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Doctors calling for Joe Biden to take cognitive test
Doctors are calling for Joe Biden to take a cognitive test and make the results public after a bombshell report laid bare his mental decline. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal revealed a conc...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:49hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Concern over 3% Parly youth representation in Zimbabwe
A YOUTH advocacy group, WeLead Trust, is disappointed that youths make up 3% of the country's parliamentarians.The civic group expressed concern that the political landscape in the country doe...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Those pushing the #ZanuPFMustGo mantra have no ideological content beyond the hashtag
Dear Zanu-PF Comrades,Revolutionary greetings.Between 2018 and 2020 – on the back of the 15 November 2017 military coup that ousted President Mugabe and his government from power and...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao
Majority of Zimbabwe youths unhappy
A RECENT Afrobarometer perception index on how governments are addressing the needs of young people has ranked Zimbabwe 11 out of the 34 countries surveyed in terms of meaningful youth empowerment....Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa subtly launches 2023 election campaign
POLITICAL leaders gain power to retain it. The power of incumbency is fully exploited to make sure they succeed themselves. They will use subtle means, including dishing out State resources to the peo...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 8 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Stop this ageism jibe
Those talking about ageism and maturity in politics must revisit an interview where the late President Robert Mugabe who was only 31 years old in 1961 where he was talking about inequality and e...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 20:08hrs | 9 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa says he is more patriotic than Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday scoffed at suggestions by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he was unpatriotic to the country and pandering to the whims of his Western handlers...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Social media driving us to doomsday
Bishop Lazi is convinced that nostalgia is a timeless disease.It is normally associated with selective amnesia and the romanticisation of cherished memories.This is why it is unsurpris...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Bishop Lazarue
The bittersweet toxicity of the new media
In 1982, when Steve Jobs was asked if he was keen on doing market research, he said, "No, because customers don't know what they want until we have shown them." His instincts, whether good-natured or ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:38hrs | | by Mandlenkosi Siziba
Why Fadzayi Mahere joined Chamisa bandwagon
Prominent lawyer Fadzayi Mahere saw her stock rise in the run-up to last year's harmonised elections after launching an audacious campaign as an independent candidate for Mt Pleasant constituency....Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Now is the time for Zapu to continue the liberation struggle
End of an Era: A Tribute to ZAPU/ZIPRA StalwartsThe dates 01 June and 01 July may well remain imprinted in our memories for generations to come. On 1 July 1999, Dr. Joshua Nkomo, founding ZAPU...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 19:43hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Linda Masarira blasts War Veterans
MDC-T spokesperson Linda Masarira is up in arms about the decision taken by War veterans to call for the revision of the minimum presidential age limit from 40 to 52 years. "In that case ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 14:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Patriarchal dominance, misogyny in Zimbabwe's political economy
WOMEN in Zimbabwe constitute about 54% of the population of about 14 million people. In the just-ended 2018 harmonised elections, statistics compiled by Women In Politics Support Unit (WiPSU) indicate...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Linda Masarira
Ambiguities and fall of Chamisa
The 2018 election is here. Certainly, nothing will change the unescapable fate which awaits Zimbabwe after the July 30 plebiscite.This reality is confirmed by the fact that even the MDC-Allian...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:16hrs | | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Parly should stop playing to the gallery on Mugabe appearance
The merry-go-round between former President Robert Mugabe and the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy continues to go on, but a time has come for it to come to an end, as it is unhel...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who do you want for Vice President
It doesn't matter whom you want for MDC T Vice because Chamisa will likely chose his best friend Dr. B Mpofu because that's just how life goes and they is no oversight or checks and balance betw...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Adre Mpofu - ZIMPAC
Generational renewal is not ageism
On the side-lines of the African Union Summit of 2017, under the theme of Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investing in Youth, I started my address to the African Youth Commission, as its i...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 13:57hrs | | by Patrick Zhuwao
A few lessons from Rudhaka
The hashtag political class went into overdrive about the fact that France's recently elected president, Emmanuel Macron, is 39-years-old.They thought they were making an earth-shattering reve...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
The true meaning of patriotism in Zimbabwe
Patriotism is a word used to describe the great love for one's country. It is prudent for each citizen to love his or her country. Kenneth Kaunda in his work, The Future of African Nationalism, wa...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 08:37hrs | | by Charles Moyo
Mugabe's old age catches with him as his gaffes increase
The woes of old age are catching up with President Robert Mugabe, with the 90-year-old increasingly jumbling his lines in actions synonymous with leaders getting old and falling apart.While so...Published: 14 Dec 2014 at 13:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Internet abuzz as Facebook co-founder 'Zuckerberg' turns 30
San Francisco - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was branded all grown-up on Wednesday, his 30th birthday triggering a barrage of online accolades and playful barbs.The Facebook co-founder's list ...Published: 15 May 2014 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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