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War veteran Matemadanda off side
War veterans are the vanguard of the liberation struggle and must be tolerate of divergent views in a democratic country.Secretary General of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Asso...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 10:34hrs | 2142 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa and Mugabe: A case of Siamese twins
Former Zimbabwe President, Mugabe, told the British Prime minister then Tony Blair, "Keep your England and l will keep my Zimbabwe ". A few months after assuming Presidency through the back door words...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 15:20hrs | 2342 | by AT Kadada
Democracy, elections bad for collective cause
SOMETHING is going wrong with democracy. Something has gone wrong with democracy. It was the most successful political idea of the 21st century, but increasingly democracy is running into trouble, not...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:53hrs | 112 | by Reason Wafawarova
Only a Zimbabwean currently living in the Diaspora will dislodge ZANU PF
The amount of vile being spewed by the MDC Alliance coalition is sickening to the stomach. Nelson Chamisa is a big liar and will not be my President. His message of hope is contaminated with lies, inf...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 20:12hrs | 4422 | by Sam Wezhira
The dirty truth about OIL
What does "oil" make you think of? Do "invasions" and "emissions" top your list? Why have leaders thought it worth spilling so much blood for the sake of this pungent mud? And why has it been so hard ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 10:13hrs | 2587 | by Erick Matotoba
No easy road, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says recalibrating an "entrenched political system to a new administration" takes time as the nation needs a shared vision and consensus on how to move forward.In ...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:45hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa delivers US World Cup bid
ZIMBABWE yesterday stuck to its promise and delivered a vote to the United Bid fronted by the United States in its successful battle to win the rights to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals. The Unite...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 850 | by Sports Reporter
Air Zimbabwe carriers among top defaulting airlines
Angola, Sudan and Zimbabwe are among the top five countries with national carriers that are failing to repatriate revenue from ticket sales to other airlines, APA reported.According to the Int...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 14:29hrs | 1178 | by APA
Maduro expels US envoy
President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of the top US diplomat in Venezuela following a new round of sanctions imposed by Washington over his re-election.Maduro announced the move in a ...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Fixing Zimbabwe's 'fantasy economics'
From time to time a few countries carry out what is in effect economic suicide.Four things destroy wealth in society - conflict, ideology, corruption and bad economic policy. Examples in recen...Published: 23 May 2018 at 11:22hrs | 734 | by Martyn Davies and Hanns Spangenberg
Trump threatens aid cut to Zimbabwe
United States President Donald Trump wants to cut foreign assistance dollars to countries who don't vote with the US at the United Nations (UN) - and South Africa and Zimbabwe are among these countrie...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa knows that Western countries are more interested in business than democracy
When new Zimbabwean president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa ursuped power from then leader Robert Gabriel Mugabe, in a military coup, in November last year, he knew fully well that there would not be an...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:51hrs | 1862 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
46 countries to observe Zimbabwe elections
Government has approved a list of 46 countries, 15 regional and continental bodies to observe general elections set for July this year as President Mnangagwa's administration makes good its pledge for...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 06:48hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
List of observers that Mnangagwa will invite
A list of observers that Govt will invite for 2018 elections. It includes 46 countries; the EU, US and Commonwealth. Also on the proposed list is US Senator Flake, one of the 'ZDERA' Senators ...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 18:10hrs | 10638 | by Staff reporter
Donald Trump is black and ugly man
As my father and I had sat high up in the stands at Rufaro Stadium, together with thousands of ecstatic compatriots, we waved small Zimbabwe flags, with vibrant enthusiasm, and enjoyed the wonderful e...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 07:58hrs | 1322 | by Tafi Mhaka
Die hard with a Zimbo
Fresh from saving America from Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Thomas Sankara, communist North Vietnam and the Middle-East machinations of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Soviet Union, ex-Green Beret ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 07:47hrs | 224 | by Tafi Mhaka
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe faces bankruptcy
ZIMBABWE has been named among seven countries destined to go broke by year end if it does not address its basket of economic and financial woes, a United Kingdom-based company has said.Love Mo...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:59hrs | 1588 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has a Happiness deficit - report
