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British Lord lampoons Zimbabwe for congratulating Botswana's opposition
In a scathing response, Lord Jonathan Oates, a member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords, has condemned Zimbabwean government spokesperson Ndabaningi Mangwana for congratulating Botswana's opposit...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:49hrs | 2621 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has US billion dollars overseas, can wipe out debt within 24 hrs
The recent Bulawayo24 article tells us that Zimbabwe is cash-strapped: it has a staggering debt of US$ 31billion; both domestic and international. This statement is partly true. In paper, Zimbabwe is ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:56hrs | 25181 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mukwasha Chiwenga in Math-South improvements. Is development holistic?
Whatever development VP Chiwenga is bringing in Matabeleland South, that should never be interpreted as "Mukwasha inzunza". School children especially benefit from good and safe schools, health care f...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:27hrs | 2057 | by Nomazulu Thata
South Africa's opposition calls for regulations on foreign-based NGOs
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has called for the introduction of strict regulations of non-profit organisations (NPOs) in the country.This, after the U...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 16:04hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles commemorate Mzilikazi Day
Ndebele people in Bulawayo, as well as those across Zimbabwe and abroad, are commemorating the 156th anniversary of the death of King Mzilikazi Khumalo, the founder of the Ndebele nation. The commemor...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | 3318 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF violence changes Gutu man's life forever
He was an energetic man, running his own life and fending for his family. He loved and embraced the supposed freedom brought by the country's liberators hence multi-partyism was just one of those frui...Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 15:40hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop abusing Matabele genocide victims and pay US$ 100 billion compansation
It is very unfortunate that Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa pretends as if he did not see the Notice of Demand For The Restoration Of Matabeleland State delivered to the President's office by MLO President Cde ...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:44hrs | 1213 | by Israel Dube
The death of coalitions
To drag out or not to drag Biden!What a disaster for the Democrats in United States elections!With little foresight or care, Democrats pitted a dead-man-come-to-life by the name of Joe...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:16hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwe constitutional changes loom
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made surprise changes in the Zanu-PF politburo - the party's supreme decision-making body - amid reports that he wants to move to amend the constitution to facilitate ...Published: 21 May 2024 at 17:01hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Mr. Mnangagwa, fighting for independence doesn’t give you the right to oppress us!
He never tires reminding us!Zimbabwe's independence was fought for in a protected liberation struggle where thousands of innocent lives were lost.It was never given on a silver platter...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 16:28hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Sikhala still undergoing treatment'
FORMER opposition Zengeza West legislator, Job Sikhala, is still undergoing treatment at a medical centre overseas after experiencing a running stomach and passing bloody stool due to suspected poison...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to open Pupu National Monument
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to officially commission the reconstructed Pupu National Monument in Lupane, Matebeleland North Province, this week as the country corrects distorted historical narrati...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
America: They kill us for sport!
My little story on American sanctionsOnly a few weeks shy of my sixty-first birthday, I have been, until late last week, on United States list of sanctioned Zimbabweans.I have been the...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:12hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Biden announces end of US sanctions regime on Zimbabwe
AMERICAN President Joseph Biden has announced an end of the superpower's sanctions regime on Zimbabwe.The historic move announced on Monday, signals an impending end to America and Zimbabwe's ...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bus route war turns bloody
GOODLUCK Nyakabau lies on his back in Harare's Stoneridge area pondering his next move.Around this time, he should be more than 300km away from the capital city on a bus heading to the northea...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only justice can guarantee peace!
It has become a common song in Zimbabwe.We need to maintain peace, unity, and desist from any acts that may cause discord and disharmony in the country.We have heard this call repeated...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:39hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
How Princess Zinkabi attempted a coup on King Lobhengula
Princess Zinkabi was King Mzilikazi's daughter. She was married to Mbiko the son of Madlenya Masuku. Mbiko was a powerful warrior who was respected in the northern Ndebele kingdom.Mbiko Masuku...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 16:24hrs | 10 | by Thomas Sibanda
Young man killed in a bloody fight
A 20-YEAR-OLD Plumtree based man was stabbed to death after a bloody fight at a local bar.The now deceased Thabo Ncube was fatally stab...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 07:02hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
5 die in Karoi bus crash
Five people have died, three of them on the spot, in a head-on collision involving a Magunje-bound CAG bus and a Mazda pick-up truck along the Karoi-Binga Highway this afternoon.Police confirm...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thrives on dividing nation
Ever since the party was formed on August 8, 1963, its modus operandi has always been the same: Dividing the people of Zimbabwe. In fact, Zanu-PF's existence and survival have been premised on fomenti...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Wheel loosens from moving truck, kills cop in Zimbabwe
A female police officer died Monday after a wheel accidentally dislodged from a moving truck along the Harare-Mutare highway, killing her while she stood by the roadside.Police said Tuesday th...Published: 02 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Unity Day has lost its lustre
TODAY Zimbabwe celebrates Unity Day. It is a day that is meant to unite Zimbabweans as they reflect on the dark past of the 80s in which about 20 000 people were killed in what is now known as Gukurah...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'US angry over CCC election defeat'
FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade minister, Fredrick Shava, says the United States has exposed its support for the opposition by "grieving" its loss to Zanu-PF in the disputed August 23 and 24 e...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Commuter omnibus turf wars simmer
A TURF war is brewing in Harare's commuter omnibus industry as rival factions battle for control of lucrative routes amid fears that the tension could degenerate into bloody clashes.Senior pol...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grants State-assisted burials for 22 Quantum accident victims
President Mnangagwa yesterday paid his condolences to the families of the 22 people, who died in a head-on collision involving a Toyota Quantum minibus and a DAF truck along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Ro...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Attack on CIO boss leaves behind emotion of bitterness
THE brutal attack on Zimbabwe's state security service, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) co-deputy Director-General Gatsha Mazithulela in late August has left him and his colleagues enveloped i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Oppression is justifiable when it's by our own race.
