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Family demands justice following fatal pitbull attack on relative
A Harare family is mourning the tragic death of Samuel Machara, who was fatally mauled by a pitbull in Bluffhill over the weekend, prompting renewed calls for stricter laws regulating the ownership of...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:36hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Sam not letting go of little Zimbabwe
THERE is something interesting about the new United States sanctions regime announced this week. Besides President Joseph Biden making a statement, the US National Security Council made one too. What ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:16hrs | 7 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe must bolt the doors to biased observers
Recently, an African teenage boy living in the French ghettos known as banlieues was shot dead in a botched traffic stop that was captured on video, spotlighting systematic violence and racism in Fran...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Uncle Sam lacks moral authority to lecture on democracy
ON Thursday 29 June, President Mnangagwa addressed a gathering of small scale miners where he emphasised his Government's support to the most productive sectors of the economy. He told the min...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 13 | by Ranga Mataire
A curse that will forever haunt Zimbabwe opposition
THOSE of us who grew up in the village know that nothing can be as foul-smelling as a skunk.It literally stinks to high heaven.By some freak of nature, these cat-sized black-and-white ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 15 | by Bishop Lazi
Top US official challenged on Zimbabwe sanctions
A SENIOR United States official recently struggled to provide a comprehensive explanation on factors that influenced their decisions to impose sanctions on poor countries whilst turning a blind eye on...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stayaway that never was exposes Western puppets
TODAY, Pachedu, a shadowy troll on Twitter, manned by some faceless characters, stands starkly naked, exposed as a Trojan horse of Western nations that have an incurable colonial hangover.In t...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Zambia's ruling UPND party leader blasts Jonathan Moyo
Zambia's ruling UPND Publicity and Information Secretary Joseph Kalimbwe has accused Professor Jonathan Moyo of having a hand in the destruction of Zimbabwe during his days at the core leadership of Z...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 17:01hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo sends advice to Malema's EFF
Professor Jonathan Moyo has urged South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters to reconsider its stance on ousting Eswatini's dictator King Mswati III saying the revolution might be hijacked by Western el...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 08:29hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
US Embassy sweats to save Chamisa's sinking ship
The United States Embassy in Harare has reactivated its propaganda machinery ahead of the forthcoming by-elections slated for March 26.After a notable lull in propaganda tweets since the depar...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 14 | by Hosia Mviringi
Tuku's unreleased music stolen
TODAY marks exactly three years to the day legendary music icon and national hero Dr Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi breathed his last. The revered and highly decorated musician died at the age of 66, and had ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tells US to move with the times
INSTEAD of poking its nose in the country's democratic and electoral processes, the United States should take full advantage of the engagement and re-engagement drive extended by the Second Republic t...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why is West silent on South Africa violence?
In August 2018, just after Zimbabwe's general elections, the country witnessed some demonstrations that were staged by opposition activists who had lost patience in waiting for the presidential electi...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:19hrs | 2 | by Mukachana Hanyani
If you sow mischief, you harvest grief
IN 2019, Zimbabwe experienced three days of darkness between January 14 and January 17.It seemed looneys had broken from the asylum and set fire on the tinderbox.Chaos and madness reig...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
USAID accused of wasting US$ 10 m 'trying to democratise Zimbabwe' - penny has finally dropped in Washington
The proverbial penny has finally drop in Washington: the Americans have finally woken up to the reality they are wasting money trying to democratise Zimbabwe!"In a damning 2020 Festivus report...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:22hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
US wasting millions on Zimbabwe election process - Report
THE United States (US) Senate has predicted Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mngangagwa, would win the 2023 presidential election despite Washington pouring in millions of dollars to democratise the...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'worse-than-Mugabe', says US lawmaker
THE US, through its US Agency for International Development (USAID), is spending US$10 million in efforts to improve Zimbabwe's political process and these include supporting non-governmental organisa...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police to pounce on music gigs
SEVERAL artistes who continue to stage illegal live concerts attracting huge numbers in defiance of the Covid-19 restrictions face the full wrath of the law, police have warned. The honeymoon ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
A non winning horse is a liability to Uncle Sam
The writing is on the wall and the die has been cast. Big brother has changed his mind. The seemingly charismatic but useless yet hopeful youthful presidential aspirant seem to have lost favour in the...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:27hrs | 1 | by Gabarinocheka
Joy as man reunites with family after 44 years
ENOS Samupinya Ndou was on the verge of giving up any hope that he will ever see his Zimbabwean family again after starting a new life in South Africa 44 years ago.Ndou, who was born in Beitbr...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
An abiding tortoise of White House goons
Politics, as an existential science, can be characteristically hot, heavy and heady.In its very extreme form, politics can be similar to religious fundamentalism, where it becomes a matter of ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:18hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Uncle Sam is at war with everyone
To those doubting Thomases it is now crystal clear that Uncle Sam is at 'war' with everyone and that almost every nation is targeted. Who in their wildest of dreams would have ever imagined Albion rec...Published: 10 May 2019 at 22:48hrs | 2 | by Tondorindo
The sanctions issue is everyone's child
If its about the people and for the people, then the very same people are now suffering. I mean the illegal sanctions imposed on our beautiful Zimbabwe. ZIDERA has constricted our economy and ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 21:06hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Chamisa not his own man
Zimbabwean media was recently awash with reports to the effect that MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, who recently embarked on a fruitless "pseudo" regional diplomatic offensive meant to sound Sadc leaders ...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:17hrs | 2 | by Mapozho Saruchera
The fad of sanctions: Crimea lessons for Zimbabwe
Well, Zimbabwe has been under sanctions for about two decades now and it has become very clear to all and sundry that the United States of America and its allies, will continue using one excuse after ...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Sanctions are the Achilles Heel inhibiting Zimbabwe economic growth
Sanctions, sanctions and corruption are the Achilles Heel inhibiting economic growth in Zimbabwe. The illegal restrictive measures are causing untold suffering to those at the bottom of the economic p...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:14hrs | 1 | by Tondo Murisa
Chamisa hoped to tap into the hugely popular Operation Restore Legacy
One false argument which is peddled by the opposition and foreign interests mostly is that nothing has changed in Zimbabwe since November 2017 when the popular Operation Restore Legacy happened. ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by George Charamba
Zimbabwe is not ripe for picking
Multiparty democracy is very 'healthy' for development and total freedom, it keeps the incumbency focused on good governance and economic growth. Opposition politics is a necessary 'evil' for checks a...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 23:35hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo
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? ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 1 | by Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa's message to Uncle Sam
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe has no quarrel with the United States government and its people, and he is pleased with the way relations between the two countries are improving....Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Enoughof Uncle Sam's bullying
The sanctions are indeed about the US's proclivity for regime change in order to achieve its goal to change the power matrix in Zimbabwe from Zanu- PF to the opposition MDC Alliance that will be subse...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Isdore Guvamombe
After the votes are cast....
