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Zimbabwe govt starts issuing title deeds
Government has started regularising informal urban settlements by issuing title deeds, with residents in Caledonia, Harare, being the first to benefit following the completion of aerial mapping of the...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:11hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
ZBC must stop marginalising Ndebele
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation is now the chief architect of tribalism and regionalism, through the airwaves.All its stations have now been turned into de facto Shona and English channe...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:21hrs | 399 | by Martin Stobart
Zimbabwe teachers to produce documentary on living conditions
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has announced that it will be producing a documentary that will contrast the living conditions of teachers in pre and post colonial era. ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 13:11hrs | 2188 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt to blame for xenophobic scourge
BETWEEN 1980 and the mid-1990s, Zimbabwe's economy was a force to reckon with in Africa.It was stable, with healthy growth rates that underpinned a massive industrial rebound.Zimbabwe ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:46hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to host Uhuru celebrations
The Government has announced that the main 42nd Independence Day celebrations will be held in Bulawayo for the first time in history in line with the Second Republic's thrust of devolution and decentr...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF can't celebrate violation of rule of law
Zimbabwe Council of Chiefs president Fortune Charumbira's shameful speech at the just-ended Zanu-PF annual conference was the latest showcase of the ruling party's disdain for the rule of law....Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister to hand over radio equipment
In line with the Second Republic's thrust to take everyone aboard as Vision 2030 beckons, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa will today hand over broadcasting ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa remembers Muzenda
On the 18th anniversary of the death of Vice President Simon Vengesai Muzenda yesterday, President Mnangagwa said the best that the country can do to honour him is to always remember the sacrifices th...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi community Parliament lobby for independent and non partisan chiefs
Nkayi Community Parliament has crafted resolutions on Duties and Roles of Chiefs with the aim of advocating for these to be the hallmarks of how the tradi...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:52hrs | 20 | by Stephen Jakes
Looting and burning are echoes of apartheid era and proof of SA's failure to make the quantum leap
"Before independence corruption was considered a bold and patriotic act especially as the corruption was considered an act of defiance against white colonial government. It is just that after independ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu PF Youth League statement on the occasion of the Day Of The African Child 2021 edition
The ZANU PF YOUTH LEAGUE joins all progressive forces in commemorating the Day of the African Child whose theme is "30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate implementation of Agenda 2040...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 13:30hrs | 5 | by Zanu PF Youth League
Mugabe exhumation and the legend of Chief Zvimba
I will not enter the debate on where the late Robert Mugabe's body must be buried or reburied.Hearing the debate raging in the media reminded me of the legendary Chief Matthew or Matewu Zvimba...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Tererai R. Mafukidze
'Constitutional amendments thwart Mnangagwa's foreign engagements efforts'
THE recent constitutional amendments could result in foreign governments which were willing to strengthen economic and political ties with Zimbabwe backtracking from their pledges, Musa Kika, executiv...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tribalism and politics in Zimbabwe
Tribalism regularly comes into play in Zimbabwe. sometimes it is in terms of political rivalry and competition. at other times it is based on a friendly joking relationship between different tribes....Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:00hrs | 20 | by Fay Chung
Mugabe's ghost torments Chief Zvimba and Grace Mugabe
The late president of Zimbabwe cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe has refused to exit the lime light. Now he has ignited a huge traditional problem for the nation and the world. Mugabe has proved to be a sourc...Published: 13 May 2021 at 21:54hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mohadi falls: Who is my brother?
Tendai Mbofana sent me some information, which greatly upset me. I ignored it. Then he sent me the same information for the second time. I only write under some cloud of inspiration. at this point the...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 13:54hrs | 11 | by Ken Mufuka
Govt under fire over evictions
Rights groups have denounced government plans to evict thousands of villagers from their communal land and convert it to industrial animal feed farming.More than 13 000 Shangani people, an ind...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Even Lord Malvern failed to deliver water to Bulawayo
IN the old days, there was a special group of people called the Pharisees that did not particularly impress Jesus Christ.They were known for obsessively exhorting followers to be unstinting st...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Zinwa should also check on levels of siltation in dams
NUMEROUS media channels have recently been inundated with stories on the national average dam levels breaching the 88 percent mark, which generated lots of excitement among farmers intending to produc...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Obert Chifamba
Pfumvudza, bond notes: Mnangagwa's saviour
THE gigantic lake TugwiMukosi is spilling. This is a rare phenomenon for a water body so big to spill less than four years after commissioning.It holds a promise that is too big to hide or ign...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
New model could revive Bulawayo industry
The article of January 5, by Silas Nkala made for remarkably interesting reading. The sentiments expressed are true of the sentimental opinion of most of us who have made this part of the country home...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:40hrs | 4 | by Muvirimi Francis Mangwendeza
Deployment of Shona teachers in Matabeleland schools is the main cause for low pass rates
"To weaken a Ndebele is to deprive him of an education", said the author of the 1979 Grand Plan, Nathan Shamuyarira. The document itself is the most evil conspiracy theory in Africa, to be produced by...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 11:51hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
St George's enrols girls as school celebrates 125th anniversary
One of the country's oldest boys high schools, St George's College this year celebrates its 125thanniversary in the provision of faith-based education that has seen the institution evolve to also ...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 11:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 23 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe chiefs to dump colonial regalia
CHIEFS are set to abandon their colonial regalia as it does not reflect Zimbabwe's traditional heritage and cultural values but cements colonial dominancy. The red and purple gown and round sh...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mambo dynasty to construct monuments for late Kings
