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Zimbabwe: Only a failed state would want a president to rule forever
I was left speechless while listening to the excitable ZANU-PF chairman for Mashonaland East province, Daniel Garwe, who recently addressed a gathering of party supporters in Murehwa. With unr...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 09:10hrs | 437 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Rohnan Nicholson makes history with podium finish at Tour of Angola
Zimbabwe's Rohnan Nicholson has made waves in the cycling world by securing a podium finish in Stage 1 of the prestigious Tour of Angola. His impressive performance not only showcased his skills but a...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 12:37hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
American coup plotters sentenced to death in DRC
Thirty-seven alleged coup plotters, including three Americans, were convicted and sentenced to death Friday by a Kinshasa military court in a trial against the failed coup of May 19 in the Democratic ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 12:44hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
When dark babies are not good enough! Thank you Andile: what an article!
It is a pity such articles never attract attention they deserve. Your article Andile was a good read and spot on. I do not need to seek far, why our African communities do not see the need to read it....Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:28hrs | 1346 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zaire hires new coach
Chegutu Pirates Football Club has hired veteran coach Maxwell Takaendesa Jongwe in a bid to avoid relegation from the Premier Soccer League (PSL). The club's chairman, Addmore Pikisayi Chivero...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 17:47hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
What the CIA really thought about Mugabe and other African leaders
One was "highly emotional", another prone to "erratic personal behaviour", and one was said to have quite impressive intellectual and political skills.Those were some of the frank assessments ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 11:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Dembare gets 3 points from abandoned maZaire match
DYNAMOS has been awarded three points from their abandoned fixture against Chegutu Pirates last month.In addition to awarding Dynamos three points, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) fined Chegut...Published: 26 May 2024 at 21:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 goals, 3 points for Bosso
A SECOND half Brighton Ncube double and a late Lynoth Chikuhwa strike was all the motivation that Bulawayo giants Highlanders needed to collect maximum points against visiting Chegutu Pirates at Barbo...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:43hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zaire comes to Bulawayo
FANS will this afternoon certainly flock to Bulawayo's theatre of football for the potentially mouthwatering tie between Highlanders and colourful newbies Chegutu Pirates, a club that has suddenly tak...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Popular football matches for all-time
Football, known as soccer in some regions, has a rich history filled with unforgettable matches that have captivated audiences worldwide. These matches have left an indelible mark on the sport and its...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 15:29hrs | 29 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa a fleeing lily- livered wannabe dictator that should not be taken serious
His pictures, photoshopped to give them a heavenly appearance, displayed on the stages to promote his unknown political outfit, reminded us of Mobutu Seseseko, Zaire/DRC corrupt dictator who forced TV...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 20:08hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Chegutu Pirates in turmoil
CHEGUTU Pirates are caught between a hard place and a rock as they are yet to register their 2024 technical team and players with the Premier Soccer League.Promoted from the ZIFA Northern Regi...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chegutu Pirates promoted into Castle Lager PSL
Chegutu Pirates have earned their first ever promotion to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League after clinching the 2023 ZIFA Northern Region Division One championship.Zaire booked their plac...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 13:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean multimillionaire changing lives in the UK
AS the elections in Zimbabwe approach, I am speaking with one of the millions from that country in greener pastures far from home.Despite the enduring difficulties of her homeland, Guernsey-ba...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ouster inspired author
BULAWAYO-based author Lucky Zihundi says the late former President Robert Mugabe's fall from power in November 2017 struck a chord in him to put pen to paper and come up with the novel On the way to D...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide domination
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide dominationAn African PerspectivePart 1South Africa will host the 15th BRICS Summit from 22nd-24th August 2023, with the theme;...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 18:50hrs | 5 | by Ian Beddowes
Man kills neighbour
A 56-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man is in trouble after he allegedly murdered his neigbour while accusing him of neglecting his sick mother.Macdon...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 20:42hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Shangani dam a fulfilment of Dr Nkomo's dream
"NKOMO made Freeman" was the bold headline in the Chronicle edition of Friday 28 February 1992, with the accompanying sub-heading; "Vice President tasked to make the Zambezi project a success."...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Rwandan fugitive confirmed dead
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) yesterday confirmed the death of Phénéas Munyarugarama, one of the remaining fugitives indicted by ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Naysayers will be buried in own ignorance
For Bishop Lazi and his ilk, today - Palm Sunday - marks the beginning of Holy Week.It is a sacred period that commemorates Jesus Christ's ‘triumphal entry' into Jerusalem for the Passover w...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
'There is room for Thokozani Khupe in CCC' Chamisa lawyer says
Advocate Thabani Mpofu, the CCC President Nelson Chamisa's legal representative, says the newly formed political party is open to welcome MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and former G40 Kingpins to be par...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 10:02hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 5 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Mnangagwa replaces Mobutu Sese Seko as most corrupt African leader
"If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little."Shocking as it is, the above statement that apparently legitimises graft, is attributed t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 9 | by Israel Dube
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 3 | by Samantha Power
