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Opposition now dead as dodo
The opposition political vacuum that is currently prevailing in the country is actually draining away all the hope of most progressive Zimbabweans who are yearning for change and trying to unshackle t...Published: 23 Sep 2024 at 18:31hrs | 1860 | by Leonard Koni
Time for Progressive People to Unite
The struggle is real, and there has been a lot of political polarisation and disintegration of the opposition in the country.There is now a need for a collective effort to unshackle the bondag...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:17hrs | 505 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF has betrayed Zimbabwe war heroes
Zimbabwe's opposition parties claim that the sacrifices of the country's heroes have been betrayed by those in power, who have shown brutality, violated human rights, engaged in rampant corruption wit...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 17:14hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe should break free from the US dollar's grip
Government Up Close"Normalcy is that a country must have its own currency," President Mnangagwa is on record highlighting this fact.Some people have argued that one of the gravest fina...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 14:10hrs | 61 | by Nick Mangwana
Charting the optimal path for Zimbabwe's development REITs
This discourse delves into three principal governance models: the trustee-fund manager model, the board of directors approach, and the trustee-advisory board model.In the intricate landscape o...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
Mnangagwa government's game of darkness
NOW, if you put President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube and Kuda David Mnangagwa-the Finance minister and deputy minister, respectively—what will you get?Correct. Darkness. Lots of darkne...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
How Mnangagwa consolidated power and outwitted Zimbabwe military
WITH his controversial re-election -achieved with a minimal contribution from the military, and his subsequent swearing-in and cabinet appointments - President Emmerson Mnangagwa has all but completed...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 21:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5-year tenure divides public opinion
THE history of Zimbabwe is etched on the fateful events of November 14 and 21, 2017 an eventful week that saw soldiers roll their tanks onto the streets of Harare, culminating in the forced resignatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget our heroes
This is the month which we remember and celebrate the illustrious fallen sons and daughters of Zimbabwe who sacrificed their fresh blood to liberate the country.Traditionally August is a month...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
What is Mwonzora up to?
It has been clear for a while now that opposition MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is an opportunistic power-hungry politician, more concerned with his place at the top table to the exclusion of everythi...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africans need to review the electoral democracy system
ZIMBABWE will go to the polls in 2023 to choose its leadership. It is a regular ritual the country adopted at independence in 1980 when it declared itself a democracy.That meant every five or ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:08hrs | 7 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwean economy turns the corner, says CBZ chair
THE current Zimbabwean Government has unshackled the economy and is on the right path to start realizing meaningful returns despite economic headwinds that have hindered economic progress in the past,...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Liberation war propaganda has lost its aura
SOUTH Africa's African National Congress (ANC) seems headed towards the same route as other African liberation movements which delivered their countries from colonial rule but failed to deliver on the...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:26hrs | 9 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa urges mindset change in civil service
CIVIL servants should change their mindsets and be drivers of devolution and decentralisation to ensure that every citizen has access to basic services such as clean water and well-resourced schools, ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe true liberation heroes need to finally unshackle themselves from those who hijacked the struggle
This past week has been a most painful one for all of us who respect and honour the history of our beloved country, its legacy, and the struggle that brought about its liberation.Firstly, ther...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:55hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will Zimbabwe benefit from boris johnson's ascendents to power?
Boris Johnson, Britain's prime minister, is the quintessential nostalgic leader. Since the Brexit referendum, in order to make Britain's future outside the European Union appealing, he has playe...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 16:33hrs | 11 | by Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa opens Dry Port
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday opened Zimbabwe's dry port facility at Walvis Bay here, which is expected to provide a strategic and cheaper gateway to the Atlantic Ocean for local manufacturers and int...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Staff repoter
Mangudya kills forex black market?
