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Chamisa needs to get on with the program now
It is now a full month since the Constitutional Court delivered its watershed ruling to dismiss with costs MDC Alliance Presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa's, application challenging the results re...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 4113 | by Charles Motsi
Remembering Sidney Malunga
TWENTY-four years ago on August 28 my father died. It was sudden, unexpected, shocking!BY SIPHOSAMI MALUNGAHe had endured and survived much suffering in his lifetime. He had struggled ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:47hrs | 2304 | by Siphosami Malunga
Dabengwa did not endorse Mnangagwa
ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa says he did not endorse President Emmerson Mnangagwa as widely claimed, but only acknowledged his commitment to devolution of power.The former Home Affairs minister...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 09:04hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lies on CNN
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to accept the outcome of investigations into the massacre of over 20 000 people in Midlands and Matabeleland by the army soon after independence.Presid...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | 3508 | by Staff reporter
Crocodile Gang: 'Last man standing'
This week we publish the first part of an account from Enock Sithole, the lone survivor and commander of the six-member Crocodile Gang that operated in Melsetter (Chimanimani) in the 1960s. The group ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:42hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
The 'Chimurenga Monologue' and falsification of history
From The 1st Matebele War To The 2nd Matebele Rebellion War versus The "First" Chimurenga War of June 1896: Repudiating The "Chimurenga Monologue" and Falsification of HistoryThis input does n...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:46hrs | 1542 | by Thembani Mthembo Dube
Zapu spokesperson raps MDC Alliance for walking away from Mnangagwa
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Thembani KaMaphosa has rapped the MDC Alliance legislators for walking out from President Emmerson Mnangagwa in parliament at the same time when the party's Harare Mayor is...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:40hrs | 1740 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa moves to thwart military threat
IN the aftermath of the recent general elections which gave him some semblance of political legitimacy, albeit a hotly-disputed presidential poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now making bold yet r...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:44hrs | 14640 | by Staff reporter
I doubt if Dabengwa really endorsed Mnangagwa - Mthwakazi activist
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has expressed some doubts if Zapu Leader Dumiso Dabengwa really endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa because of his approach to devolution issue.Dabengwa w...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 11:08hrs | 1418 | by Stephen Jakes
Devolution will develop provinces with natural resources
CHIVI South MP Killer Zivhu (Zanu PF) on Wednesday said devolution of power will enable provinces with mineral deposits to develop from their natural resources.Speaking to Southern Eye, Zivhu ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa ditches Chamisa, endorses Mnangagwa?
ZAPU president Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and called on Zimbabweans to accept his Government which he said was on the right path by implementing devolution. T...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 4214 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU position on implementation of Devolution of Power
Whereas ZAPU, after noting that the increasingly centralist system of government that prevailed since independence in 1980 and including the tenure of the 2008 to 2013 GNU has not been responsive to t...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 14:15hrs | 1978 | by Zapu
'Seek ye first the political kingdom' advised Dr Nkrumah. We did not and have paid dearly for our folly
"Seek ye first the political kingdom and all else shall be added unto you," said Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Independent Ghana. After 38 years of blundering from pillar to post wh...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 22:16hrs | 367 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's impressive cabinet line-up under a severe parliamentary vaccuum
For the first time in history, the new president has made constructive use of the specially elected parliamentarians window.From this window the president has addressed key discrepancies to br...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:35hrs | 1759 | by Reginald Thabani Gola.
Unresolved ethnicity conflict haunts Bulawayo
For the past few weeks, the second largest city has been on the spotlight with the mayoral election taking centre stage.Residents gained interest in the election process as they argued that th...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa launches Jill Baker's book, The Thorns
Dabengwa launches Jill Baker's book, The THornsZapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa opver the weekend launched Jill Baker's Boook titled The THORNS through his Foundation at the Bulawayo Theatre....Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:59hrs | 912 | by Stephen Jakes
Mpofu advises MDC-T on congress
FORMER MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has warned MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to immediately call for MDC-T congress to legitimised his leadership.Chamisa and Elias Mudzur...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 1769 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa must chart clear agenda to unite nation
Zimbabwe, like many other countries, has gone through different phases in its development, as people seek to chart a path that brings prosperity. Each epoch in the country's history has been character...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:20hrs | 149 | by Lovemore Chikova
Dabengwa condemns gukurahundi commission
ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to review his appointment of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) whose composition he said was improper r...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 14:56hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slammed for scrapping gukurahundi ministry
THE silence around the National Peace and Reconciliation portfolio in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new cabinet, speaks a lot on the Zanu-PF led government`s insincerity in addressing the country`s p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 16:43hrs | 2909 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa's Zapu gears for post-election meeting
THE Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu party says it is preparing to hold its first post-election national people's council (NPC) meeting in Bulawayo on Saturday.This was revealed by party spokesperson ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa silences critics with new Cabinet
A developmental Cabinet I would call it. Brilliant balance between old and trusted hands, technocrats and youthfulness. A well thought out Cabinet that balances the competing demands of the economy an...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:23hrs | 15368 | by Lloyd Msipa
MDC Schooled by ZANU PF
Mthwakazi Republic Party has expressed its disgust over the MDC's manipulative behaviour, meant to exploit the voice of the residents of Bulawayo. Party's President Mqondisi Moyo said the beha...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 09:30hrs | 2010 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe doomed as May, Merkel back Mnangagwa
On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria designed...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1023 | by Tafi Mhaka
Dabengwa to launch book one of the Zambezi Trilogy, 'The Horn' by Jill Baker
Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa will be launching book one of the Zambezi Trilogy, 'The Horns' written by Jill Baker on September 14 at the Bulawayo Theatre.An invitation to the event indica...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1258 | by Stephen Jakes