Afro-Sino economic relations in the 21st Century: Mixed Reactions and Misinterpretations
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National U...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:21hrs | 9 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Sikhala bids to end Zimbabwe's myriad challenges
FIREBRAND opposition grandee, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has joined other MDC bigwigs in calling for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, to end the country's myriad challenges.Spe...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says 'It's time for talks with Mnangagwa'
FIREBRAND opposition grandee, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has joined other MDC bigwigs in calling for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, to end the country's myriad challenges....Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa tactics miserable'
AS TURMOIL consumes the country's opposition, renowned professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Stephen Chan, has once again warned Nelson...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa under growing pressure for failing to tackle Mnangagwa & Zanu-PF
LARGER-THAN-LIFE MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has advised his principal Nelson Chamisa not to think that popularity will guarantee him to become Zimbabwe's next leader...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 18:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala tells Chamisa that popularity alone won't be enough
LARGER-THAN-LIFE MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has advised his principal Nelson Chamisa not to think that popularity will guarantee him to become Zimbabwe's next leader...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 3 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
The Christian attack against the native family and The Native Religion Beyond Jerusalem! Rome and London
"I have travelled across the length and breath of africa and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief such wealth I have seen in this country such high moral values, people of ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:36hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
WATCH: Tendai Biti says Mugabe was better than Mnangagwa
MDC Deputy President Tendai Biti says former President Robert Mugabe was better than the current Present Emmerson Mnangagwa. In a video that has gone viral on social media, Biti is heard sayin...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Megamunopa the hope for Zim farmers
Agriculture is the mainstay and lucrative business in Zimbabwe. The nature of commercial farming systems have been realigned to the regional and international standards to suit mechanisation models. H...Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Peason Zvenyika
Property Rights in Zimbabwe were destroyed by ZANU PF to enable the destruction of human rights.
Someone once said the following story. "There were baboons that used to steal maize meal and other crops from a farmers fields. The farmer was a vegan and conservationist, as such he didn'...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 15:14hrs | 9 | by Thabo Makuyana
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 12 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Africa Hub of Minerals
The mineral industry of Africa is the largest mineral industries in the world. Africa is the second largest continent, with 30 million km² of land, which implies large quantities of resources. For ma...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 14:01hrs | 2 | by Enos Denhere
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums, healers, kings and queens. While Christianity remains as that or those institutions preaching, teaching and prophesying...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:50hrs | 10 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Zanu-PF perpetuating poverty
Would you believe that your poverty is being created by your own government? I know it is hard to believe, but here is the story.Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson in their 2012 seminal book...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 15:37hrs | | by Vivid Gwede
The view from up here
Stalin's Chicken Part One: The case of Zimbabwe Just as axiety.org describes Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Jos...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 19:03hrs | 1 | by Peter Muzira
Western countries have supported Mugabe's tyranny - not surprising to be behind Mnangagwa!
Over the past two decades, the world could have been hoodwinked by Western governments' imposition of targetted sanctions on then Zimbabwean president Robert Gabriel Mugabe's tyrannical regime, on the...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 08:56hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF dangles carrot to rural voters
TOP Zanu-PF and Lands ministry officials are reportedly promising to roll out irrigation projects and other agricultural inputs in several parts of the country, particularly drought-prone rural areas,...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu's story told in World Cup advert
THE Warriors might have been barred from the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but the greatest Warrior of all-time has been roped into the global show as part of a package of the television broadcast b...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should unite and kick out the 'Ganja' government on July 30
Zimbabweans should be worry of a leader in the caliber of President Emerson Mnangagwa. This military controlled President has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he is off better as a Vice President t...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 10:08hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Chamisa flying on broken wings
Following the passing on of Tsvangirai, the late leader of a faction of the MDC, I had an animated discussion with some opposition figure whose identity I shall not disclose. Congenitally boisterous a...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Igomombe
The continuous aggression in the unmaking of African religion
African religion continues to suffer violence and aggression in the post-colonial era in the hands of its own target beneficiaries! (Matthew 11:12). And it is them that must rise and save it by force ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 15:58hrs | 24 | by Reginald T. Gola
'Mugabe in same league as Mobutu, Bokassa,' says gukurahundi commander
AGRICULTURE minister Perrance Shiri has lumped President Robert Mugabe in the same league with some of Africa's late dictators, Mobutu Sese Seko (Zaire) and Jean Bédel Bokassa of the Central African ...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Good roads a must, says Joram Gumbo
One way to guarantee that citizens' rights are protected is by ensuring that the country's infrastructure is usable all the time, a Cabinet minister has said. Officially opening the recently r...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe lonely on his birthday
In our series of letters from Africa, we consider the fate of ousted president Robert Mugabe as he celebrates his 94th birthday.A famous quote by Machiavelli advises politicians: "It is better...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Brian Hungwe
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