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Apartheid was "legal". Jim Crow laws in the US were "legal". Colonialism was "legal". Even the Nazis were "legal". So, what does it mean to have the rule of law? And whose law is it anyway?In ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 10:38hrs | 639 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Tshinga Dube declared national hero
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially conferred national hero status on Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, a respected liberation icon and pioneer freedom fighter. The announcement was made b...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 17:20hrs | 1860 | by Staff reporter
Marvelous boost for Warriors
Zimbabwe coach Michael Nees has received a significant boost ahead of the back-to-back 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Namibia, with the return of key players, including captain Marvelou...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:41hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Pravin Gordhan's funeral a 'ceremony of cats'
After being vocal about his opinions on Gordhan following his death, EFF leader Julius Malema took to social media to further express his discontent over the funeral ceremony of former minister Pravin...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 10:32hrs | 2432 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally's pointed rebuke of Mnangagwa
In absence, Zambian President Hichilema Hakainde cast a shadow at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's parade on Saturday as he assumed the rotational chairmanship of SADC.Mnangagwa had pulled all s...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 13:10hrs | 1388 | by Staff reporter
Give Chamisa a chance
Zimbabwe is currently suffering from aggravated kwashiorkor of leadership, both in the opposition and the ruling party.The political space without the charismatic Nelson Chamisa is seemingly l...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:50hrs | 1119 | by Leonard Koni
Ramaphosa's Cabinet - Full list
President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally named his Cabinet, which comprises representatives from the Government of National Unity (GNU) signatories.Ramaphosa named the National Executive in a...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
DA's Moonshot Pact rebranded under GNU name
The Government of National Unity (GNU) appears to be nothing more than the failed Democratic Alliance (DA)'s Moonshot Pact, rebranded under a different name.The African National Congress (ANC)...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 14:09hrs | 1 | by Junior Lebese
Neville Mutsvangwa's bail ruling postponed
Neville Mutsvangwa, the son of Zanu-PF stalwarts Monica and Christopher Mutsvangwa, will remain in custody for an additional five days as his bail hearing has been rescheduled to May 27.Mutsva...Published: 22 May 2024 at 11:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's structured currency: Here's the abracadabra
Against the backdrop of the inception of the supposedly gold-backed currency called the ZiG this week, there has been considerable confusion as to whether or not the Zig is a gold currency.For...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 12:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 11 | by Nomazulu Thata
'2028 is too far, help us save Zimbabwe'
OPPOSITION Zapu Secretary General Mthulisi Hanana has declared that the 2028 elections are too far if Zimbabwe is to rid itself of Zanu-PF's looting elite and called for immediate action from those bo...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC MP wants gays protected, Speaker thwarts debate in Parly
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Ms Sethulo Ndebele on Tuesday raised a motion in Parliament advocating for the adoption by the legislature of a law that protects the lesbians, gays, b...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
JZ Moyo's son laments Zimbabwe govt 'betrayal'
LATE nationalist Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo's son George Moyo has expressed disappointment with the government for failing to honour its promise to turn the late national hero's house in Bulawayo's M...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cut ties with Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti?
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction loyal to party leader Nelson Chamisa has cut its ties with Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti.Well-placed sources who spoke to the Daily News at the...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 19:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa aware of disloyal people in the CCC'
THE mass recall of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators and councillors has pushed party leader Nelson Chamisa to come out of his shell as he is expected to address a major rally in Chitung...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 20:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa can still salvage CCC
ZIMBABWE opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa can still make a last-minute attempt to salvage the party from imminent collapse sparked by controversial recalls backed by a state-sponsored campaign to ...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 05:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Bhora musango cost us Mnangagwa's hometown'
Zanu-PF's Midlands Provincial Chairperson, Edson Chiherenge, has attributed the party's loss in the Kwekwe Central seat, situated in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's stronghold, to the "bhora musango" c...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
General PV Sibanda is entitled to make political choices freely
APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMANDER DEFENCE FORCES [CDF] GENERAL PV SIBANDA AS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE ZANUPF POLITBURO: A CRITICAL REVIEWThe bottom part of this announcement of appointments to t...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:32hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa's heightened coup proofing is unconstitutional
In an unprecedented move which may very well be unconstitutional and illegal, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda - popularly k...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 16:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa announces ZDF commander as an ex officio member of the Zanu-PF Politburo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has named Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda to the Zanu-PF politburo. Closing the party conference in Gweru today, Mnangagwa said S...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 15:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Chamisa has no one to blame but wapusa wapusa
Growing up in the country's ghettos, playing plastic balls was commonplace. Young boys stripped to their shorts, sometimes with holes that revealed their nether parts, and ran in the scorching...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
Chamisa stops Khupe, Welshman Ncube civic awards?