Zimbabwe is nowhere near the happiest people on earth, according to 2018 World Happiness Report issued by a United Nations agency. Forget about the trade deficit, budget deficit, Zimbabwe has a happin...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 14:40hrs | 904 | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe human rights record under spotlight
Zimbabwe's human rights record will once again go under the spotlight, as activist Evan Mawarire, pictured, is set to make a presentation on the situation in the country at the 10th Geneva Summit for ...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 08:24hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranks among worst in rule of law index
Zimbabwe was one of the worst-ranked countries in an annual World Justice Project (WJP) rule of law index list released yesterday.The southern African country ranked 108 out of 113 countries i...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:18hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
In this present crisis, govt is not a solution to our problem: govt is the problem
When Shingai Sibanda, a family man and school teacher since the early 1990s is struggling to secure high school, college and university fees for his three daughters: is it fair to deduce that life wil...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 07:45hrs | 1303 | by Tafi Mhaka
Barrack Obama and the blame game: it is a dark and twisted Zanu-PF fantasy
Ahead of an emotional and historic visit to Ghana in 2009, Barrack Obama criticised the theatrical blame game African leaders employ all the time to disclaim their failings and debunked the extensivel...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 16:36hrs | 2082 | by Tafi Mhaka
MLF calls on Ramaphosa to help with arrest of Mnangagwa
The Hon Cyril RamaphosaDeputy President of the Republic of South AfricaAfrican National Congress Presidential CandidateDear Sir,The People of Matebeleland (Mthwakazi) in presen...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 09:42hrs | 4805 | by Andrea Sibanda, Secretary General
Bolivia condemns Zimbabwe military coup
Bolivarian Government of Venezuela expresses its deep concern and strongly condemns the breach of the constitutional order in the Republic of Zimbabwe by a sector of the Army....Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 07:55hrs | 2229 | by Staff reporter
How to spot a coup!
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been detained by the country's military, who have seized control of the national broadcaster, ZBC.Soldiers and army vehicles are on the streets of the ca...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:00hrs | 2733 | by BBC
The 'new Zimdollar', hyperinflation
APPLIED economics professor Steve Hanke, has said that Zimbabwe is now experiencing hyperinflation for the second time in less than 10 years and has pointed out the creation of what he calls the "new ...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 11:36hrs | 2641 | by Omega Ukama
South Africa is making a 'historic mistake'
Proponents of the mantra of "radical economic empowerment" have found a new argument to the question whether it would destroy the South African economy as has happened in Venezuela and Zimbabwe: black...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 18:01hrs | 5727 | by Max Du Preez
Will Grace Mugabe become the president of Zimbabwe in 2018?
When Grace Mugabe called out a shamefaced Kazembe Kazembe at a Zanu-PF Youth Interface Rally in Bindura earlier this year, to rebuke him over calls he made for Saviour Kasukuwere to resign, it was rea...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 09:53hrs | 4854 | by Tafi Mhaka
Mugabe's Zanu-PF fights overshadow economic ruin
Dust was still settling from Grace Mugabe and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's grenade attack on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, when a neat trio of grim economic indicators slipped out....Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 15:48hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe anti-corruption must be strong and independent
Recent remarks by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko to the effect that the Zimbabwe Anti – Corruption Commission (ZACC) must be dissolved cannot go unchallenged. ZACC is a Chapter 13 Constit...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 10:54hrs | 792 | by Obert Chaurura Gutu, MDC National Spokesperson
Trump denies Mugabe lunch
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday snubbed President Robert Mugabe as he treated other African leaders to a working lunch on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 18:19hrs | 2733 | by Staff reporter
President Trump a threat to world peace
US President Donald Trump's inaugural address of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday shocked many political players the world over due to the American government's intransigence and threat ...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:19hrs | 774 | by Tererai Danga
PICTURE: Mugabe 'sleeping' as Trump addresses UN General Assembly
President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday exposed his frailty in New York City where he was shown by international news channels sleeping most of the time when President Donald Trump was giving his first add...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 12:28hrs | 4472 | by Staff reporter
Caveat emptor on 'post-Mugabe' permutations
