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Pregnant children, marital rape victims have a right to abortion, High Court rules
A law denying access to legal abortion for children below the age of 18 and married women who are victims of marital rape is unconstitutional, the Harare High Court has declared in a landmark ruling....Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 16:40hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Nust shifts graduation venue to ZITF
Chief Mahlathini of Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North has strongly condemned parents and guardians who neglect their responsibility to pay school fees for their children, despite having the financial m...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:46hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are educated for nothing: A nation of intellectuals with no voice
Zimbabwe is a country blessed with a wealth of intellectual capital.Its people are among the most educated in Africa, with a strong tradition of academic excellence, particularly in fields lik...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:26hrs | 35632 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sounds of Soweto : A tale no of Highlanders anthems
Founded in 1926 Highlanders FC is the oldest and most supported Football club in Zimbabwe. To the Highlanders faithful the team is a way of life, a social movement and a source of pride and Joy. Today...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:02hrs | 765 | by Van Vodloza
The MK Party and the contestation of history
An angel of history is haunting the ANC - the spectre of the historical uMkhonto Wesizwe. The announcement of the MKP on December 16, 2023 by President Jacob Zuma conjured certain spirits or the ghost...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 20:11hrs | 453 | by Sankara Bizela
Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists
Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka
The rise of General Chiwenga: My reply to this article
My article today is to reply an article written by Samkeliso Ncube on Bulawayo 24: it was written in large; The rise of General Chiwenga, Zimbabwe's vanguard to a prosperous future. This article is no...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:30hrs | 15 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sangoma's US$30 000 wedding brings Harare to a standstill
SEKURU Tasvu's nuptials with his sweetheart Talent Qeliwe Mpofu last weekend were rare in more ways than one.Not only was it a spectacle to have a traditional healer opting to have a white wed...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
CCC Bulawayo councillors disregard recall, attend Chamisa event
Despite the possibility of recalls for showing allegiance to another political body, several councillors elected on the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) ticket attended a meeting in Bulawayo led by...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A generation of EDiots
THE politicians keep fiddling while Zimbabwe is burning. The opposition is at sixes and sevens, while Zanu-PF is at sea when the education system is now in comatose and the peril of having a generatio...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa taunts uneducated opponents
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a disdainful rebuke on those accusing him of masterminding court generated disqualifications on election opponents, describing them as uneducated.This f...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 20:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Drunk' Christopher Mutsvangwa denies that Zimbabwe is a province of South Africa
Whatever ZANU-PF mouth piece, Christopher Mutsvangwa, was drinking from a white cup during his interview with Newzroom Africa, it is a highly intoxicating substance like alcohol. No sober person can d...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 17:37hrs | 10 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe: Chekhov's middle age monks
From a writer, critic, traveller, doctorI am reading selected letters of Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer, critic, traveller and medical doctor.The letters span a big chunk of his lif...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 On Saturday
What happened to the revolutionary spirit in today's Zimbabwe youths?
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow schoolmate, my heart bleeds.It reminds me of the fearless revol...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Outcry over school fees hike
SCHOOLS open today for the second term with parents and guardians raising concerns over sharp increases in fees amid economic turmoil.The unaffordable fees demanded by schools follow revelatio...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over school fees hike
SCHOOLS open today for the second term with parents and guardians raising concerns over sharp increases in fees amid economic turmoil.The unaffordable fees demanded by schools follow revelatio...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA can turn into another Zimbabwe, hallucinates Mozambique linked Mashaba
Prominent South African opposition politician Herman Mashaba says he is fighting to stop the neighbouring country from turning into another Zimbabwe because of failed leadership.Mashaba (HM), ...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Uneducated' politicians to be locked out of Zimbabwe councils
GOVERNMENT is finalising a new law to bar politicians without tertiary education qualifications from running for local authority seats in a development meant to restore competency and improve service ...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa left the fact-finding Mission deeply unimpressed
One Morris too manyWhat it's a name?The name of the old Triple C activist "beaten" in Murehwa is Morris Seremani. Morris as also the name of one turncoat freedom fighter who betrayed t...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Jamwanda
Community chases 5 teachers away
PARENTS and guardians with children at Ndangababi Primary School at Cross Dete in Hwange District have chased away five teachers accusing them of incompetence, insubordination and disrespecting tradit...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa needs everybody's support and sacrifice
MANY factors can push a nation to embark on unstoppable demonstrations.Hunger is one of them. Closure of democratic space, if we read world history, can cause uprising and civil disobedience....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Mnangagwa officially recognises Matabeleland independence cause, talks about it daily
Just imagine UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, threatening to shorten the lives of all Scottish people who are calling for the independence of Scotland from UK or Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez...Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 8 | by Israel Dube
Row over secret DNA tests
A MARLBOROUGH woman secretly took three kids, who were said to be her husband's children, for DNA tests which revealed he was the father of just one of the minors.The tests revealed the other ...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 13:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Female engineer from rural Tsholotsho
WOMEN operating in male-dominated industries face the challenge of having to go an extra mile to gain trust from clients, a Bulawayo-based engineer has said.Novuyo Hlabangana is a 27-year-old ...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
What does it profit Zimbabwe's ruling elite to gain the country but lose their souls?
Yesterday (March 22, 2022) when I penned an article, "Did war veterans fight for a political party or the people of Zimba...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 07:22hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Teachers suspended by Minister
It is very unfortunate to have Ministers appointed to the office without understanding the protocols of that office. To be a Minister, remember that all what you do is under the constitution. Every wo...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 11:39hrs | | by Nothisa Dube
Zimbabwe regime destroying our children's future by denying them education!
