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Why are Zimbabweans such a selfish lot?
Zimbabwe, once heralded as the "breadbasket of Africa," is now a country struggling under the weight of political mismanagement, corruption, and economic collapse. As citizens face ever-deepen...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 20:44hrs | 628 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
DA leader upgrading his matric certificate enrols with Unisa
Following criticism of his academic qualifications, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has officially enrolled at the University of South Africa (UNISA). His studies will focus on manage...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 11:30hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
Zifa tells ex-footballers to 'go back to school'
Former Mighty Warriors coach Rosemary Mugadza has called on former footballers aspiring to lead the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to pursue education if they want to qualify for top positions w...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:12hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
'Ndema Ngwenya foretold present political, cultural, language crisis'
Describing Mthandazo Ndema Ngwenya simply as a novelist would be an understatement, as his intellectual work, political activism, and academic contributions foretold many of the political, cultural, a...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:10hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
'Africa still feeling effects of brutal colonial past'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has emphasized that Africa continues to feel the effects of its brutal colonial history, a legacy that still hinders its progress today. In a speech read on his behalf by ...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
UZ churns out first Education 5.0 graduates
President Mnangagwa, in his capacity as Chancellor of all State universities, presided over a landmark event at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) yesterday, capping a record 6,778 graduates. This cohort...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:06hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
UZ graduation scandal explodes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to preside over a University of Zimbabwe (UZ) graduation ceremony this morning at the main campus sports ground in Harare. However, the event is overshadowed by a s...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 13:54hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Top Gear Grand Tour Finale, Zimbabwe in the Global Spotlight
Zimbabwe is gaining recognition for its stunning landscapes, diverse natural beauty, and as the home of Victoria Falls, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. As the country gradually reopens to inter...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 10:01hrs | 5082 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sprinter bags US scholarship
TEENAGE sprinting sensation Rujeko Munetsi is riding high after clipping an athletics scholarship at the New Mexico Highlands University in the United States. The 19-year-old was expected to l...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:29hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
'Drug culture foreign to Zimbabwe'
President Mnangagwa has expressed serious concerns about the rise of drug and substance abuse among Zimbabwe's youth, highlighting that it contradicts the nation's cultural values and the principles o...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:18hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Thekwane High School celebrates Centenary of excellence
Thekwane High School in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Established in 1924 by Reverend Herbert Carter, a Methodist Church Missionary, the school has a mi...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:10hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda shields President from MPs scrutiny
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda faced criticism after preventing opposition CCC lawmaker Gladys Hlatywayo from raising a point of national interest regarding President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controv...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Founders High School acquires 72-seater bus
Founders High School in Bulawayo celebrated a significant milestone as it unveiled its first-ever 72-seater bus, marking a historic occasion since its establishment in 1952. The event was filled with ...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:32hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Losing candidate continues with charity work
Pardon Tapfumaneyi, an aspiring Independent candidate for Mpopoma/Mzilikazi constituency, remains committed to his charity work in the area despite relocating to the United Kingdom. Speaking t...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pardon Tapfumanei: Pioneering Political Harmony in Mpopoma-Mzilikazi
In an inspiring move towards political unity and community engagement, Pardon Tapfumanei, affectionately known as "The Duke," has set a groundbreaking precedent in Mpopoma-Mzilikazi. As an aspiring In...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 17:38hrs | 4 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwe govt must support ZiG currency through raft of solid measures
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been urged to implement a raft of measures, including fiscal discipline, public consultation and policy consistency, if the newly introduced Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) ...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
RBZ governor to unpack MPS in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Independent, in partnership with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), will tomorrow host an event in Bulawayo to unpack the 2024 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS).Other partners incl...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The politics of Zimbabwe's land reform: winners and losers
The political debates about the rights and wrongs of Zimbabwe's land reform continue to occupy many.The tired, old obsession about how the land was taken and the associated focus on so-called ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:34hrs | 1 | by Ian Scoones
Nust lecturer collapses, dies
RENOWNED researcher and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer, Professor George Shava has died. He was 59. Prof Shava succumbed to heart disease on Saturday at ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Selection of gukurahundi journalists opaque and dodgy
A group of local Zimbabwean journalists, whose selection has been clearly opaque and dodgy, are grappling with how media should cover the upcoming Gukurahundi outreach programme hearings into the 1980...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:44hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mired in election mode months after disputed poll
ZIMBABWE has remained in election mode with Zanu-PF and members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) holding mini-rallies a few months after the disputed August 2023 elections....Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa describes Zimbabwe's economic crisis as a revolution
Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, Deputy Finance Minister and son of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has characterized Zimbabwe's prolonged economic turmoil spanning two decades as a revolution akin to the country'...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe varsity workers threaten strike over poor salaries
State university workers have threatened to down tools accusing the government of failing to pay decent salaries.The workers through their unions, the Zimbabwe State Universities Union of Acad...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Decoloniality vs mental re-orientation
PART of the duty and responsibility of today's academics and intellectuals is to find answers to Africa's development challenges.This is because the post-independent African State has done not...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwe leaders are from Mars!