Let's all admit it: the "Zimbabwean question" has for the past two decades been subject of such plotting and planning; academicising and theorising; mapping and pontificating that have not been seen p...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 09:40hrs | 321 | by Ibbo Mandaza
Zimbabwe is the hottest stock market of 2017
The Zimbabwe Industrial Index, which is the main index on the exchange that contains every company except for a handful of mining stocks, is up almost 64% on the year in USD terms. The next best stock...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 17:57hrs | 1019 | by Staff writer
Western sanctions weakened labour which were key in MDC formation
Zimbabwe Commiunist Party Secretary General Ngqabutho Mabhena has said so the American sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, which sought to weaken and collapse the Mugabe regime, instead, have weakened and ...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 09:58hrs | 278 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe on Donald Trump's radar
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is among an "exclusive club of the world's dictators", who remain on United States President Donald Trump's radar, it has emerged.US national security adviser Herbert...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:39hrs | 2448 | by Staff reporter
'Jobs gaffe, expose Munangagwa's true character'
Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician who has been the President of Venezuela since assuming office in 2013. Previously he served under President Hugo Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs...Published: 31 May 2017 at 14:30hrs | 1896 | by Zanda Shumba
Havel Prize for Creative Dissent Recognizes Efforts in Bahrain, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe
The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent. This year's laureates are Zimbabwean activist and playwright...Published: 06 May 2017 at 11:50hrs | 226 | by HRF
South Africans told to prepare for the worst
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba's adviser, Professor Chris Malikane, has warned South Africans to be prepared for the worst if radical economic transformation is to succeed.Malikane was speakin...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:25hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe succession a puzzle
WATCHING President Robert Mugabe ungainly walking in public or labouring through some turgid and soporific prepared text - often with slurred speech - evokes different emotions ranging from sympathy, ...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 15:48hrs | 1569 | by Dumisani Muleya
Iran, Venezuela, North Korea back Zimbabwe at UN inquiry
Activist group United Nations Watch (UNW) has expressed disgust over the hailing of Zimbabwe's human rights record by "rogue" States - Iran, Venezuela and North Korea.While the three count...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 16:07hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Zesn concerned over misconception over BVR
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has expressed concerns over what it called misconception over the Biometric Voter Registration amid confusion over its implementation of the system for 2018 ha...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 05:53hrs | 257 | by Stephen Jakes
Fake news
Donald Trump won the US presidency partly because he persuaded ordinary Americans that there was an alternative truth to that being presented to them by the mainstream media. Anything he didn't like h...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 16:27hrs | 1686 | by ZimVigil
Zimbabwe human rights report adopted in Geneva
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHC) has adopted Zimbabwe's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report in Geneva, Switzerland.Zimbabwe's report highlights the country's human rights ...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 16:54hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Diasporan based Pastor to challenge Mugabe in 2018
Kamloops resident Richard Kanyangu already has several job titles on his resume, including psychiatric nurse and pastor.A year from now, he would like to add a third: president of Zimbabwe...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 07:48hrs | 1506 | by Agencies
Congratulations to Mugabe - Zimbabwe's unemployment rate now 95%
Much has been made of--not least by Donald Trump himself--Trump's claim that here are 96 million American unemployed. We all keep repeating that there are 96 million not in a formal paid job which is ...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 17:20hrs | 1581 | by Tim Worstall
UNWTO Secretary General election campaign through the eyes of the Hon. Walter Mzembi
HARARE - Endorsed by the African Union (AU) during the July 2016 summit in Kigali, Rwanda, Dr. Walter Mzembi is continuing his worldwide outreach to garner international support for his bid to secure ...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 23:29hrs | 373 | by EINPresswire
Digesting Mugabe's opinion of Trump
Because President Mugabe's birthday happens to be the same day Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, Mother Africa's children at home and abroad have always considered this day...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 05:44hrs | 481 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Zanu-PF unveils 21st February Movement theme
This year's 21st February Movement Celebrations to be held in Matobo district in Matabeleland South province on February 25, will be held under the theme "Honouring our icon, unlocking value in yo...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 05:37hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
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