INDUSTRIALISTS and market watchers have hailed the monetary policy statement presented yesterday by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya, saying it will kill the foreign currency p...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
A partisan military: The most potent weapon against democracy
That Zimbabwe has become the proverbial cursed nation, which simply can't unshackle itself from an economic abyss and political crisis that has rankled for decades, is beyond doubt.The highly-...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Mutambara calls for a United States of Africa
FORMER deputy prime minister Professor Arthur Mutambara has told a British audience that the mooted "ever-closer African Union" was "despicable" and instead suggested that a "United States of Africa" ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:58hrs | 1 | by African News Agency
The evil hand of civil society, MDC-Alliance
This week, Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance, civil society organisations and NGOs fronted a so-called shutdown that was underlined by anarchy, looting and lawlessness. The orgy of violence saw the d...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:03hrs | | by Panganai Kahuni
Nelson Chamisa: Your parents taught you better
The so-called experts fail to understand that it is the unshackled youths that can bring change in any country, not the rah-rah lying politicians. In addition, for street protests to work, they must b...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 22:27hrs | 8 | by Sam Wezhira
When politics blocks hope
SO here we are again, stalled by inconclusive politics. Only time, dates and names of politicians have changed and the clock continues to tick. The scenario is the same. With every day that passes, ou...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:55hrs | 7 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Time to fix the economy
The 2018 elections have come and gone. What remains is the disgruntlement over the processes and how they affected the outcomes.Develop me: Tapiwa GomoThat discussion, legal or politic...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Very little separates MDC Alliance from Zanu-PF
Last year sometime around September, I realised that Robert Mugabe's grip was not about to be released anytime soon, unless if his own people summoned the courage to turn against him.He seemed...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 16:42hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
MDC movement has proved that very little separates them from Zanu PF
I turned to Professor Brian Raftopolous and a senior respected civil society leader for ideas and discussions about our country.I proposed to them that the best way out of this political night...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 11:40hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Khupe allergic to violence
MDC-T leader and one of the four female presidential candidates in the forthcoming harmonised elections, Dr Thokozani Khupe, has promised to end all forms of violence if elected into office.Th...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The meteoric rise of Presia Ngulube - MRP Vice President
In our Leaders Corner programme today we have the Vice President of Mthwakazi Republic Party(MRP), Ms Presia Ngulube. The Leaders Corner programme is an innovation and forum for sharing ideas, it will...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Tsvangirai's speech at the launch of the MDC Alliance
Introduction We gather here today having listened to your solemn plea for unity amongst the democratic forces in the country. While all the democratic voice...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
YARD Student Command in solidarity with UZ College of Health Sciences Students
A social revolution without a political soul will never be complete and fruitful. Every revolution dissolves the old society and to that extent it is social. However we shall note that every revolutio...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Anele Ncube - YARDSC President
Will Mujuru survive?
ON March 1 2016 hundreds of people thronged a five-star hotel in Harare to meet former vice-president Joice Mujuru as she announced the launch of the Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party at a press...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo born author takes US by storm
BULAWAYO-born writer Novuyo Rosa Tshuma has lived part of her life in South Africa and another in the United States. Her book — a collection of short stories — titled Shadows was published in ...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
War veterans still have a role to play
The country owes its gratitude to men and women, alive and departed who fought the colonial yoke and unshackled the indigenous people of the oppression that demeaned them to second-class citizens in t...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 15:04hrs | | by Tapiwa Maware
Mugabe endorses Zaoga university
President Mugabe has endorsed the Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU), saying the Church should not pay the $2,3 million it had been charged for the State land on which the university is being bui...Published: 21 Mar 2016 at 09:14hrs | | by Felex Share
Zaoga varsity gets the nod
President Robert Mugabe yesterday endorsed the Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) saying only indigenous initiatives will fully unshackle people from the imbalances created by the country's forme...Published: 19 Mar 2016 at 11:11hrs | | by Felex Share
Mujuru rattles Mugabe
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru set the cat among the pigeons in President Robert Mugabe's warring post-congress Zanu-PF after she dramatically and unexpectedly announced her re-entry into formal n...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu RSA Chair, Bongani Halimana Speech - Joshua Nkomo Day
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Commemoration Hillbrow Theatre, JohannesburgJuly 25, 2015Organisers,Esteemed Guests,All protocol observed,L...Published: 28 Jul 2015 at 14:41hrs | 3 | by Bongani Halimana Ndlovu, ZAPU RSA Provincial Chairman
Why are Africans to the north of us still unable to own the means of production?
