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Kembo Mohadi sellout and a liability
As the leader of Mthwakazi Republic Party i cannot let people like Mohadi have a field day on us, surely how can he stoop that low to address Mthwakazi Republic Party at his Zanu-PF rally at Stanley s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:10hrs | 21 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President
Mohadi chides Zapu on Unity Accord pullout
Vice President, Kembo Mohadi has chided the opposition party, Zapu, for trivialising the 1987 Unity Accord saying the pact was irreversible.The Unity Accord was an agreement signed between Jos...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
A historical lesson for Kembo Mohadi. #1987 Unity Accord and its demise in 2009.
Whilst the Zimbabwean economy dovetails under mismanagement by ZANU PF government, while millions are at the verge of starvation, while there seems to be no reprieve in sight for the cash, crisis, ene...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 09:27hrs | 10114 | by Iphithule Maphosa
'Common sense must prevail, need GNU' argue Mzembi - 'less of him we'd have a better land'
Albert Einstein, one of the greatest physicist and innovative thinker to ever walk the earth, explained that psychologically, our beliefs and axioms rest upon our experiences. There exists, however, n...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:59hrs | 480 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa and Mnangagwa must first tame vanity
FUNERALS in our culture are an opportunity to vent one's deep-seated opinions and emotions on topical issues, be they personal, family or national, while enjoying the same privileges and protection ak...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1349 | by Walter Mzembi
Mzembi says unity in Zimbabwe will fix the economy
As the Zimbabwe crisis worsens former long-serving Tourism Minister and candidate in the last UNWTO Secretary-General elections, Dr. Walter Mzembi breaks his silence to weigh in with a prescription on...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:36hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of trying Gukurahundi tactics
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of trying to use Gukurahundi tactics to clamp down on the opposition party by falsely claiming that they are storing ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:49hrs | 1317 | by Staff Reporter
Impilo student nurse recruitment: A case for regionalism, federalism or cessation for Matabeleland
The recent case highlighting Shona hegemony in student nurse recruitment at Mpilo Hospital has inflamed the tribal conflagration already gripping Zimbabwe. Hiring twenty Shona candidates and only four...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 18:12hrs | 1058 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
How Nhari, Badza rebels were 'crushed'
Last week, freedom fighter Parker Chipoyera told Levi Mukarati of an uprising famously called the Nhari-Badza rebellion during the liberation struggle. The revolt, according to Parker, s...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets off to Uganda
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa leaves for Uganda today for that country's 57th Independence Day celebrations to be held in Sinkoro District, about 211 kilometres from the capital, Kampala, tomorrow. The ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Zapu plots future
ZAPU is set to hold nationwide and diaspora meetings with its members and supporters in a bid to collectively chart the way forward for the revolutionary mother party.This follows persistent c...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 19:54hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe was 90% correct and 10% wrong
The legacy of former Zimbabwe President Robert Gabriel Mugabe remains a contested terrain and it ought to be understood within the context of colonialism and neo-colonialism. The deconstruction of the...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 09:48hrs | 1036 | by Jerry Matebesi
Mnangagwa to fly out for the zenith times
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will on Wednesday next week attend Uganda's 57th Independence Day celebrations as a special guest to the country following an invitation by his counterpart President Yoweri Museven...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
ANC starts anti-sanctions campaign
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has thrown its weight behind SADC's call for transnational solidarity against sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West and urged all its structur...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:16hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Zapu: The great awakening
Zapu has embarked on a brave mission by starting the long overdue process of ‘root-cause analysis' in order to tackle the twin scourges of declining membership and electoral failure at recent po...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 05:34hrs | 616 | by Mlindelwa Vundhla
'Joshua Nkomo should be re-buried in Matopos' says Jonathan Moyo
Professor Jonathan Moyo says the late former PF ZAPU leader Joshua Nkomo should be reburied in Matopos where the Ndebele King Mzilikazi's grave is located. Said Moyo, "With the National Heroes...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 09:01hrs | 2985 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The recruits who challenged the Zipra leadership
SEVENTY-THREE-year-old Tapson Ncube passes for just another villager in the Inyankuni area in Umzingwane District, but when one goes down memory lane, the man whose pseudo name was Makhula Thebe durin...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:25hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's burial a cause for concern as Gucci 'won' Zimbabwe's game of thrones
Grace Mugabe got one more chance to spite the men who betrayed her husband and won this round in Zimbabwe's game of thrones. Gucci's decision lately to refuse the burial of her husband at the national...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 10:54hrs | 3459 | by Georgia Marlins
Chiwenga agonises over Mugabe burial
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was airlifted to China from South Africa in July amid poisoning fears - is now firmly on the recovery path - and wanted to attend former president Robert Mugab...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 8511 | by Staff reporter
Good start, bad and sad end: The story of Robert Gabriel Mugabe
It did not have to end this way. It is a story that started well but ended badly. Mugabe was poised to be greater than Mandela or Gandhi. Outside and inside Zimbabwe, Mugabe was revered and considered...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2827 | by Lovemore Gurajena Sibanda PhD
Mugabe: Hero or villain?
