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Mnangagwa brings back 'Green Bombers'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially reinstated the National Youth Service (NYS) program yesterday, encouraging young people to embrace the controversial initiative, which he portrayed as a continu...Published: 25 May 2024 at 11:54hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo gets new dental, X-ray equipment
MPILO Central Hospital's Dental and X-ray departments have undergone a significant transformation with the installation of new state-of-the-art equipment.The upgrade enables the hospital to ef...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army plays critical role in border control operations'
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has played a critical role in maintaining peace and security in Matebeleland provinces through border control operations, as well as combating stock theft, which were ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cuts ribbon on 23 fire tenders
IN a remarkable achievement by the Government, President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 23 firefighting trucks out of a total of 133 acquired from Belarus. A momentous step forward was also taken wi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Blame Zanu-PF for causing sanctions
IT IS great to hear that so many countries are supporting us in the drive to have sanctions removed. But at the same time these countries and organisations don't appear to be putting any blame o...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by A Mbire
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 8 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
A chain is as strong as its weakest link
The Bishop's heart always bleeds each time he thinks about Ethiopia, the land of brave men and women who valiantly frustrated Italy's imperial designs in the 20th century, making it difficult for colo...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazarus
Inside tragic Munatsi fire death trap
HARARE City Council fire chief Clever Mafoti yesterday downplayed suggestions that his crews could have saved Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency boss, Douglas Munatsi, who died in a shocking f...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Isn't it interesting that those used by ZANU PF to do its dirty muderous work always seem to meet an unenviable tragic end?
One of the trending news pieces sending tongues wagging since yesterday has been the recent tragic and most unfortunate suicide of a state intelligence operative, who is believed to have planted secre...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa speaks about Gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country could only put closure to the emotive 1980s Gukurahundi genocide issue by allowing victims to openly and frankly debate it without fear of reprisals....Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
If you sow mischief, you harvest grief
IN 2019, Zimbabwe experienced three days of darkness between January 14 and January 17.It seemed looneys had broken from the asylum and set fire on the tinderbox.Chaos and madness reig...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Amnesty to decongest prisons
Cabinet received an update on the Covid-19 Outbreak, which was presented by the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs as chairman of the Inter-Ministerial Task Force on the Covid-19 Outbreak. ...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono caught pens downs
Media freedom has been abused around the world over the past decade. In some of the most influential democracies in the world, populist journalists have overseen concerted attempts to effect undemocra...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 17:06hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Distance is not a barrier, really?
I will still ask till hoarse, where are the flamboyant know-it-all Johnny-come-too-late prosperity gospel Prophets when Covid-19 is cutting God's people down? The miracles galore has van...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:02hrs | 7 | by Tondo
Chiwenga betrayed Zimbabweans' aspirations
THE year 2020 is coming to an end, my soul is speaking to the ever-suffering people countrywide. All of them seem to have spent the better part of the last three years reflecting on the tragedy that b...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:33hrs | 14 | by Elijah Mangwengwende
'They called me a dissident,' says Thambolenyoka
Tennyson Ndlovu is quite an enigma. Having joined the liberation struggle at 21, he quickly became a highly-respected instructor for the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA), only to be demobil...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions have affected citizens from rural areas to urban areas
Zimbabwe has laboured under the cruel sanctions imposed by the EU and the United States. In an unprecedented way The United States has made it its duty to oversee the Zimbabwean suffering. ZImbabwe ha...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chief Justice threatened
There was a report in the media in particular the Newsday Zimbabwe alleging that the suspended judge Ndewere had told off the Chief Justice. The reporter went on to say she refused instructions and th...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 12:00hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 10 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Cabinet halts sale of houses, flats
The sale of Government houses and flats to sitting tenants has been halted with immediate effect as part of measures to address shortages of accommodation for civil servants, with more housing to be b...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
We must not politicise the Zimbabwean judiciary system
Zimbabwe has been on the social media, news , whatsapp and any other news outlet took time to cast a flood light upon Zimbabwe. Indeed the world in now global village and any events in any country are...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 13:08hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zera raises alarm on illegal gas fillers
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has expressed concern at the mushrooming of roadside and backyard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LP gas) filling posts, saying they should be regularised to a...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presents new coup-proofing measures
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa - under siege in the face of worsening economic hardships fuelling a groundswell of social discontent - is coup-proofing his regime by giving the security forces preferent...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti thrown into ZACC's jaws …as Chamisa unleashes Varakashi on him
The bickering within the MDC Alliance presidium continues to crescendo with that party's leader, Nelson Chamisa hurling every weapon he bumps into, to his fiercest rival, Tendai Biti.The Harar...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 16:04hrs | | by John Sigauke
Chamisa imposed Shona councillors causing tribal may ham in Bulawayo
On 15 September 2018, when more than 12 Shona councillors took office in the City of Bulawayo on the ticket of MDC Alliance MLO released a statement that partly read as follows: "hoi! to the people of...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | | by Israel Dube
Do elections work in Zimbabwe?