By nature, Zimbabweans are a very responsible citizenry - who do everything that we are able in ensuring that we faithfully play our part in the development of not only our country but also our childr...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 13:05hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Makomborero Haruzivishe out of notorious Chikurubi: Halleluiah
My mother, Mrs Sihwa sat in Chikurubi accused of the same accusations that sent what could be her grandson Makomborero to prison: same length of time. When she was released on grounds of ill-health, s...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 11:14hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe women's group in today's reaction to Merry Mubayiwa is long overdue
We welcome the intervention of the Zimbabwe women's group to put pressure to the Vice President, General Constantine Chiwenga. We celebrate their move to put questions to VP why he is treating Merry l...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 11:18hrs | 18 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZANU PF regime's uncivilized and undiplomatic savage diatribes main impediment to international re-engagement
In any relationship and encounter on this planet, there are bound to be some disagreements and misunderstandings.Even in the animal kingdom, there is always conflict to be expected - whether i...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 09:41hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga and his wife saga! No wonder white people have a low opinion of Africans and their empty philosophy of Ubuntu
General Constantine Chiwenga could be a head of state anytime if Mnangagwa became incapacitated or for any other reason. We have people in the government in 2021 who could be well described as primiti...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 07:16hrs | 18 | by Nomazulu Thata
What's the point in building Zimbabwe 'brick by brick' whilst dismantling it 'wall by wall'?
There is a popular saying, "taking two steps forward, and one step backwards" - that describes a scenario whereby things are not going smoothly, when one's efforts are not yielding the desired results...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Nehanda must be brought back but what about gukurahundi victims, post-2000 election victims?
I don't cope and usually don't quote fellow bloggers but on this one, I will quote Nomazulu, who said "I used to think bootlicking,hero-worshipping was for the uneducated but even the highly educated ...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:41hrs | 3 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Khoisans are Zimbabwe's forgotten tribe
KHOISANS are Zimbabwe's forgotten tribe. Despite being the first to settle in Zimbabwe, the minority Khoisan tribe remains poverty-stricken, centuries after settling in the country. For generation aft...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
At 79 years Jacob Zuma should not be in Jail
An average African ends up in a legal crisis and worse off in prison not because they do not understand the law or their legal right. The reason why Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is in jail is because he ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
At 79 years Jacob Zuma should not be in Jail because he does not understand the South African Legal System, Never
An average African ends up in a legal crisis and worse off in prison not because they do not understand the law or their legal right. The reason why Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is in jail is because he ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:06hrs | | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Afrobarometer opinion is it is flawed and manipulated
Zimbabwe woke up to a report by Afro Barometer which was so negative to the efforts being made in the democratisation of Zimbabwe and positive on the fight against COVID-19. The mixed bag from Afrobar...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Teachers assault parent in view of pupils
Dear Editor, It was barbaric, embarrassing and shocking to say the least. Like mad bulls the two male teachers menacingly charged towards a frightened parent who had sought refugee in the loca...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:30hrs | | by Concerned Parents
Would you eat cyanide laced oranges, why accept poisoned constitutional amendments only for some youth/women's quota clauses?
As the shock over the recently gazetted Constitutional Amendment No 2 Act deepens, and the realization of the reality of the brutal shredding, and callous assassination, of any semblance of democracy ...Published: 10 May 2021 at 10:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Urbanites deserve poor service delivery'
Zanu-PF Sanyati district coordinating committee (DCC) chair, Langton Mabhanga says town and city residents in the country should put up with poor service delivery by their local authorities as this wa...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why I decided to join Zanu-PF
MY political activism dates back to the late 1970s when I actively participated in the armed liberation struggle as a young mujibha attending pungwes in my rural area in Gutu district, Masvingo provin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Obert Gutu
Corruption in Zimbabwe fueled by ZANU PF's 'tichingotonga' mentality of a leadership that believes will never leave power
After waking up early in the morning to chop firewood for cooking, in the middle of a low-density suburb - as there has not been any electricity supply in our area for the past two days - there is not...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 14:08hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Dr Masimba Mavaza is a tribalist: Inherent hatred for non-Shona people
I want to excuse myself right from the beginning of this article: It is not about protecting VP Mohadi and his scandals of his previous marriage with Senator Tambudzani Mohadi that left us cold about ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
African 'Dead Aid' will stop within 5 years: Part Two
In part one I concentrated on Dr. Dambisa's "Dead Aid" book she passionately wrote in 2009 highlighting the need for Africa to shift its focus away from foreign Aid and instead, seeking solutions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 10:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Deployment of Shona teachers in Matabeleland schools is the main cause for low pass rates
"To weaken a Ndebele is to deprive him of an education", said the author of the 1979 Grand Plan, Nathan Shamuyarira. The document itself is the most evil conspiracy theory in Africa, to be produced by...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 11:51hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe has voluntarily become the 10th province of South Africa
After protracted and emotional denials by Zanupf leaders that Zimbabwe is a country in crisis, masses of Zimbabweans that were stuck at Beitbridge border post a few weeks ago exposed Zimbabwe not only...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:34hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Govt has failed to resolve strike by teachers, and all civil servants
The major reason why the Zimbabwe government is failing is in whole part for its reason to resist the tide. For a start, the government has over the decades tried and failed dismally to control th...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 12:29hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
'O' levels alone can't improve MPs' pedigree, says Mudenda
LOCAL MPs and the quality of their debate and contributions in the August House cannot be improved by stipulating that eligible candidates should possess a minimum of Ordinary Level qualifications....Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff writer
Uneducated white man named Democratic Alliance leader
Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa's largest opposition party, has elected John Steenhuisen as its new leader.The 44-year-old, who has acted as interim party leader since its first Black l...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Recalls have crippled council business, says Mafume
New Harare mayor Jacob Mafume (JM) still believes that the capital has what it takes to regain its Sunshine City status if city fathers can get their act together. Last week, he sat down with NewsDay ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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