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3 000 more returnees next week, says Muchinguri
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri yesterday told Parliament that more than 3 000 more returnees were expected into the country next week from neighbouring countries and abroad at a time when governmen...Published: 8 hrs ago | 677 | by Staff reporter
ZW$ remains our best foot forward
At the rate at the Zimbabwe dollar (ZW$) is losing its intrinsic value, it may just be a matter of time before the country dollarizes, officially or non-officially.Those pushing for dollarizat...Published: 19 hrs ago | 4564 | by Jameson Dapi
Christians betraying Jesus by selling out oppressed Zimbabweans to tyrannical regime
As the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) sweeps through the world in general, and Zimbabwe in particular, one can not fail to witness the amazing phenomena of Christians - especially, musicians and...Published: 19 hrs ago | 416 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mwonzora 2 Chamisa 0
THE day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpaced and outdated fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now come to face the reality that...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 9084 | by Robert Sigauke
Mr President, people of good conscience will not remain silent
DEAR Mr President,It is my sincere hope that this letter finds you well. I am under no illusion that you are occupying a critical position, that of President of our nation.As such, you...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:51hrs | 969 | by Mutsa Murenje
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 4027 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Africans have never enjoyed genuine freedom and prosperity, as yesteryear heroes now modern day demons
As the people of Africa, including those in the diaspora, commemorate the establishment of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May, one can not help feel a deep and heart-rending sense ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 517 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will the MDC Alliance recover from 'this sickness'?
THE MDC Alliance is probably on its deathbed, suffering from a ‘sickness' which threatens to take away its life, temporarily or permanently. The question is whether it will recover from "this sickne...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 2961 | by Moses Tofa
FULL TEXT: Kasukuwere's special message to Africa
Happy Unity Day fellow African brothers and sisters! It has been an interesting road from the time our founding fathers formed the Organization of African Unity envisaging a united Africa 57 years ago...Published: 25 May 2020 at 14:18hrs | 2883 | by Saviour Kasukuwere
Fixed Exchange Rate: More harm than good
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the new managed floating exchange rate and introduced the fixed exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 25 Zimbabwean Dollars on the 26th of March 2020. Two weeks earlie...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1744 | by Victor Bhoroma
The African COVID-19 conundrum: Risking death to avoid death
WHEN the coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, for most countries, it was a problem far from their horizons. Little did they know that in no time, it would inf...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:00hrs | 217 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Barbara Makhalisa Literary Trust promotes IsiNdebele literature
A LOCAL Trust has embarked on a programme to promote isiNdebele literature after observing that few writers were penning novels in the language threatening its future existence. The Barbara Cl...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Zim Poet in SA Bongani Mncube pens poem on Mthwakazi Hero Magagula
South Africa based poet, Bongani Mncube has penned a poem as a tribute to the late Author and Mthwakazi hero David Magagula who passed on in South Africa this week.Magagula is one of the pione...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:47hrs | 477 | by Stephen Jakes
EcoCash saga: Arrest highway robbers, not Zinara officials
WHEN highway robbers become a menace, does it make sense for the authorities to solve the problem by arresting Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials?This has become a burni...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1788 | by Brezh Malaba
Towards the re-invention of Africa
The world is a huge afterthought. Most of what we know about the world and what happened in it is based on the history that was told later, in the hindsight of the historians.We can perceive t...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:15hrs | 95 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Are the West suckers for cheap propaganda?
ONE question that people who accuse the Government of Zimbabwe of complicity in the alleged abduction and torture of citizens have not attempted to answer is: For what benefit?What does the Go...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 243 | by Nick Mangwana
Tales of a Covid-19 ravaged Zimbabwean community in UK
"MANY loved ones will die!" screams a newspaper headline.As Covid-19 spreads, another headline ramps up emotions: "Daughters lose dad and big sister to coronavirus within days of each other â€...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 262 | by Charles Mtetwa
Private schools behaving badly
Private schools are not exempt from the Education Act although some act like they are. The Education Act does not apply only to government schools but to all schools which operate in Zimbabwe regardle...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:49hrs | 16422 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Universities reopening date set
Zimbabwean universities will be re-opening from June 1, but only final year students will be on campus with the rest learning remotely using virtual and distance education and most activity online. By...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1866 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bids farewell to Chinese experts
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday thanked and bade farewell to a team of Chinese medical experts at the end of their two-week exchange visit to pass on their knowledge of controlling and treating...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Dumiso Dabengwa - Tribute from a civic and personal perspective
The first time I had a close engagement with the late iconic hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa was when he was Minister of Home Affairs and I was President of the Junior Association of Christian Communica...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:34hrs | 618 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Chamisa in Khupe counter
THE reconvened MDC-T 2014 National Executive and Council members met Thursday at the party's headquarters and ordered their acting president, Thokozani Khupe, reinstated secretary general Douglas Mwon...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 6790 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere farm take-over scuttles US$5m investment
THE invasion of former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere (pictured)'s thriving Cornucopia Farm in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central province by a war veteran comes after the Reserve Bank of Zim...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4118 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa bags 2014 MDC structures
HE fight for control of the country's main opposition party took a new twist yesterday, with 151 out of a possible 200 members who constituted the MDC-T 2014 national council structures rallying behin...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 5904 | by Staff reporter
The cost of Chinese aid to Africa
THE adage that one cannot bite the hand that feeds him/her cannot be truer and more applicable than on the issue pertaining to the relations between China and Africa. There is a truism that a benefact...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:06hrs | 366 | by Reinford Khumalo
Whither MDC after Supreme Court judgment?