We fought for our independence from the British colonialists, who exploited our land, our resources, and our people for their own benefit. We dreamed of a free and prosperous Zimbabwe, where we could ...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 20:34hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Army fights back Mnangagwa
WHEN Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa immobilised the military from running elections as they illegally had done mainly since 2000 at the height of militarisation of politics in fear of bhora m...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
How to fix Zimbabwe's broken politics
Resolving this stalemate is key to moving the nation forward constructively. What can be done to change this? What stands in the way? What are the opportunities?Broken politicsZimbabwe's p...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 22:08hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Bhora musango dent Mnangagwa's votes as Chamisa starts off well
With a bhora musango (internal sabotage) trend within Zanu-PF emerging, main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has started off well in the presidential election.Although it is still early d...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Leadership Filled With Failure Weakness and Chaos
Looking at the Zimbabwean situation seems confusing at first glance yet in Zimbabwe, like any other country, the road to freedom and prosperity is long journey. It took the United States at least a ce...Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 12:47hrs | 7 | by Sam Wezhira
Armed robber uses girlfriend as shield as cops injured in shoot-out
FOLLOWING a bloody shootout in which two police officers were seriously injured in Bulawayo, three suspected armed robbers have been arrested.In statement today, National Police spokesperson A...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbavwe sleepwalks into another unfair, discredited election
AS Zimbabwe sleepwalks into yet another sham election, amid the brazen subversion of citizens' constitutional right to vote for representatives of their choice, the 23 August polls are already irretri...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
U.S. sanctions take center stage in Zimbabwe elections
When Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-time despot, lost power in a 2017 military coup, many Zimbabweans took to the streets, celebrating what they hoped would be the beginning of a new chapter.M...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spooked Zanu-PF leaders itch to block Kasukuwere
WHILE Zanu-PF bigwigs maintain that independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere is a criminal and should be barred from contesting the August elections, the party's former political commissa...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Is Kasukuwere out just to spoil the broth?
THE sound of the gauntlet that presidential hopeful, former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere threw only last month has refused to die down.After his shock announcement that he would be cont...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:01hrs | 8 | by Kudakwashe Gwabanayi
Mwonzora kills MDC
AFTER Zimbabwe's fast-fading opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), led by Douglas Mwonzora, failed to field candidates in all constituencies around the country amid reports that it is too...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Of patriotism, Mahere and Zanu-PF's duplicity
NOW that the hubbub and furore over Fadzayi Mahere's submission at a recent UN summit in Geneva, Switzerland, has substantially died down, it is time for a sober, frank and honest reflection on whethe...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
African lessons to be obtained from the Russo-Ukrainian war
As we linger in the hangover of the recent Africa day commemorations, there is a raging war which has been shaking all nations around the world. The Russo-Ukrainian war has been ongoing for over a dec...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 19:16hrs | | by Tafadzwa Calisto Murwisi
Zimbabwe army, CIO involvement in voting
In the run up to the June 2000 Parliamentary election, there was noticeable intervention of the army, and alleged war veterans. The election also came after the formation of the MDC, which fielded can...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beer drinking spree turns bloody
TWO Silobela men are on the run after they fatally assaulted their friend following a misunderstanding during a beer-drinking spree.The incident occurred at Nyakwati Business Centre in Silobel...Published: 30 May 2023 at 11:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa calls for single currency across Africa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has called for the use of one currency across the continent in his message celebrating the 60th anniversary of Africa Day.Africa Day w...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to secure another 5-year term, says US's Fitch Ratings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will likely secure another five-year term in elections expected in August, Fitch Solutions, a global advisory, predicted in a new report, but warned of a chaotic aftermath...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
What do we have to show for Africa Day except traditional attire?
When the OAU (Organization for African Unity) was established on 25th May 1963, in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the main objective of the founding fathers was the unity and solidarity of all the people Afr...Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa must not deliver another Lima
WHITE commercial farmers forced off their land over 20 years ago have waited since 2018 — when government agreed to a compensation deal — to receive their settlements. It is important to note that...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Indeed life was hard under colonialism but there were plenty of opportunities
Over the weekend I drove my mother to her rural home in Rusape for an important family gathering.To be expected, as soon as we hit familiar territory, which held significant memories for her -...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:01hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Massacre in Nablus as Apartheid Israeli forces assassinate 3 Palestinians
The Embassy of the state of Palestine in Harare condemns in the strongest terms the heinous crimes of assassination committed by the Israeli apartheid occupation forces against 3 Palestinians wh...Published: 22 May 2023 at 15:04hrs | 6 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chamisa unearth 'huge' election rigging scam?
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party has unearthed a vote rigging scheme by the ruling party Zanu-PF ahead of the general elections set for August th...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia!
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored....Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:04hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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