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Zimbabwe Parliament must tackle language chauvinism
One of Zimbabwe's most corrosive societal ills, language chauvinism, is rearing its head in the very institution tasked with representing unity and national interests: Parliament. What should be a dig...Published: 9 hrs ago | 179 | by Staff reporter
Trump's US is looking for a political showdown with South Africa
The debate on Ebrahim Rasool's public expulsion as South Africa's ambassador to the US has focussed on the wisdom of his remarks. But this debate misses the substantive issues at stake. First, the pub...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 13:44hrs | 1296 | by Adam Habib
Ndebeles in Zimbabwe outrage over 'offensive' new school textbook
The introduction of a compulsory Heritage Studies subject in Zimbabwean schools has ignited a wave of discontent among stakeholders in Matabeleland, who have criticized the curriculum for marginalizin...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 19:56hrs | 3773 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki says foreigners are not the cause of SA's economic crisis
Former president Thabo Mbeki has dropped a bombshell that the deadly 2008 xenophobic attacks in Alexandra, Johannesburg, were part of a planned operation to force Zimbabweans to return to their countr...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 10:48hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Busisiwe Mkhwebane merely annoyed agents of white monopoly capital
In my view, both Tina Joemat-Pettersson (may her soul repose peacefully) and Busisiwe Mkhwebane are victims of a system that lives off the subjugation of women, where women are treated very differentl...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:18hrs | 2 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
FULL TEXT: Ramaphosa talks tough on killing of Elvis Nyathi
Dear Fellow South African, Twenty-five years ago, our new democratic Constitution came into effect. In adopting this Constitution, we affirmed our commitment to a society based on democr...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 13:19hrs | 26 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa condemns killing of Elvis Nyathi
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the killing of Elvis Nyathi in South Africa's Diepsloot and described it as immoral, racist" and criminal.In a statement shared on the President's websi...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 16:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Chiefs are the problem and Obert Gutu is the scapegoat
As far as I can remember, our Chiefs have been a problem since this country was colonized by "those without knees", the British colonial master. During the colonial times, the Chiefs were the better h...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata
Cabinet meetings by Ndaba Sibanda: A review by Banqobile Virginia Dakamela
The book kicks off with a scene featuring a technology-crazy old man who is drinking with a girl young enough to be his granddaughter. The old man's table manners do not endear him to the girl either....Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 12:13hrs | 13 | by Banqobile Virginia Dakamela
Is Dr Masimba Mavaza a bag of contradictions?
It is not easy to describe Dr. Masimba Mavaza with a single sentence. He is not complex; he makes it abundantly clear where his political allegiance lies. It is easy to throw him in a Zanu PF bag and ...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 17:48hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Go to Harare and arrest Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
For someone who studied chemistry, I know that a chain of reactions has a lot to do with the heat that produces those reactions. Chain reactions can be a sequence of reactions where a reactive product...Published: 24 May 2021 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Giving serious thought to the possibility of Polyandry
With our neighbouring country South Africa, working on the green paper on the marriages Act, it is no doubt that ordinary Zimbabweans are also pondering on the matter, be it they reach to such a posit...Published: 11 May 2021 at 22:45hrs | | by Thabiso Nxumalo
Do morals require a code of conduct for politicians?