THE death at 95 of former president of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (pictured) has evoked varying emotions in the country. On one hand, there are those who revered and deified him and took his word ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 332 | by Simayedwa Moyo
U.S. told to come clean about knowledge of 1980s Mugabe genocide in Zimbabwe
Human rights groups and activists are demanding the release of CIA and State Department files showing how much the U.S. government knew about what they say was a genocide in the 1980s under Zimbabwean...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 1002 | by Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times
A gentle response to Mr Hanana and Mr Ryton Dzimiri
This article saves to respond and repel the myths raised by the two writers, namely Mr Hanana of Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation and the angry yet incisive firebrand in the form of Mr Ryton Dzimiri. I need...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 09:53hrs | 633 | by Thulani Nkala
Demystifying Robert Mugabe's Pan-African bubble
When the dust settles, it's time to write. I have just watched Ian Bedowes' engagement of Robert Mugabe's legacy, which got me thinking. I was reminded of my very robust, 'no walls barred' WhatsApp re...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 16:18hrs | 1440 | by Dr Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga
Mbeki's praise for Mugabe deeper than what meets the eye
The research by Mthwakazi Institute of Research (MIOR) has shown that people of the same philosophy tend to support each other. This becomes more pronounced if the people under scrutiny once have a ch...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 15:03hrs | 3212 | by Mthwakazi Research Institute
How Zapu truth will always prosper Zimbabwe
Nothing is more Zimbabwean than Zapu in Zimbabwe. For anyone to pronounce the very word "Zimbabwe", one needs to remember that they are talking about a Zapu invented word. For anyone to talk abo...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 15:02hrs | 1747 | by Ryton Dzimiri
'Bhora Mugedhi Versus Bhora Musango' : The interface between football discourse and Zimbabwean politics
Football is the most popular sport in Zimbabwe and across the globe. It has been asserted elsewhere that the game is not limited to scoring goals on the pitch but that this also occurs in politics and...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 15:02hrs | 1071 | by Lyton Ncube Siya
Remembering Dr Mzee: Soul of the nation
CDE SIMON Muzenda, who had his last breath on September 20, 2003 at Parirenyatwa Hospital, was declared a national hero and buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. On Friday, the nation commemor...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:29hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy now source of competing narratives, polemics
FOLLOWING the death of former president Robert Mugabe in Singapore, competing and contradicting narratives around his divisive legacy have emerged, reflective of the enigmatic and complex personality ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:31hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Barriers to ZAPU's successful revival.