He always puts me to shame each time he writes, this Ghanaian. I am talking about Baffour Ankomah. As always, his latest Beefs pass for a gem. Adorned with well-chosen quotes from our African icons, B...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 10:31hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
MDC-T Youth Leader Happymore Bvondo Chidziva abduction foiled
This report is from an MDC-T activist, we have not verified its authenticity. The report has been independently written by a member ...Published: 24 Mar 2015 at 12:05hrs | | by Wangu - Mine
National convergence: Zimbabwe's hope for the future
That the Zimbabwean opposition parties have to avoid doing the same things and employing the same tactics as before if they are to get different results admits of no doubt. While the opposition, espec...Published: 11 Sep 2014 at 09:17hrs | | by Douglas T. Mwonzora
Tsvangirai accuse Mugabe of recruiting Israeli officials
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday accused President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF apparatus of recruiting Israeli officials to rig the 2018 election.He spoke as analysts warned that the r...Published: 23 Aug 2014 at 17:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'700+ companies shut down since the election,' says Tsvangirai
1. IntroductionIt is not every day that a people gather to commemorate theft but only last month, our colleagues in Zanu PF chose to hold a grossl...Published: 22 Aug 2014 at 10:55hrs | | by Morgan Tsvangirai
Baba Jukwa suspect appears in leg irons
Sunday Mail Editor Edmund Kudzayi, who is facing charges of subversion and undermining the authority of the President, appeared in leg irons at the Harare Magistrates Court for bail application. ...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 06:36hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
'Baba Jukwa' suspect remanded to July 7
Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi who is facing banditry and terrorism charges has been remanded to July 7 and advised to approach the High Court for bail since his offence is classified under 3rd sc...Published: 23 Jun 2014 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Free your lieutenants, Makoni urges Mugabe
Opposition Mavambo Kusile frontman and former finance Minister Simba Makoni has called on President Robert Mugabe to "free" his lieutenants as the nonagenarian's final contribution to a better Z...Published: 09 May 2014 at 19:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I will not re-join Zanu-PF,' says Simba Makoni
Former Zanu-PF politburo member and then Finance minister Simba Makoni has declared he does not "yearn" to re-join the former liberation movement.Makoni who now fronts the political outfit Ma...Published: 08 May 2014 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Post elections Zimbabwe: Getting the tyres to hit the tar
The elections have come and gone, albeit contentiously so. Yet what still unites us as a nation is our common desire to see this nation advance for the good of all Zimbabweans. As the natio...Published: 13 Sep 2013 at 10:41hrs | | by Perry Munzwembiri
Prison officers ordered to unshackle Tsvangirai's ally
HARARE magistrate Tendai Mahwe yesterday ordered prison officers attached to the court to remove the leg irons in which the MDC-T deputy national chairperson Morgan Komichi had been coming to court si...Published: 01 Sep 2013 at 13:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean murder suspect tries to flee Bots court
A Zimbabwean man and a Motswana facing charges of murder and robbery last week attempted to escape from lawful custody but were re-arrested after a short pursuit.Mid Week Sun newspaper rep...Published: 28 May 2012 at 08:09hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Mugabe fears Chiyangwa could spy on him
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe personally blocked Philip Chiyangwa's ascendancy to the post of vice-chairman in Mashonaland West province during the party's politburo meeting recently, authoritative sources ...Published: 01 Apr 2012 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
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