Tongues were sent into overdrive in the recent past weeks amid revelations of a multitude of trysts of Zimbabwe's the third in command, Vice President Kembo Mohadi with numerous married. What started ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 21:40hrs | 1 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
ANC tells US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to remove Zimbabwe sanctions
The African National Congress' Women's League has congratulated United States Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, urging her to continue pioneering and championing a global campaign to end racism and ...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 20:50hrs | 6 | by African News Agency
Mawarire; Wadyajena clash over Auxilia Mnangagwa
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire and Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Mayor Justice Wadyajena have clashed over the exhibition stand erected by the First Lady Auxilia Mnang...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 09:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC-Alliance congress exposes log in party's eye
Time has an uncanny habit of exposing hypocrisy, and often times, vindicating formally perceived villains. It is a double-edged sword. In Zimbabwe, time has helped us unravel the duplicitous behaviour...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Philemon Mutedzi
Zimbabwe Communist Party respond to attacks by ZANU PF mouthpiece
"The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo-communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking to do, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal att...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Response to The Patriot: Unmasking Pseudo Communists
The Patriot, 31 January 2019, carried an article titled 'Unmasking a pseudo communist organisation,' although obviously there was no unmasking do to, instead it degenerated to slanderous personal atta...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Dr. Samukele Hadebe
Ruvheneko goes global
Award-winning media personality Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa has resurfaced in broadcast, this time as a panellist for BBC's The She Word, which she says is a shot at going global after a wearisome stint on...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court saga lawyers
My Advanced Oxford Learners dictionary says, 'saga' means a long story of heroic deeds, events or adventures especially involving several generations of people. It goes further to give the adjective t...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Morris Mtisi
Revealed - the only woman Chamisa respects
Over the past few months one thing about Nelson Chamisa has become abundantly clear - he has no respect for women. None at all.Let's start with his own family. His sister for example, who he o...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 13:03hrs | 36 | by Jealousy Dutiro
Why women will know their place in Chamisa's Zimbabwe
In May, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa introduced his wife to the public for the first time. While some might have thought that the reason that the spouse of such a high-profile figure was never seen previ...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 10:36hrs | | by Jonathan Matika
Sickening abuse of Chigumba a sad indictment of MDC culture
With all the hate and incitement in the air, it was inevitable it would get to this.With all the aggressive language, menacing threats and toxic masculinity emerging from the MDC leadership, i...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:08hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
The hypocrisy of Nelson Chamisa
The news is full of stories today about how the MDC leader Nelson Chamisa wants to drag President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to court for remarks that the Zanu PF leader made at a ruling party campaign rally...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Anthony Mkondo
Dembare need operation restore legacy, says Shiri
A CABINET Minister says troubled football giants Dynamos need an operation to restore the club's legacy for the Glamour Boys to avoid slipping into the backwaters of Division One. The country's most s...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms key to credible elections
Doctor Khupe is a game changer as an epoch aspiring Zimbabwean woman President. Those that are painfully marginalized by male chauvinism and diabolic politics of patronage will find refuge throu...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 16:44hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Say no to Chamisa's chauvinism
Another day, another derogatory, sexist and chauvinist remark by MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa. There have been the discussions, the criticisms and the analyses, but all is left to say is that Chamis...Published: 29 May 2018 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by Joice, Harare
Chamisa's desperation is becoming very worrying
Nelson Chamisa desperately needs a win. The last few weeks have been torturous for the new MDC leader and his supporters. For the first time, he has been under the spotlight and he has been left wanti...Published: 22 May 2018 at 20:07hrs | 2 | by Innocent Dube
Chamisa's problem with women cannot become Zimbabwe's problem
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has a serious problem, not just politically, but more importantly, personally and psychologically.His treatment of women as mere property and sexualised o...Published: 18 May 2018 at 10:47hrs | | by Joice, Harare
Majome speaks out
MDC-T Harare West legislator Ms Jessie Majome yesterday opened up on the abuse she has suffered in the opposition party, saying some party officials were saying she was old and must go herd donkeys in...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
No Nelson Chamisa, sexism is not part of our culture, it's just you
Just when you thought Nelson Chamisa couldn't put his foot any further into his mouth, he goes and proves you wrong.Chamisa who has come under fire from many Zimbabweans, even in his own party...Published: 09 May 2018 at 10:56hrs | | by Mike, Harare
Why the MDC Alliance will lose
The main opposition political party, the MDC Alliance, has committed a series of serious mistakes that have created conditions necessary and sufficient to ensure its own electoral defeat.Some ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Maliki Mpereki
Chamisa's out of control sexism
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa appears to have a problem with women; he doesn't value them very much. We saw this is in the way he dealt with former, or current, depending on how you look at it...Published: 07 May 2018 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Faith, Harare (student)
Khupe rigged him and he stands
As a parliamentarian, he was an effective prolific debater second to non. Those who worked with him in parliament will attest that he had a way of persuading people without causing conflict. A gentlem...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 20:42hrs | 20 | by Henery Madiro
Chamisa and MDC-T hands off Jessie Majome!