Zimbabwe's political landscape is complicated and unforgiving, but more so for ZAPU. ZAPU is viewed in two prisms, one perspective is that ZAPU is a national party and the other is that ZAPU is a trib...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 13:56hrs | 1037 | by Thulani Nkala
Mnangagwa urged to bury Mugabe's brutal legacy
THE United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has urged government to bury the late former President Robert Mugabe's legacy of brutality and bring to book those responsible for human rights ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:41hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Moving on from Mugabe era
BEING in Harare in the past two weeks has been quite an experience. The Robert Mugabe era has finally closed after his death in Singapore on September 6, even through he is yet to be buried.Bu...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:32hrs | 300 | by Eddie Cross
Highlanders Football Club and Ndebele identity amongst fans in Zimbabwe
The paper examines the issue of identity construction amongst the Ndebele through the prism and lens of football. It examines how Ndebele identity is constructed, mediated and reproduced through suppo...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 14:48hrs | 1435 | by Tobias Guzura & Jefferson Ndimande
Chamisa's MDC takes police head-on
THE MDC has confronted the police demanding an explanation on why Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has allegedly issued an illegal ban on the party's internal meetings across the country....Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 14:34hrs | 4591 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pisses on the graves of Provincial and District Heroes Acres
I was recently at the Harare Provincial Heroes Acre to put flowers on the grave of one of my relatives and what I saw shocked me. There was a half drunk middle aged gentleman casually urinating on the...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 15:36hrs | 3467 | by Zororo Shumba
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 15:33hrs | 1068 | by Daniel Itai
Govt pisses on the graves over Mugabe
I was recently at the Harare Provincial Heroes Acre to put flowers on the grave of one of my relatives and what I saw shocked me. There was a half drunk middle aged gentleman casually urinating on the...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:24hrs | 4252 | by Zororo Shumba
Zapu retiring its old guard
THE opposition Zapu has resolved to retire its entire old guard from top leadership positions to allow for the party's renewal and rebranding exercise following a string of election losses since its r...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 23:51hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mugabe minister exposes British involvement in Gukurahundi
Former Deputy Minister of Information has fingered the government as being complicit in the Gukurahundi genocide that wiped out 20 00 of ZAPU supporters during the first decade of Independence. ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:24hrs | 8593 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ibhetshu LikaZulu blasts Mnangagwa
IBHETSHU Likazulu, a Bulawayo based pressure group advocating for Gukurahundi victims' reparation, has slammed government for its decision to construct an expensive mausoleum for late former President...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 05:42hrs | 679 | by newzimbabwe
ZAPU in its bravest rebranding and transformation exercise
Ms Sakhile Sibanda the ZAPU National Secretary for Policy and Strategy on behalf of ZAPU has announced and has extended invites to every ZAPU stakeholder to a rebranding conference in Tipton Dudley, U...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 20:42hrs | 1320 | by Sakhile Sibanda
Mnangagwa congratulates Chamisa's MDC
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated the Nelson Chamisa led MDC for attaining 20 years of its existence as a political party in Zimbabwe. MDC was formed in September 1999 with the la...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 11:05hrs | 17051 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robert Mugabe: Lessons to be learnt
Nations, like families, learn from past experiences.The death of Robert Mugabe, the second president of a liberated Zimbabwe, 1987-2017, brings many memories to us all.I will propose t...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:59hrs | 699 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Gukurahundi victims react to Mugabe death
ANY mention of the late president Robert Mugabe still invokes a deep sense of resentment from many a villager in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, who are haunted by the army massacres, infamously known as...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gets VIP treatment at Mugabe funeral
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will finally get some VIP treatment at a State managed funeral of prominent Zimbabwean after some nightmarish experiences before.This is according to the list of VIPs...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 5758 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe to be remembered for land reform, says Masuku
THE late former President Robert Mugabe will be remembered for the bold and historic land reform programme which he undertook to empower the people of Zimbabwe, Zanu-PF deputy national secretary for t...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 07:09hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
I dreaded Mugabe's death for years, write ex-CIO boss
ON Friday September 6 2019, I woke up to the news that former President Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe was no more. His death was something I dreaded for years as I worked to secure his wellbeing....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:39hrs | 5109 | by Happyton Mabhuya Bonyongwe
Zimbabweans have never been as confused as they are today: Mugabe: Hero or villain?
ZIMBABWEANS have never been as confused as they are today, following the death of Robert Mugabe, who was labelled a dictator. They are of two minds: is Mugabe a hero or a villain or is he both? They n...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:35hrs | 235 | by Zanda Shumba
Mugabe swallowed by Frankenstein monster
ONE of the country's greatest orators - and demagogue too - former president Robert Mugabe, was controversial in life and now in death. Although he was ideologically difficult to pin down given his co...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1609 | by Gumisai Nyoni
'Mugabe ignored advice on Gukurahundi'
THE late former President Robert Mugabe rejected concerted calls from liberation war commanders to avoid Gukurahundi massacres and fought hard to stifle Ndebele leadership, former Zanu-PF stalwart Rug...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:48hrs | 1876 | by Staff reporter
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