I WAS touched by an impassioned plea by a fellow Zimbabwean.He appeared on local television, imploring the government to remove VAT (value added tax) on rice. His logic was that rice w...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 19:19hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's poor betrayal and selfish strategy
His desire for power at times eclipses his sense of reasoning and judgment. Today you dump your MPs and Senators because of Tshabangu and form another political party and yesteryear you dumped...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Matthew Mare
South Africa is testing the West's claim to moral superiority
Supporters of Palestine have long been told their position is fringe. But this case gives them legitimacy – and tests the limits of human rightsIt was only a little over six hours of legal a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Nesrine Malik
Mnangagwa caps 2,996 graduands at Nust
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 996 graduands at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), among them, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswer...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kalanga festival returns after Covid-19 induced break
AFTER a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Luswingo Kalanga Cultural Festival is set to make a comeback next month. The festival, which celebrates the rich and diverse culture of the Ba...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:43hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe defence minister in China for security forum
THE Minister of Defence, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, is in China for the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum co-organised by the China Association of Military Sciences and the China Institute for International...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Regime change is perfectly legal
ONE of the most disingenuous things the Zanu-PF administration is notorious for is its persistent portrayal of "regime change" as some diabolical concept, to be viewed with utter disdain.Whene...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's son calls for urgent finance mobilisation
David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, the newly-appointed Deputy Finance Minister, has emphasized the urgent need to explore innovative ways of mobilizing public and private resources to support sustainable eco...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to attend Zimbabwe economic conference
President Mnangagwa is set to take center stage at the upcoming Zimbabwe Economic Development Conference (ZEDCON) in Victoria Falls next week.ZEDCON is an annual event that brings together gov...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters demand extraordinary Sadc summit
A significant number of Zimbabweans affiliated with the opposition have submitted a petition to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), urging the organization to convene an extraordinary s...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
LEAKED: CCC 'legal case' for foreign run fresh election
NB: Finally, the cat is out of the bag. Below is the CCC 'legal case' against Zimbabwe's sovereignty, which calls for foreigners to organise and conduct fresh elections in Zimbabwe.The entire ...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 23:01hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Money can't buy love, votes
AS many Zimbabweans seem to tire from the controversy surrounding the results from last week's harmonised elections, some are still wondering how certain candidates lost the polls.Yes, the deb...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
World Bank says no new funding to Uganda over sexual deviance law
The World Bank said it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East African country earlier this year enacted an anti-gay bill that rights groups and others have condemned.The World Ba...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 23:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean music is more than Chimurenga!
IN June 2023, the America-based National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) which organises arguably the most respected, well-known and much sought-after music awards in the world, the Gra...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 10 | by Tonderai Chiyindiko
ZEC unfit to run free, fair elections - Study
A NEW study on Zimbabwe's electoral politics, processes and institutions has found that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is deeply distrusted by voters, hence cannot be trusted to preside over ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
ZBC, a national embarrassment and huge shame on journalism!
Who can still remember the late great Bornwell Chakaodza?I can still see the images of the fiery no-nonsense renowned journalist and media lecturer - as he bombarded government officials on pe...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 18:06hrs | 9 | by by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean candidates solicit church votes ahead of Zimbabwe elections
Zimbabwe's major political parties are turning to religion in a bid to secure votes in the general elections next month.Zanu-PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are attending church...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Parties must adhere to Zec code of conduct'
POLITICAL leaders and civil society activists have been urged to play a leading role in fostering peace and denouncing violence ahead of next month's general elections.The call was made on Fri...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vote ED to ensure development continuity, says Chiwenga
VICE-PRESIDENT Dr Constantino Chiwenga has implored Zimbabweans to vote in large numbers for President Mnangagwa in the forthcoming elections saying he has proven leadership qualities required to guar...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Criminal law amendment will close loopholes, says Zanu-PF
The Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act, which was signed into law last Thursday by President Mnangagwa, closes loopholes that were previously taken advantage of by the country's erst...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Numbers don't lie, facts are stubborn mules
THINK of a bowl of soup; you don't have to take it all to feel the taste but just a spoonful, such is the case with opinion polls that have concluded that if elections are held today, President Mnanga...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt applauds NUST
The Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and Monitoring Implementation of Government Programmes, Joram Gumbo has praised the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) for building a T...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 16:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Gogo MaTshabalala accuses CCC of mimicking Zanu PF's identity and tribal politics
If there is one critical thing that Zimbabweans don't want to openly and frankly discuss, it is ethnicity and how it shapes and influences social, political and economic relations in the country....Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF chefs have title deeds for grabbed farms'
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has sensationally claimed that all top Zanu-PF chefs have acquired title deeds to the farms they grabbed from white former farmers at the height of the la...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Academic fraud culprits warned
A NETWORK aiding academic fraud charging up to US$1 000 to do dissertations for individuals has been unearthed with Government warning students participating in the scam will be disqualified.A...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political culture is schizophrenic and historically underpinned by violence
Professor Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, who leads studies on Epistemologies of the Global South at the University of Bayreuth in Germany and a visiting fellow at Johannesburg Institute for Advanced...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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