THE Mambo dynasty has set in motion plans to construct monuments at the burial sites of its founding fathers, inclusive of the founding king of the Lozwi/Rozvi empire, Changamire Dombo.The lea...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
We remain the land: The endless land wars of Chipinge
To many Zimbabweans, the forecast that there will be normal to above normal rains in 2020-21 farming is sweet news. However, this does not apply to many people in Chipinge.While others are pre...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
'People must defend their vote' - never ever had a vote, can't defend what is not there
The root cause of Zimbabwe's crippling economic meltdown and political paralysis (politicians on both sides of the political divide are corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless) is the failure to hold...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 13:59hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Thambolenyoka speaks about war experiences
THE mere mention of the name, Thambolenyoka, who operated as a dissident in the districts of Matabeleland South in the 80s during the post-independence disturbances used to send shivers down the spine...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Outpouring of support for Sikhala after Chamisa MDC dumped him
Zengeza West MP and MDC deputy national chairman Job Sikhala presented himself to a police station in Harare on Tuesday, hours after a government spokesman described him as a "miscreant" who belonged ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:59hrs | | by ZimLive
Ideas, not money is what is in short supply in Zimbabwe
The economic challenges facing Zimbabwe are not about money. Our major issue is deficiency of a supportive government with competencies to design policies that enable innovation and value creation....Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:03hrs | | by Brian Sedze
Veteran Freedom Fighter who escaped the Rhodesian hangman's noose
The former Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Nkayi Constituency who served between 1995 and 2000 belongs to the first group of freedom fighters that was trained in the People's Republic of China. The g...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
CIOs target Dabengwa's Director
Suspected state agents on Thursday launched a manhunt for Director General of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation Mthulisi Mduduzi Ncube Hanana for crimes including undermining the authority of the P...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 16:51hrs | 15326 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndiweni, the chief who dared bell the cat
IF ever you did history in a Zimbabwean school or at least watched ZBC-TV, you are sure to have come across the name of Manicaland traditional leader Chief Rekayi Tangwena, who is famed for helping Ro...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 3895 | by PUMA
Chief Charumbira loses more land as Nemamwa chieftainship is restored
Chief Charumbira is set to lose more land to the Nemamwa clan following government's decision to upgrade the Nemamwa headmanship to a chieftainship, a move which will leave the former with only one wa...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:29hrs | 1588 | by Staff reporter
On Decolonising Governmentality
It is a truly careless but also stubborn truism that if we had no nation-states in the world we would not have nationless and stateless people. Nations and states are the source of nationlessness and ...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:57hrs | 182 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Mthwakazi working class living in dire poverty
When the working class from all walks of life, celebrate the opportunities it has been afforded by its respective governments to put food on the table, Mthwakazi working classing is living in serious ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by MLF
Mthwakazi working class living in dire poverty - (MLF)
Today, 01 May, when the working class from all walks of life, celebrate the opportunities it has been afforded by its respective governments to put food on the table, Mthwakazi working classing is liv...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:29hrs | | by MLF
Sudan's revolution has melted the core - pray, new cast is not yet another dictatorship
"In his first televised address, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman said he was also cancelling a night curfew ordered by his predecessor and ordered the release of all prisoners ja...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | 255 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Unmasking the myths of decolonization in Zimbabwe through the lens of Cain Mathema
Cain Mathema's 2018 publication, "I Join The ZAPU Armed Struggle" captures stories of experiences and reflections of the young Thula at Cyrene Mission, an Anglican Church boarding school for boys. ZAP...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | 657 | by Brian Maregedze
'Freedom that never was'
We continue chronicling the political life of Agrippa Samuriwo. The former Whawha detainee who tells our Deputy News Editor Levi Mukarati – from his farm in Chitomborwizi, Mashonaland West Province ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
A letter to Mugabe that could have changed the course of Zimbabwe's history
An Eritrean diplomat friend sent the attached letter to me last night and I was blown away by how prophetic it was to Zimbabwe's situation, and how if Robert Mugabe had applied the advice given to him...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 15:22hrs | 12127 | by An introduction by Hopewell Chin'ono
Why is Zimbabwe in this situation, God of Zimbabwe where are you?
Sanctions are normally described as International relations: Punitive or restrictive measures taken, usually by several countries in concert, to pressure a country to change its certain policies. Econ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:09hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe needs Posap and not Esap
This article was extracted from Professor Jonathan Moyo's address to the Open Forum meeting in Bulawayo 27 years ago....Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Dr Jonathan Moyo
MLF congratulates King Lobhengula II
MLF wishes to congratulate and thank the Khumalos and the whole Mthwakazi populace for finally installing Bulelani Lobhengula Khumalo as Mthwakazi King.After more than 100 years since the dest...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 11:30hrs | 1492 | by Ndabezinhle Fuyane information secretary
Paul Siwela pens letter to Mnangagwa, Demands immediate restoration of Matabeleland State
Dear President ED Mnangagwa, Ref: Demand for Immediate Restoration of Matabeleland StateYour Excellency, I am writing to you in my capacity as t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:57hrs | 5113 | by Paul Siwela
Zimbabwe is about to become a colony again
'The Zimbabwean's' Own Correspondent is absolutely right to warn Zimbabwe (as well as all Africa) of the dangers of China’s colonising activities: see ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 22:13hrs | 2216 | by David Barber and Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa in pledge to end tribalism
AN estimated 2,000 strong crowd braved chilly weather Saturday to attend MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa's Zvishavane rally in which the young Presidential hopeful reiterated his pledges to end tr...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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