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From a Constitutional lawyer to a Twitter Advocate: Tales of a pariah lawyer

The recent so-called "legal opinion" issued by Advocate Thabani Mpofu regarding internal processes of the Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANu-PF) cannot go unchallenged. His statement, while loud, is legally hollow -…

Published: 02 Oct 2025 at 10:22hrs | | by Patrick Chinamasa

We need each other as Zimbabweans

Dear Zimbabweans, Greetings my fellow countrymen, guess I find you well despite the simmering October heat and the economic hardships. I'm really sorry to the Chinmasa family on the loss of their property which was gutted by fire but was v…

Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 14:14hrs | | by Munya Shumba

Chinamasa did not misfire on the army relations

The oppositionMDC and some parts of the Media have been lambasting the ZANU PF acting National Political Commissair  cde Patrick Chinamasa for stating that the army works hand in hand with the ZANU PF government. The army is the part …

Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Patrick Chinamasa's troubling return

IN Zanu-PF, they are changing political commissars at the rate of a diaper.You may want to say this is a purely internal matter, but not exactly so, as it has direct and indirect implications on the ordinary citizen.Late last week, the rul…

Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:02hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni

Zim sanctions a CIA regime change agenda project

The illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe are a CIA regime change agenda project being spearheaded by the African-American USA Ambassador to Harare, Brian Nichols, with the assistance of his MDC-Alliance running dog partners, a senior Zanu PF offi…

Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 35 | by David Mwanza

Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!

In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province.  It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage stamp at the school tuckshop. We used t…

Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo

Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF must not slam doors on helpers

WE have read stories re-garding Zanu-PF and South Africa and it comes as no surprise to us that Zanu-PF is adopting this stance with respect to South Africa. The arrogance of Zanu-PF knows no boundary despite the laws and the Constitution.…

Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 05:17hrs | | by Corruptionforce

'Grace Mugabe instructed the shutdown of internet in Zimbabwe'

Former First Lady Grace Mugabe instructed the then Minister of Cyber Security Patrick Chinamasa to shutdown social media during the height of the bloody military coup in November 2017.Hagiographer Douglas Rogers in his book Two weeks in No…

Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 13:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu

The victim and savior card

The mugabeism system is hindering development for the people of Zimbabwe. Mugabe used to down play his ministers by giving them the platform to announce changes when he is abroad. He knew it would raise mayharm. When he returns, he immedia…

Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 20:36hrs | | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya

Attempts to intimidate Bench deplorable

ZANU-PF notes with growing concern continued attempts by Nelson Chamisa to intimidate the Bench ahead of the Constitutional Court case on the just-ended harmonised elections which has been set down for hearing on Wednesday, 22nd August, 20…

Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by PA Chinamasa

Open letter to Zanu voter

Dear Zanu voterI hope this letter finds you well.  It is actually rude of me to even assume that  there is a remote chance that you might be well. Not if you are still living in Zimbabwe, are jobless, do not  afford basic he…

Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:42hrs | 1152 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma

Mnangagwa doesn't dream of success, he makes it happen

While everyone's focus is on the upcoming elections, especially the saga revolving around Nelson Chamisa's threats against many bodies, like the ZEC, a weird and wonderful thing has been taking place in Zimbabwe over the last few months.At…

Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 12:04hrs | | by Mike Tawanda

The inside story on Britain's shifting attitude towards Zimbabwe

The arrival of the Zimbabwean Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, in London signals a new chapter for Zimbabwe's relations with its former colonial master.Britain's Foreign Minister, the sometimes clownish but intelligent Boris Johnson wa…

Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 15:53hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono

The Voice of the People is the Voice God

The 21st December 2017 was a taster and a forerunner of what is to become for President Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. A handful but very vocal group of people from Matabeleland were demonstrating at the Zimbabwe embassy in Tshwane where Mnan…

Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 20:36hrs | | by Victor Sibanda

On Zimbabwe and the first post-Mugabe budget

Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Patrick Chinamasa, presented the first post-Mugabe era budget on 7 December 2017. The budget has received excellent reviews as has the two speeches by President Emmerson Mnangagwa - …

Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:42hrs | | by Alfred Mthimkhulu PhD

Chinamasa's fine balancing act

ZIMBABWEANS wait with bated breath for Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa's 2018 National Budget Statement, which he is expected to present this afternoon; outlining macro-economic and fiscal objectives, targets and other projections, taki…

Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:28hrs | | by Clive Mphambela

Commando Ministers

Are we going commando again? It begins by naming major general Sibusiso Moyo and air marshall Perrence Shiri as ministers and while you are thinking ahhh this is it the next move is Chiwenga is Vice President. We all know that he is the de…

Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 23:07hrs | 2579 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya

Mutsvangwa, probably the only Good News for New Zimbabwean Govt

In 1995, Nokia made a mobile handset named Nokia 5110. I looked at this handset and I was contented that nothing better would be made after it. From this handset, you had a watch, a telegram (later called text message). You had an alarm, a…

Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 19:58hrs | 11083 | by Ryton Dzimiri

Analysing Mugabeâ€™s Cabinet reshuffle - The Grace effect

After a week of tension in his party and government, Mugabe has reshuffled his cabinet. Mugabe has dealt with the succession tension Machiavellian style. If there is anything Mugabe is known for, it's his shrewd political nature. A persona…

Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa

Zimra abuse widow and her disabled son

Open Letter to Zimbabwe Finance Minister Patrick ChinamasaHonorable Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa we hope that this open letter will reach you and thereafter you will do your work as expected and  get this matter resolved amic…

Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 08:59hrs | | by By Eghter Khanye And MRP Information Department

Chinamasa's propaganda can't resuscitate the Zimbabwean economy

Back in the days when the Soviet Union was still a communist empire, its flagship broadsheet newspaper was called Pravda, or "Truth".But all and sundry knew it was a supplier of lies.The credibility of Pravda was so small that those who bo…

Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 12:35hrs | | by Gift Phiri

A brief focus on Zimbabwe's economy and its outlook

A plethora of policy pronouncements, substantial de-industrialisation and some remarkable and controversial economic events over the years in Zimbabwe have given rise to the question; 'Does Zimbabwe have an economy at all?'. I have dedicat…

Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 11:48hrs | | by Shame Mugâ€‹ova

Chinamasa angers Biti over blacks don't pay tax jibe

FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa has come under attack this Friday for telling parliament that black people have no culture of&nbsp; paying tax.&nbsp;That hab

Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 06:10hrs | | by Alice Dube

Bond Notes Controversy and the Chinamasa Reforms

In the Mid-term fiscal policy review of 2016, the Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa proposed to cut 25 000 jobs by December 2017 and said it would save $155 million annually; freeze Civil Servants bonus for the next two years to save $180…

Published: 01 Oct 2016 at 12:57hrs | | by Blessing Machiva

Life of an old, poor government pensioner in Zimbabwe

A pensioner is a person who collects a pension payout, most commonly because of retirement from active workforce.During the course of active work years, money is deducted from would be pensioner's salary  for soft landing when the tim…

Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 14:54hrs | 1469 | by Clifford Sibanda

Is Patrick Chinamasa Ready for Ministerial Harakiri?

This year has been pretty hectic for my learned friend and former Cabinet colleague Zimbabwe Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa. Patrick is a consummate politician, who in spite of the negative public image he has in many circles, mostly j…

Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 09:31hrs | | by Welshman Ncub

'Chinamasa's wings fully clipped'

On 8 September, 2016, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa presented his long overdue Midyear Budgetary Review Statement.That review was presented in the context of massive structural challenges arresting the Zimbabwean economy.Chief among t…

Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 18:04hrs | | by Tendai Biti

Chinamasa dead right on diplomatic missions

The suggestion by Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, while presenting his Mid-Term Fiscal Policy last week to reduce the diplomatic missions is prudent. Implementing this idea will go a long way in reducing Government recurrent monthly e…

Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 10:16hrs | | by Sparkleford Masiyambiri

What we expect in mid-term fiscal policy

As the Minister of Finance is set to present the mid-term fiscal policy today, Zimbabweans are expecting to hear measures that will rescue the economy from a further downward spiral.The economy has not been performing very well due to a co…

Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 13:38hrs | | by Rufaro Shumba

Jonathan Moyo, Chinamasa remarks on electoral reforms irresponsible

The MDC condemns in strongest terms the irresponsible utterances by Patrick Chinamasa and Jonathan Moyo over the implementation of the constitution and electoral reforms. These statements must be seen for what they are, desperation to clin…

Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 12:28hrs | 300 | by Mbuso Siso

Chinamasa offside on electoral reforms

The People's Democratic Party (PDP) strongly condemns statements made by Patrick Chinamasa, the Zanu PF secretary for legal affairs on the need for electoral reforms before the 2018 elections. It is on record that the 2013 were highly…

Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 14:45hrs | | by Settlement Chikwinya

IMF sincerity questionable

Zimbabwe urgently needs financial injection to halt the economic downturn which has haunted the country for over a decade. Whilst government of Zimbabwe has been running around to settle US$1,8 billion arrears with international financial …

Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 09:35hrs | 1037 | by Susan Chipanga

Chinamasa must resign over failure to pay civil servants

The failure by the Zanu-PF government to pay civil servants' salaries for two consecutive months of June and July 2016 is unacceptable and gross violations of the rights of the civil servants.It is the duty of every employer to pay salarie…

Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 15:37hrs | 2699 | by Tendai Biti

Zimbabwe in the grip of a multiple of strands of crises

Zimbabwe is in the grip of a multiple of strands of crises, which we squarely blame on Zanu-PF's Robert Mugabe and Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa.The events unfolding in the country clearly show that we are in serious crisis and that …

Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 16:21hrs | | by Tendai Biti

Mugabe's vultures descend on London

Mugabe's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has admitted that Zimbabwe is broke. 'Right now we have nothing', he said on a visit to France to beg for money. Asked in an interview with Radio France International how much credit he was looki…

Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 15:47hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil

Nyoni has solution for Chinamasa

The long decade of economic decline (1998 - 2008) and the new era which saw the introduction of multiple currencies resulted in the emergency of the informal sector. Both periods, that is, the 1998 - 2008 and the dollarised environment bro…

Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 05:21hrs | | by Dr Gift Mugano

Chinamasa responsible for cash crunch

The debilitating cash crunch that bank depositors are facing is clear indication of a broader economic crisis which the Mugabe regime is facing and is in large parts responsible for. It further exposes the failure of the ZANU PF government…

Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 14:09hrs | | by Vince Musewe - PDP Secretary Finance and Economic Affairs

Why Civil Servants were not paid December salaries and bonuses

Zanu-PF should be condemned in the strongest terms for inflicting unprecedented pain and suffering on civil servants. We never imagined how far Zanu-PF could go with its cruelty. There are many social implications to civil servants. Parent…

Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 08:57hrs | 5766 | by DR Tapiwa Mashakada, Mp Hatfield

Chinamasa's budget a damp squib

The MDC is gravely concerned that the 2016 national budget has not put in place a substantive programme to resuscitate the ailing economy.The poor budget statement does not indicate the willingness of the Zanu-PF regime to create the promi…

Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 15:54hrs | | by Webber Chinyadza

Chinamasa deserves Nobel Prize in economics

IN its post-colonial history since 1980, Zimbabwe has gotten one big thing right, inter alia: the multi-currency system.To cut a long a long story short, Zimbabwe currently has arguably, the lowest inflation rate in the world at, minus 2.6…

Published: 11 Aug 2015 at 07:32hrs | | by Colls Ndlovu

Mugabe Attack on Chinamasa sign of serious policy discord

On Monday, April 13,2015 Patrick Chinamasa, the Minister of Finance & Economic Development in the beleaguered and faction - ridden ZanuPF regime, addressed a press conference at Munhumutapa Building in Harare. At that press conference,…

Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 13:50hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu, Mdc National Spokesperson

The bloated legislature is not sustainable in the country

The proposal by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Cde Patrick Chinamasa, that the number of parliamentarians in the country should be reduced, as a way of reducing financial pressure on the treasury, is a good move that nee…

Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 19:20hrs | | by John Mukumbo

Striking University Lecturers met Chinamasa, did they demand an end to corruption

In the mid-1990s  I had the opportunity to meet the leading Trade Union leader (it will be not be necessary to name him). Gone were the ease years of the 1980s when on the then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe announced hefty pay increase…

Published: 18 Feb 2015 at 06:09hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori

'Mnangagwa and Chinamasa misleading Mugabe'

Former Zanu-PF spokesman Rugare Gumbo, who was expelled from the ruling party last year, has charged that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa, both lawyers, are misleading President Robert Mugabe and th…