There is this undercurrent of dislike and hatred of women in MDC-T Party. A powerful, intelligent, forceful woman will never find peace in this party. We had thought those were the traits of late Tsva...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 22:38hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
None of us should want to be Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
A story that is not often told about the weekend of Nelson Mandela's release from prison is the one about the desperate quest to find his wife the night before he was freed.When then president...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Mondli Makhanya
Of MDC and many surnames
Under the rubric of democracy, politicians from MDC have over the past two decades managed to give birth to MDC 1999 (Job Sikhala led), MDC Tsvangirai, MDC Alliance, MDC Ncube, MDC Mutambara, MDC Cham...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Rufaro Gijima
Zimbabweans adopt mothers' surnames
SPEAKER of parliament Jacob Mudenda says Zimbabweans should now consider carrying their mothers' surnames in addition to their fathers' which they traditionally use as their second appellations....Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2018 election no easy walk to freedom
THE 2018 election is winnable on issues and strategy, but the opposition must make no assumptions about a clear and easy victory. Historically, all great moments of great oppositional momentum have be...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 16:43hrs | 1 | by Brian Kagoro
Tribal politics and male false sense of entitlement
The glaring fact being exposed and highlighted by the recent actions and behaviour of the MDC-T youths in Buhera is the entrenched divisions in our country and the factionalism within the MDCT. Suppos...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Susan Ndlovu, ZAPU Europe Chairperson
Mnangagwa never temper with capital punishment, we need it only for paed0philes!
Third letter to Women of Zimbabwe: International Day of Women 2018Paed0philes who abuse babies, toddlers, little girls and boys should never be spared from hanging. We ask the government to up...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 18:53hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
New Cabinet - Same old incompetent Zanu PF
The new old Cabinet announcement by the new old President Emmerson Mnangagwa has confirmed the MDC assertion that talk is indeed cheap. The grandiose promises made by Mnangagwa of reformism are coming...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 14:16hrs | | by Kurauone Chihwayi
The desire for self determination by Matabeleland: My personal Opinion
Sometime last year Job Sikhala, an MDC senior official challenged Mthwakazi activists to take him into their confidence and explain why they wanted to secede from Zimbabwe. I am not sure if he got the...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 11:38hrs | 3 | by George M Mkhwanazi
ANC the toddler
AM I wrong? I have always thought the goal of opposition is to govern? And I haven't said the goal is to lead. To govern. You can lead anything, at any level, including leading a village co-operative....Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Mujuru, Tsvangirai collide over coalition Presidency
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru has unwittingly put herself on a possible collision course with MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai after she announced on Monday that she was angling to lead a proposed ...Published: 31 May 2017 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru accuse Mutasa, Gumbo of wanting to sleep with her!
EMBATTLED Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, has accused a group of party elders she expelled last week of seeking to turn her into a sex slave, after proposing that she be the op...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 06:18hrs | | 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
Linda Masarira: She got a healthy dose of beating!
Those are the words of Journalist Maynard Manyowa' yesterday's article about Linda on the 16th January on Bulawayo 24. This description Maynard of a physically mutilated woman, gender violence is nast...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 22:56hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
DAILY QUESTION REVIEW :'A' Level literature
Q1] Discuss the present action of women and children in 'No More Plastic Balls and Other Short Stories referring to 3 similar stories in the text [--]- OVERVIEWThe question is very tri...Published: 25 Nov 2016 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Wilson Chipangura
So how was America on November 9, and thereafter?
No surprises for me. Hopefully none for you too, gentle reader, if you didn't miss my September 24 and October 21 instalments. September 24 piece in part read: "However rough one finds him [Donald Tru...Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 18:41hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
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