The decision to award civic honors to opposition party stalwarts, Professor Welshman Ncube and Dr. Thokozani Khupe, made by the previous Bulawayo councilors, has reportedly been put on hold. This acti...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandela's granddaughter dies
Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of South Africa's anti-apartheid luminary and the country's first democratically-elected president Nelson Mandela, the late, has died of cancer.She was 43....Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dishes cash, cars to ZPRA, Zanla stalwarts
THE Second Republic has rolled out brand new set of wheels to surviving members of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) and Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) High Command as...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls on Zimbabweans to honour liberation war icons
People in Midlands should honour the liberation war icons hailing from the province who gallantly fought for the country's independence by voting resoundingly for President Mnangagwa and the revolutio...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa determined to improve people's lives,' claims Chiwenga
ZANU-PF's knowledge of people's troubles at the hands of colonialists is not a folktale but painfully lived experiences that led the party to fight for independence and now forms the basis on wh...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa snub irks war veterans
Zapu ex-combatants have expressed frustration after the state failed to recognise Zodwa Dabengwa nee-Khumalo, the widow to the late liberation war stalwart, Dumiso Dabengwa, as a national heroine....Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere carries excess baggage
The impending August 23 harmonised elections hold an immense significance for the one who will come out victorious at the end of the race. Various political figures have emerged out of the woo...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:11hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Chapman's anti-climax and false presidential poll start
WHEN Robert Chapman entered Zimbabwe's highly polarised political fray, some critics called him a "Zanu-PF project" aimed at dividing the youth vote.His admirers referred to him as an alternat...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's undying legacy
THE 1st of July 2023 marks 24 years since the passing away of Zimbabwe's former Vice-President of Zimbabwe, Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, after a long battle with cancer.Nko...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 09:09hrs | | by Taona Blessing Denhere
Zimbabwe's future is debated in the city but decided in the village
THE electoral lines have been drawn as we face the impending reckoning of the August 23 general election. Intra-party squabbles have been settled regarding who will be the torch bearer in what ward or...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:23hrs | 7 | by Ntando Dumani
Man sodomizes minor at cemetery
In a bizarre incident, a 25-year-old Shamva man was dragged to Bindura regional magistrate after he had anal sex with a seven-year-old boy at the cemetery in Shamva.Tapiwa Chisoni was slapped ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 14:14hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF buys its 2023 election candidates 4x4s
Zanu-PF is holding a winter school for its heavily pampered election candidates, while the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is still in the process of selecting candidates ahead of the 23 August ge...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF election rigging exposes Chiwenga faction
Zanu-PF factional tussles are far from over with the recent primary election rigging exposing the Chiwenga faction which is being fingered in Gutu East primary election dispute which saw the winner be...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donors demand democracy and accountability from CCC
The CCC is facing serious financial problems ahead of the 2023 elections as donors are demanding that it accounts for all the funds previously provided and that the opposition party should select its ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 14:27hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zipra's Sharpshoot denied National Hero Status
THE late liberation stalwart David Mongwa Moyo has been conferred a State-assisted funeral in honour of his contribution before and after independence and will be buried at the Bulawayo Provincial Her...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to crackdown on Vendors4ED
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to launch a crackdown on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating illegally in the second-largest city under the moniker Vendors for ED.The gro...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Vendors4ED fuel lawlessness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's shadowy group operating under the banner Vendors For ED is on a collision course with Bulawayo City Council after it violated city by-laws by establishing unsanctioned v...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC holding underground campaigns
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has resorted to undisclosed campaigns and mobilisations ostensibly to protect the electorate from political violence.This follows a series of events...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bound by blood'?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, are "bound by blood" and often laugh off "idiots" who try to sow divisions between them by alleging a non-existent rivalry....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe desperately needs leadership renewal
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as you are quite aware, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) symbolises the antiquity of State-owned public institutions. It is ground...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:43hrs | 8 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Chamisa's CCC made loud splash in 2022
THE dawn of 2022, January 24 to be precise, marked the birth of a new political party, the Citizens' Coalition for Change, which has outdone itself in terms of branding and publicity in just one year....Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers battle to control Zaka district
Zanu-PF factional wars in Masvingo are far from over as the battle for dominance between provincial chairperson Robson Mavhenyengwa and his predecessor and current Minister of State for Provincial Aff...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Chamisa's CCC to boycott 2023 elections?
Sources within the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC have revealed that a fierce debate on whether or not to participate in next year's elections is raging. According to the sources, the debate has...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 10:37hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa recycles deadwood
Some forgotten Zanu-PF stalwarts had their political careers resurrected at the ruling party's just ended congress after spending years in the cold following the creation of a council of elders and ap...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff rporter
Mohadi bounces back as Zimbabwe's second Vice President
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who was unanimously re-elected as First Secretary of Zanu-PF on Friday at the party's 7th National People's Congress, yesterday reappointed Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi a...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube transforms from technocrat to political player
IF ever there was any doubt, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has fully abandoned his posture as a neutral technocrat after being elected a Zanu-PF central committee member last weekend.The centr...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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