THIS article seeks to explore the efficacy of elections as a tool of democratic governance in Zimbabwe since 1980.It is by no means exhaustive, but in a brief and cursory manner looks at the m...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Gukurahundi commander declared national hero
The late Brigadier General Emilio Munemo, a former commander of the notorious Fifth Brigade which is accused of carrying out a genocide in Matabeleland in the 1980s, has been declared a national hero....Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 18:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi commander dies
Brigadier General Emile Munemo, a former commander of the notorious Fifth Brigade which is accused of carrying out a genocide in Matabeleland in the 1980s, has died.Munemo, the father of polit...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:32hrs | | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa's military changes fuel fears of internal strife
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s daring manoeuvres to change and redeploy critical personnel and commanders in strategic military units in a major shake-up has triggered fears of purges among...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans abroad face difficulties with accent
Speakers with foreign accents can face discrimination even in a country with a diverse population and a long immigrant history. But much remains to be done. "We're going to increasingly be exposed to ...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The sorrow of self-exaltation
During the interment of the late music icon and national hero, Oliver Mtukudzi, friends and relatives spoke about his attributes and humility was the common thread in all the graveside orations....Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:57hrs | 1 | by Tafara Shumba
August 1 massacre leader to relinquish Presidential Guard command
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to name new commanders of the Presidential Guard and Military Intelligence, ZimLive can reveal.The recent promotions of Military Intelligence Commander Thom...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:35hrs | | by ZimLive
Supporting Mnangagwa without backing Zanu PF, backing MDC without supporting Chamisa
"Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator," observed a sage.I am not into political prophecy, but this week last year - precisely November 6, 2017, the day then President Robert Mugabe s...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:17hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Who can rescue MDC Alliance?
ONE of the biggest takeaways from the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling last week against MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's application to have Zanu-PF candidate Emmerson Mnang...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Zanu-PF Green Bombers re-emerge
THE decision by the ruling Zanu-PF government to re-engage the "Green Bombers" ahead of next month's general elections raises a stink given their record of being used as pawns to harass and beat up op...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Insults, nastiness do not win votes
The election date has been proclaimed and campaigning has shifted gears upwards for all serious political parties.We are seeing all sorts of attention- seeking gimmickry being deployed. The pr...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
Joshua Nkomo letter to Robert Mugabe from exile in the UK
JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon E6 2WLUnited Kingdom7th June, 1983INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:00hrs | 2 | by Joshua M. Nkomo
President is gender sensitive
President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week appointed High Court Judge Priscilla Chigumba as the new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson. The appointment comes hard on the heels of other appointments...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 13:48hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Twitter becomes Turf for MDC-T Succession Tango
Microblogging social media platform Twitter has become the latest turf for MDC-T simmering succession wars.This barely comes after a long and failed sustained period by the embattled party to ...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 11:15hrs | 1 | by David Chandisaita
Mnangagwa must pay attention to human rights
It was with disbelief, shared by many other Zimbabweans, that I received the news on November 21 that Robert Mugabe had resigned as president of Zimbabwe.Before his resignation, on November 15...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Dewa Mavhinga
Mugabe to reshuffle key security bosses
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is set to reshuffle key security service chiefs, having already redeployed ex-Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss retired Major-General Happyton Bonyongwe to become th...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambara distances self from Gukurahundi
ZIMBABWE People First (ZimPF) leader, Agrippa Mutambara has distanced himself from the Gukurahundi massacres, claiming the State-sanctioned mass killings, which claimed over 20 000 lives in Matabelela...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
We are re-using the 2013 election rigging template to win again in 2018 elections
The following is a hypothetical synopsis of ZANU PF rigging mission for the 2018 elections written in the first person. 'You are well aware that any election is a threat to the rule of our ZAN...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 22:46hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
'Create your own jobs,' says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, whose party was re-elected in 2013 on the strength of creating 2,2 million jobs within five years, has called on Zimbabweans to create their own jobs in the small to mediu...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to open fire fighter training centre
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said it is planning to open a fire services training centre, the first of its kind in the country, as well as two more fire stations in Cowdray Park and Waterfo...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's Green bombers already being trained'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has already activated the training of youth militias under the guise of National Youth Service (NYS) ahead of make-or-break elections next year, a local peace lobby group h...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
The un-ended quest for self determination the restotration of Mthwakazi Inkuzi Series: Discussion Paper 2
1. Introduction This paper is multi-fold with a specific motivation of triggering an intellectual debate, coupled with not only comments but positive se...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Dr Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza
Zimbabwe govt should learn about leadership from mothers
As Zimbabweans are daily driven into untold despair and desperation by a government that has all but dumped the nation into an abyss of pain and suffering, one is made to wonder if these people in pow...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe's nephew vows to keep ghost workers in govt
Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment minister Patrick Zhuwao has vowed to protect youth brigades under his ministry who constitute a significant number of the 75,000 ghost workers on the gov...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zipra war book to be published soon
A United Kingdom based Zimbabwean lawyer and liberation war veteran says he is close to finishing his book that will put the record straight about the role played by the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionar...Published: 26 May 2015 at 11:31hrs | 6 | by Thabo Kunene
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