Published: 14 Feb 2015 at 18:21hrs | | by Blessing Zulu

Chinamasa's letter to IMF

November 3, 2014Ms Christine Lagarde,Managing DirectorInternational Monetary FundWashington, DC 20431Dear Ms Lagarde,THE first and second reviews of our Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) were approved by Fund Management in June 2014. The SMP…

Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 14:06hrs | 3343 | by Patrick Chinamasa

Local car assemblies should get govt support

The recent statement by the Finance Minister, Mr. Patrick Chinamasa that people should not import second hand cars from abroad as they are externalizing the little foreign currency needed in the country at the time when Zimbabwe is facing …

Published: 30 Sep 2014 at 12:36hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani

Finance Minister Chinamasa got it right!

On 1 September 2014, Daily News, reporting on the aftermath of President Robert Mugabe's State visit to China under the headline, Mugabe returns from China with signatures, reduced the Presidential trip to a "begging trip" that had only se…

Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 10:02hrs | 6366 | by Tawanda Museve

Of Chinamasa and an 'Inconsistent' Problem

When Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa spoke at a conference that I attended on Monday, he said something that was supposed to be good news to foreign investors; something designed to allay their fears and cause comfort in so far as the i…

Published: 08 May 2014 at 15:20hrs | | by Alex Magaisa

The Economic consequences of ZIM-ASSET

ZIM-ASSET substitutes STERP as the country's new economic policy with a placed emphasis on "Indigenising, Empowering, Developing and Createing Employment "The comparative illustration below shows the GNU period, occasioned by higher growth…

Published: 17 Nov 2013 at 12:56hrs | | by Bhekinkosi Ngubeni

Who really rescued the Zim economy? Biti or Chinamasa

In the last decade, good governance and sensible policy-making have been in short supply in Harare. But in 2009, at least one good decision was made: to scrap the failed Zimbabwean dollar in favour of foreign currencies, including the US d…

Published: 18 Sep 2013 at 04:35hrs | | by Simon Allison

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ZANU-PF condemns 'looting' of party donations amid Christmas drive

Zanu-PF plans 2030 mass endorsement rally

Police launch manhunt after Chitungwiza murder

Matatu's elevation sparks murmurs among some former Zanla commanders

Villager dies after homestead fight

Zimbabwe trials locally-produced hard wheat

Highlanders' costly 'No' to Chivayo and Benjani

Zimbabwe airports upgrade boosts investor, airline confidence

Mutapa pumps US$100m into State firms in turnaround drive

Mighty Warriors miss out on 3-nation title

Warriors camp in turmoil as Afcon countdown begins

Parirenyatwa Hospital strained as cancer cases rise

Bosso turns to foreign coach as Chivayo-Benjani deal collapses

Relief for barred O-Level candidates

Tsholotsho woman jailed 18 years for sexual abuse of two boys

Zanu-PF praise singer entangled in mining dispute

Gold Mafia shadow haunts Zimbabwe main airport

Zimbabwe's 'bumper maize harvest' that never was

SA flagged as key driver of new HIV infections in Matebeleland

National Sports Stadium nears completion

Day-old chick shortage hits Bulawayo

Simba Bhora part ways with Joel Luphahla

Insiza North MP Delani Donates US$1000 to Siyazama Primary, Offers US$8000 Roofing Support

Minister condemns blocking of learners over hairstyles as rights violation

Masiyiwa is right: genuine wealth is not carried in wads of cash

Chamisa returns to Zimbabwe for holidays

'Zimbabwe banking sector safe, sound, well capitalised'

Mnangagwa promotes Emmanuel Matatu to full general

Zimbabwe gold reserves reach US$ 1 billion mark

Storm severely damages Khami Prison perimeter fence

Chamisa returns to Zimbabwe for holidays

Geza: Chiwenga's VP Position at Mnangagwa's Discretion

Zimbabwe to roll out high-quality ZiG banknotes in 2026

Masiyiwa is right: genuine wealth is not carried in wads of cash

Villager dies after homestead fight

Matatu's elevation sparks murmurs among some former Zanla commanders

Minister condemns blocking of learners over hairstyles as rights violation

Man jailed for raping mother-in-law

Highlanders' costly 'No' to Chivayo and Benjani

Zimbabwe gold reserves reach US$ 1 billion mark

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