Less than a month before he lost his job as the director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in 2017, James Comey published an autobiography titled "A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Li...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Free elections are necessary to end autocratic rule,' Uncle Sam tells ED for 100 000 time
"The upcoming elections are a once-in-a-generation chance for the people of Zimbabwe to move forward after decades of autocratic rule," Senator Flake said. "The ZDERA Amendment Act reinforces that if ...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 20:10hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
The advantages Nelson Chamisa has so far
I was just wondering about the upcoming election and pondering on whether there are people still to be won over, so-called floating voters.The electoral dynamics in Zimbabwe are very interesti...Published: 14 May 2018 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Give Zimbabwe and HE ED a chance
All pointers, so it seems, show a USA fighting to increase ranks of the poor. An America that sadistically wishes to see people of my colour dressed like scarecrows, by the way I am black like...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:27hrs | | by Tondorindo Murisa
Mnangagwa 'doesn't have a team fit for purpose yet'
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into office after his former boss, Robert Mugabe, had been forced to resign following a military intervention, he could have done anything that he wanted to do a...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 10:27hrs | 3 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Why Mnangagwa dispensation keeps old problems
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into office after his former boss Robert Mugabe had been forced to resign following a military intervention, he could have done anything that he wanted and still...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 14:55hrs | 3 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Mawarire a 'selfie pastor', says Jonathan Moyo
Zanu PF chief propagandist Jonathan Moyo has gone overdrive in berating #ThisFlag frontman Pastor Evan Mawarire.Moyo has taken to his favourite outlet, twitter to vent his disd...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Uncle Sam has no right to preach on human rights
It is confounding why the US continues to pose as the faultless global policeman and to author reports such as the one released last week titled, "the US 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Jonathan Moyo an aspiring dictator and foreign spy - Min Mutsvangwa
War veterans minister, Chris Mutsvangwa on Saturday labelled rival Professor Jonathan Moyo "an aspiring tinpot dictator".He suggested that Moyo was a planted agents and foreign spy....Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'I did not steal panties,' says Mutsvangwa
War Veterans minister Chris Mutsvangwa became a butt of jokes last week after Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo claimed he was notorious for stealing female combatants' undergarment...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to dump factionalists, says Khaya Moyo
ZANU-PF will dump - without fear or favour - factionalists seeking to undermine President Mugabe's authority, a senior official has said. When the Politburo meets this Wednesday, said Zanu-PF spokespe...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Lincoln Towindo
End nigh for Zanu-PF kingpins
Zanu-PF will dump - without fear or favour - factionalists seeking to undermine President Mugabe's authority, a senior official has said.When the Politburo meets this Wednesday, said Zanu-PF s...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:02hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
He was my Facebook friend
To befriend a world record holding criminal was something that sounded strange to me and my own.That when I realised it after being summoned for an answering by the Criminal Investigating Depa...Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 23:05hrs | 13 | by Wilson Chipangura
Is Mujuru perceived as playing fair at home?
The national political pot sweats and effervesces. The faggots beneath burn wild and incandescent, heating up the medley soup inside which leaps wild, jumping past the giant pot's rim, out to infinity...Published: 11 Apr 2015 at 16:11hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
'Dirty dozen' rant: Zanu-PF's hypocrisy exposed
ZANU-PF's pre-congress electioneering, double-standards and hypocrisy were once again exposed after the party said it would probe 12 Zanu-PF MPs - dubbed "the dirty dozen" - for being used by the Unit...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs in US funding scandal
THE US government is reported to have found disciples in Zanu-PF whom it is giving money to fund community projects in their constituencies, a development that has raised eyebrows given the frosty...Published: 19 Sep 2014 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe comedy to feature on Mzansi Magic
Zimbabwe's comedy industry continues to break new ground with the latest being able to secure a prime slot to be aired on Mzansi Magic.Titled Zim Comedy Live, the programme will feature Zimbab...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 14:45hrs | 2 | by Problem Masau
MDC: Building a war psychosis
In the early eighties I had a friend who worked in the security establishment. He was in charge of VIP protection. One day he was tasked to ensure a VVIP was transported to Kushinga-Pikhelela, transpo...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 11:47hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Sexed Tsvangirai: The day WOZA could not arise!
What has the American ambassador to do with a Zimbabwean Prime Minister who gets deserved societal flak for promiscuous misbehavior? Which part of the Geneva Convention, or of our bilateral agre...Published: 10 Dec 2011 at 15:38hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
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