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My desperate plea to billionaire Masiyiwa
Last Sunday I dwelt on the depressing theme of the hardship that journalists often endure for failing to toe the ill-defined line drawn by intolerant politicians.Newspaper editors must be the ...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 17 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Mugabe turns 95, 9 things you didn't know about him
Robert Mugabe is turning 95 and his birthday has been declared a holiday in Zimbabwe. The holiday was mooted by the ruling ZANU-PF youth league to honor their then icon, whose birthday had since the 1...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:19hrs | | by BBC
Zimbabwe's 'enemy of the people' returns home
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist Wilf Mbanga reflects on his return home after 15 years in exile - and 10 months after long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from office....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by BBC News
The in-gathering of our exiles
Much has been talked lately about our diaspora. They have become a talking point of the MDC, fighting for their right to vote. Economists debate what amount of money they send back every month, and ho...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 14:07hrs | | by Joice Tsitsi
The love scandals that rocked Zanu-PF
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones, but obviously someone forgot to tell the folks inside Zanu-PF. In this expose, we look at the love scandals that have dominated Mugabe's party ...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 15:57hrs | 249 | by Lance Guma
Most cabinet ministers are Mugabe loyalists
Wilf Mbanga, a Zimbabwean journalist who lives in exile in South Africa, says the majority of the news cabinet are loyalists to former leader Robert Mugabe.But he told the BBC's Newsday progra...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 12:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean collapses
A newspaper that gave Zimbabweans an alternative to the state-controlled press during the darkest days of President Robert Mugabe's clampdown on the free press has announced its closure.Next w...Published: 21 Oct 2015 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe pulls the strings in Zimbabwe's succession battle
LONDON - In August, he stood shoulder to shoulder in Beijing with President Xi Jinping of China. Then, in September, he addressed the United Nations to condemn "the evil machinations of Western countr...Published: 22 Nov 2014 at 13:40hrs | | by Alan Cowell
Zanu-PF now posing security risk to Zimbabwe
The Editor of the Zimbabwean, Wilf Mbanga, a seasoned journalist has asked in an editorial whether Grace (Mugabe) is now running government? There are also reports that the military is now on stand-by...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 16:03hrs | | by Makusha Mugabe
Baba Jukwa saga: Cops urge officials to co-operate
POLICE have urged officials being called in to assist with investigations in the Baba Jukwa saga to fully co-operate with them after it emerged that some were not forthcoming, the state media reported...Published: 29 Jul 2014 at 02:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Baba Jukwa suspect granted bail
High Court Judge Joseph Musakwa early Thursday granted bail to incarcerated Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi who is facing charges of attempting to subvert a constitutionally elected government and ...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 10:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UZ student appears in court for Baba Jukwa comments
A University of Zimbabwe student Romeo Tanyaradzwa Musemburi (20) is in court on charges of criminal nuisance for posting on Baba Jukwa that he wants guns to fight for democracy in the street....Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 17:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Baba Jukwa saga, two suspects arrested in Zim and SA
TWO more suspects linked to the controversial Facebook blogger Baba Jukwa have been arrested in separate incidents in Harare and South Africa as police intensify investigations into the shadowy Zanu ...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mbanga dismisses link to Baba Jukwa
The editor of The Zimbabwean, Wilf Mbanga, has dismissed as misguided, police intentions to investigate him in connection with the shadowy Facebook character, Baba Jukwa.Police on Friday issue...Published: 30 Jun 2014 at 08:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Baba Jukwa suspect must name Baba Jukwa ministers'
Didymus Mutasa, the Zanu-PF administration secretary, says the Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi should name the ministers who worked with him on the Facebook character Baba Jukwa.This c...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wilf Mbanga among 'Baba Jukwa' suspects
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) today released 10 names of Baba Jukwa suspects which include Wilf and Trish Mbanga, owners of the Zimbabwean newspaper.The ZRP says it is still pursuing inve...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 19:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police release 10 names of Baba Jukwa suspects
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) today released 10 names of Baba Jukwa suspects.According to a twit by Chronicle editor Mduduzi Mathuthu, the ten include reporter Mxolisi Ncube, The Zimbabw...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 13:47hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Copies of the Zimbabwean destroyed in South Africa
A consignment of newspapers for a private Zimbabwean weekly has been destroyed after a truck carrying the copies was involved in an accident in South Africa, the publisher said Thursday.Wilf M...Published: 22 May 2014 at 19:12hrs | | by APA
And, Amai Jukwa is. . .?
The irony was obviously lost to The Sunday Mail, as it carried sensational claims exposing the identity of Baba Jukwa, whose "wife" Amai Jukwa resides in the newspapers of the glass and mortar buildin...Published: 14 May 2014 at 08:43hrs | | by Rashweat Mukundu
Zanu-PF probes officials over Baba Jukwa saga
Zanu-PF is probing which of its senior officials fed information, some of it false, to the discredited "Baba Jukwa" Facebook page, while police have said they are ready to investigate potential crimin...Published: 13 May 2014 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Wilf Mbanga's emails to Baba Jukwa
May 29, 2013Baba Jukwa: Dear Chief,Greetings to you, Zimbabwe is currently experiencing a wave of change following arrival of one and might brave Ba...Published: 11 May 2014 at 09:14hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
My friend Robert Mugabe - Video
Wilf Mbanga, former close friend of Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe talks about how his friend changed once in power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU4giKZcGwE ...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 14:30hrs | | by BBC
Exiled Zim media practitioners keen to return home
Exiled Zimbabwean media practitioners are keen to return home and set up their enterprises from home soil once the government creates a conducive operating environment.Speaking during a discu...Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 14:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Draft constitution makes Zimbabwe racist state
Zimbabwe's draft constitution has finally been birthed - after an excruciating process of negotiation and compromise - and it is a poor specimen. People are already taking positions for and against....Published: 03 Aug 2012 at 15:35hrs | | by Wilf Mbanga
Zimbabwe licenses two more private newspapers
Zimbabwe has licensed two more private newspapers, keeping alive the agenda of opening up the media space that has largely been preserved for state publications loyal to President Robert Mugabe and hi...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Foreign papers circulating in Zimbabwe risk being banned
Foreign newspapers circulating in Zimbabwe risk being banned if they fail to register with the statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) in terms of the draconian Access to Information and Protection...Published: 29 Aug 2011 at 15:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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