Muchinguri plots to doorstep Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri yesterday vowed that she would doorstep President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his return from China this week to protest the politburo's decision to deny nation...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 6537 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Commission political grandstanding
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa has said the recently appointed commission of inquiry into shooting on 1 August 2018 is nothing but an act of hypocrisy that lacks genuine intent.He said th...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 10:39hrs | 420 | by Stephen Jakes
Jockeying for Mnangagwa Cabinet posts gets nasty
Jockeying for Cabinet posts is turning nasty, with some of those eyeing positions in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration resorting to a vicious propaganda campaign to undermine other contend...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 21:14hrs | 3830 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mohadi appointment met with criticism
The reappointment of Kembo Mohadi and Constantino Chiwenga as vice presidents has been met with criticism with analysts saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa missed an opportunity to do things different...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 16:32hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
War vets recommend hero status for late CIO
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Bulawayo province has recommended that the late senior officer in the President's Office and freedom fighter Austin Peter Moyo be dec...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:15hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC fighting for survival
Nelson Chamisa's MDC party has an uphill task between now and the next polls in 2023 to navigate strong legal and political headwinds blowing in its direction, in what appears to be a systematic attem...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:59hrs | 2762 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa fails to pay polling agents
The cash-strapped Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu is likely to face legal hurdles after it emerged that it is struggling to pay its polling agents and other creditors following the just ended July harmonised...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:50hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Plot to destroy Chamisa party
Nelson Chamisa's MDC party has an uphill task between now and the next polls in 2023 to navigate strong legal and political headwinds blowing in its direction in what appears to be a systematic attemp...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:07hrs | 5931 | by Staff reporter
Do not kill a dead snake!
This is what former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma said in reference to Thabo Mbeki who was voted out of the party and government as party leader and president of South Africa in Polokwane. This...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 15:49hrs | 3877 | by Nomazulu Thata
Defeating George Soros' agenda in Zimbabwe
It is no secret that after the convincing defeat of the MDC Alliance in Zimbabwe's recent inclusive elections, US-EU imperialism was forced to undergo a brief period of not only recuperation, a much n...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:45hrs | 494 | by Obi Egbuna Jr
Con-Court bench members' profiles
Chief Justice Luke MalabaLuke Malaba was born in 1951.He received his law degree from the University of Warwick in 1974, and another law degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1982....Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:07hrs | 5497 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa praying for unbiased Con-Court ruling
Political analysts and opposition political parties are praying that the judiciary will today conduct itself in a manner that is going to leave the credibility of Zimbabwe's electoral and judiciary sy...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:03hrs | 2150 | by Staff reporter
A journey well completed
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ZIMBABWE DEFENCE FORCES, CDE E.D. MNANGAGWA AT THE BURIAL OF THE LATE NATIONAL HEROINE THOKOZIL...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:47hrs | 207 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mathuthu gets hero's send-off
THOUSANDS of people yesterday thronged the National Heroes' Acre in Harare to pay their last respects to national heroine Thokozile Angela Mathuthu. Mathuthu died last week after battling cancer. ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:46hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe regime worships human heroes more than God - no wonder the endless problems!
As Zimbabwe lays to rest another ZANU PF - declared national hero, the late Thokozile Angela Mathuthu, one can not help but be bewildered as to why this regime pays more respect to human heroes more t...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 13:52hrs | 872 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Thokozile Mathuthu led call for women's quota'
National heroine Thokozile Mathuthu was amongs the first people in Zimbabwe to call for a women's quota in Zanu-PF and Government, a senior ruling party official has said.Mathuthu died aged 61...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland North bids Mathuthu farewell
MATEBELELAND NORTH yesterday bade farewell to the late former Provincial Affairs minister and Zanu PF deputy secretary in the women's league, Thokozile Angela Mathuthu who succumbed to cervical cancer...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:11hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Zapu slams Mnangagwa
The Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu says Zimbabwe has experienced the worst under the leadership of President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa.Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa said since Mnangagwa took ov...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:34hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt to blame for sanctions'
The Bulawayo community has blamed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for the renewal of Zimbabwe sanctions by the United State of America (USA).United States (US) President Donald Trump...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Mathuthu burial set for Sunday
Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Matabeleland North Governor Thokozile Angela Mathuthu, who died on Monday at her home in Harare and was declared a national heroine, is expected to be buried at the...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, legendary political activist and would-be hero (1940-2018)
This piece is being sent out on 14 August 2018, the last day of the long Heroes Day weekend of the year in Zimbabwe. This is barely two weeks after the country's critical presidential, parliamen...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 1196 | by Dr Strike Mkandla
Can Mnangagwa restore Zimbabwe?
Elections in Zimbabwe appear to have been free and fair, according to observers, but the vote counting has not been satisfactory to the opposition parties.Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti, leade...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 16:00hrs | 6271 | by Omry Makgoale
Aide shares memory of Joshua Nkomo
One of the founding fathers of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle and late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo, a larger than life character is still alive in the hearts of many, for he was and still is an ico...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1537 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has always been at the centre of atrocities'
The recent re-emergence of violence by Zimbabwe's brutal regime, soon after the announcement of the 30 July 2018 harmonized elections, should never come as a surprise to anyone, as President Emmerson ...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 10:29hrs | 5378 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
How heroes became victims of politicians
LAST week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) whose Chimurenga name was Conary Mabuto narrated how the Rhodesian forces massacred over 100 refugees at Chikumbi Camp in Zambia and how one could be ZIPRA...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:49hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
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