABWE's Unity Day has become a mere ritual, with Zanu-PF failing to adhere to the principles of the 1987 agreement, observers said yesterday.Zanu-PF, then under the late former President Robert Mugabe signed the Unity Accord with the la…

Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:23hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Unity accord died with his father and Mugabe

A SPIRING Zapu president Sibangilizwe Nkomo, son to the late VicePresident Joshua Nkomo, has described the unity accord which his father and the late former President Robert Mugabe signed to end hostilities in December 1987 as the most dis…

Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa preaches unity

WITH Zimbabwe starting to experience relative economic stability following years of markets turmoil, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called for national unity and discipline to improve the lot of citizens further.Speaking during the…

Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:06hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Unity can never be built on mass graves

For thirty three years now, Zimbabwe has been celebrating, disguised as unity, loss of tens of thousands of lives for ZANU PF  political expediency.What ZANU PF failed to achieve by way of dialogue and negotiations  they forceful…

Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 13:22hrs | 13 | by Iphithule Maphosa

Zimbabwe celebrates 33rd Unity Day

TODAY Zimbabwe celebrates the 33rd Unity Day with focus on nation building and rebranding. Last Saturday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told delegates at the launch of the national dress that the apparel promoted unity among Zimbabweans. "T…

Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Unity Accord bedrock of nation's stability, says Mnangagwa

We publish here the address by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, his Excellency Dr ED Mnangagwa on the occasion of Unity Day. Today, the 22nd of December 2020 marks our Unity D…

Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Dr ED Mnangagwa

Unity Accord: Pan-Africanism & nationalist leadership legitimacy

THE celebration of Unity Day this year registers yet another moment of our ideological reconnection as a nation.The same commemoration allows us to audit ZANU-PF's legitimacy.In this instalment, I analyse the significance of Unity Day outs…

Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 14 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu

The Importance of Unity, Mzilikazi's legacy

The legacy of Mzilikazi "the Trailblazer" who left Kwa-Zulu in the early 1800's to trail through the rigid Territories of the North-West, passing through certain areas and establishing his 'Kraals' wherever he went and one of them now are …

Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 08:11hrs | 7 | by Sizwe Mda

Chamisa and the pretence to unity

AT the burial of liberation icon Dr Dumiso Dabengwa in Ntabazinduna recently, MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa postured as a unifying figure vowing to work towards uniting the people of Zimbabwe.  To this, Mr Chamisa got loud che…

Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Nduduzo Tshuma

Dilemma of political emotions vs the Unity Accord of 1987

The Unity Accord of 1987 remains one of the best thing ever to have happened in Zimbabwe. I recall the day as if it was yesterday and I happened to have been one of the multitudes of people present at the national Stadium that day and to m…

Published: 24 May 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2 | by D. Kamamba.

'We are entrenching unity,' says Mnangagwa

Peace is an integral part of local cultural norms that could be used to forge national unity, which, in turn, is necessary to springboard the country to prosperity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday.Officiating at the launch of C…

Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Why unity is unachievable for Chamisa's MDC

Leading to election 2018, we saw the formation of what is now called the MDC - Alliance on the backdrop of massive campaigning for a united front against Zanu-PF, not around a common cause or unity of purpose. Leading to the 2008 Election …

Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | 4 | by Reason Wafawarova

Time for unity is now

We have the highest literacy rate on the continent and beyond, our people are known workaholics who keep their knuckles on the ground yet Zimbabwe is struggling to keep head above water, why? Some among us sing and ululate when ever the il…

Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 1 | by Tondo Murisa

'Nothing defeats unity and oneness'

Problems and misunderstandings between Zanu and Zapu necessitated the Unity Accord of 22 December 1987.After the 1980 elections, the then-Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe, incorporated members of Zapu into Government. But at some stage, there…

Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Clifford Sileya

'Peace and healing can only move us forward'

Zimbabwe's Unity Day, which is celebrated on 22 December every year, lays background to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC).After the political conflict which took place in Matabeleland in the early 1980s, where, accord…

Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:31hrs | 5 | by Retired Justice Selo Nare

'Lack of unity costs opposition'

Political analysts have blamed the country's opposition parties for authoring their own downfall in Monday's national harmonised elections by failing to set aside their differences and contest the ruling Zanu-PF as a united front.Zanu-PF t…

Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

New 'Ndebele king' trashes Zimbabwe's 1987 Unity Accord

SELF-IMPOSED new Ndebele King - Stanley Tshuma - has trashed the 1987 Unity Accord signed between Zanu-PF and former-PF Zapu, and declared that Matabeleland region would now be referred to as Mthwakazi kingdom.Tshuma made a strong politica…

Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans Unite!

Since 1980, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU PF "B Team" have demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that they are grossly incompetent to deal with public affairs. History will judge them very unkindly. Their atrocious legacy …

Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 23:08hrs | 18 | by Charles Moyo

The Joshua Nkomo - Tell No Lies speech on Unity.

In memory of the First Commander in Chief of ZAPU and ZIPRA Forces. In memory of the Father of the Nation.POLITICAL REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE PATRIOTIC FRONT (ZAPU) Sixth Congress, 12 - 15 October, 1984 Distinguished guests, Members …

Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 07:06hrs | 17 | by Cakes Vundla

Mugabe's unity initiatives should be embraced

The move taken by President Robert Gabriel Mugabe on Saturday 25 June 2016 in which he forgo his busy schedule and flew to the Lowveld in Chiredzi to unite the factional parties which were accelerated in the allocations of sugarcane plots …

Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 15:47hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo

Reconciliation before Unity

Its Unity Day in Zimbabwe today but has the country really achieved NATIONAL UNITY?Why is there still the Matebele and Mashona stigma? Why is there still tribal based politics? Why is there still dominance of one tribe over another and mar…

Published: 22 Dec 2013 at 05:57hrs | | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo

Fallacy of Zanu-PF's unity accord

Zanu-PF has been fooling the public for a long time, especially citizens of Matabeleland and Midlands about the Unity Accord. We believe it is time to come out strongly in defence of the truth once and for all. Rugare Gumbo like the shamel…

Published: 05 Feb 2013 at 09:36hrs | 2 | by Luke Sayi Director of Information and Publicity, ZAPU Diaspora Region

Dabengwa wants 1987 Unity Accord revisited

Retired Brigadier Ambrose Mutinhiri, a former ZIPRA chief of staff,  says he recently met Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa who confided in him that he is prepared to work with Zanu-PF but would want the 1987 Unity Accord to be revisited.Rt…

Published: 05 Aug 2012 at 13:18hrs | | by Munyaradzi Huni

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