THE MDC is at the crossroads, probably of a never-seen-before nature since its formation in 1999. On May 5 2020, Parliament recalled four of the MDC Alliance's MPs. This was a major step by ac...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:05hrs | 675 | by Moses Tofa
Teachers unions oppose June exams, schools reopening
While the Government continues working out how to reopen schools in phases, starting with public examination classes, as Zimsec finalises plans for the late June examinations, some teachers unions are...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean dilemma: Currently there is no alternative to Zanu-PF
The dilemma of the suffering Zimbabweans who have hope in the opposition is engraved in class struggle spiced up by intra-party fighting, tribalism, nepotism, domination for purposes of exploitation w...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 4133 | by Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
Zimbabwe's policymakers are flying blind
...COVID-19 exposes gaps in social infrastructureThe lack of accurate data, which is the lifeblood of any economy, is a disease of incompetent governance and makes informed economic developmen...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 742 | by Vince Musewe
Bombshell as MDC-T bans Mwonzora from recaling MDC Alliance MPs
MDC-T officials who constituted the National Council and the National Executive of the former MDC –T before the demise of President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai Communique of the 2014 National Co...Published: 21 May 2020 at 16:46hrs | 7680 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'George Charamba, Mutodi plotted to remove Mnangagwa'
Former Herald Editor Tichaona Zindonga claims that Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba and ousted Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi plotted to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa work...Published: 21 May 2020 at 10:55hrs | 10292 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 20:51hrs | 2383 | by Victor Bhoroma
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 14:39hrs | 2948 | by Victor Bhoroma
IButho leNqama Cultural Regiment Statement on the death of David Magagula
IButho LeNqama notes with sadness the passing on of one of Mthwakazi's most illustrious sons uBaba uDavid Magagula. As the Ndebele proverb says 'Isitsha esihle asidleli', indeed we have lo...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 377 | by Nkosini Tshuma
Govt set to stagger reopening of schools
GOVERNMENT will in the next three weeks announce more than 820 examination centres for candidates sitting for the deferred June public examinations while it prepares for the staggered opening of schoo...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
High Court postpones MDC Alliance MPs recall case
THE High Court has postponed to tomorrow the case in which Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance is seeking to stop reinstated MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora from recalling MPs from Parliament....Published: 19 May 2020 at 20:19hrs | 5833 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe and politics of the VAGINA
Since the days of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, rape has been a potent weapon of war. We all remember, testimonies from female combatants of the rape they suffered during the liberation struggle, th...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 5974 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Sikhosana hero status divides Zanu-PF
FISSURES have reportedly emerged in the Zanu-PF hierarchy over the impromptu declaration of the late politburo member Absolom Sikhosana as a national hero.A group of senior party bigwigs and w...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 7933 | by Staff reporter
Central Vehicle Registry a national embarrassment
IN any other jurisdiction, the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) director-general should by now have long been relieved of their duties. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development whose am...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1167 | by Learnmore Zuze
O and A Level June examinations ready
TIE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) yesterday told Parliament that examination papers and other logistics were ready with around 66 000 students expected to sit for 'O' and 'A' Level Jun...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2284 | by Staff reporter
Xhosa people of Zimbabwe inspire first isiXhosa PhD thesis
Rhodes University scholar Dr Hleze Kunju's thesis is based on Xhosa people who settled in Zimbabwe in the late 1800s, early 1900s.Dr Hleze Kunju is a thirty-one-year-old Rhodes University grad...Published: 18 May 2020 at 21:23hrs | 2483 | by Staff reporter
When political dust blurs the truth
POLITICS is a dirty game. It is full of lies and deceit as well as character assassination. Real killing of nemeses is commonplace. It is a game full of unholy practices and double standards.T...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:52hrs | 534 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Shifting Attitudes on Higher Education: A Radical Approach to Bridging the Critical Skills Gap
Young people are Africa's most valuable and the single most important key to unlocking sustainable economic growth. The United Nations' Strategic Development Goals (SDG 4) commits countries to ensure ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:05hrs | 561 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
For country or love? Mangwana, Mthuli Ncube must put money where mouth is
Let's be honest, at law there is nothing wrong in individuals acquiring dual citizenships.Even the Zimbabwean constitution has not said anything untoward about multiple or dual citizenships ex...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:22hrs | 3243 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
BackgroundIt all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Le...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 777 | by George M Mkhwanazi
Journalist arrested over lockdown
BEITBRIDGE journalist Rex Mphisa has become the latest victim of police heavy-handedness after he was arrested while covering the enforcement of the lockdown regulations.Mphisa, who writes for...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:27hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Pondering the Post-Covid-19 world
Ndamase is a serious type. Very serious that he sees a fault in every joke. He regularly feels that whenever people joke and laugh they waste too much time not thinking about their inevitable death on...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 99 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Masiyiwa urges collaboration among private sector, NGOs and faith-based organizations in combating COVID-19 in Africa
Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has urged Africans to adopt what he calls the 'ITTIT' formula to fighting the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic as governments across the continent gradually ease...Published: 16 May 2020 at 15:05hrs | 860 | by Agencies
Joshua Nkomo's symbolism in Matabeleland's search for true freedom
It all began with Sipho Malunga's speech which was virtually delivered in honour of the late revered Zimbabwe nationalist, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, on the occasion of his annual Memorial Lecture Series o...Published: 16 May 2020 at 14:12hrs | 1200 | by George M Mkhwanazi
These strange funerals
In 2004 I attended a bizarre funeral ever. It took place in sleepy tiny English village on the outskirts of Salisbury, Wiltshire County, United Kingdom. I had taken a temporary live-in care worker job...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1531 | by Miriam Tose Majome
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