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What happened to Chiwenga's Mbare flats with swimming pools?
A few days ago, High Court judge Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa issued a landmark ruling ordering the City of Harare and the Government of Zimbabwe to refurbish the dilapidated Mbare flats witho...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 12:12hrs | 626 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe: Only a failed state would want a president to rule forever
I was left speechless while listening to the excitable ZANU-PF chairman for Mashonaland East province, Daniel Garwe, who recently addressed a gathering of party supporters in Murehwa. With unr...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 09:10hrs | 440 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The need for peace should never be a pretext for oppressing Zimbabweans
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent remarks about the need for peace and security as vital elements in Zimbabwe's economic transformation cannot be dismissed lightly.The President, speaking ...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 20:20hrs | 269 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU-PF corruption and mismanagement have turned Air Zimbabwe into an international embarrassment
This once-proud national airline, which began its journey in 1980 with a modern fleet inherited from Air Rhodesia, is now a global laughingstock, a shadow of its former self. At independence, ...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 23:21hrs | 1299 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Parliament power outage exposed consequences of corruption and mismanagement
Two days ago, Zimbabwe once again found itself in the throes of an international embarrassment, this time at the heart of its legislative hub. During the presentation of the 2025 National Budg...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 20:56hrs | 1363 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What role have I played in the destruction of Zimbabwe?
For over two decades, Zimbabwe has been trapped in a seemingly endless economic crisis that has brought untold suffering to millions. With over 70% of the population living below the poverty d...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 19:16hrs | 30895 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe, EU seek to rebuild ties
Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) have expressed a shared commitment to restore their relationship to the cooperative levels seen before years of political and economic tensions, according to Forei...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 06:52hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
It's time real patriotic Zimbabweans stood up against the destruction of their country
It never rains but pours for the people of Zimbabwe.This month, the Zimbabwean government failed to pay its civil servants their full salaries-a disgraceful development that underscores the de...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 15:12hrs | 161 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's electricity crisis: Declare a State of National Disaster and retire Sydney Gata to save the nation
As I write this article, the town of Redcliff, like much of Zimbabwe, remains shrouded in darkness following a 24-hour nationwide blackout that began yesterday. This is not the first time we'v...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 11:55hrs | 1179 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
David Coltart rejects colonial Mayoral 'relic'
In a symbolic move to redefine Bulawayo's civic identity, Mayor Senator David Coltart has decided to forgo the traditional mayoral gown, which he described as a "colonial relic" that no longer aligns ...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 14:29hrs | 2481 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands apology, reparations from Britain for colonial atrocities
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the British government to formally apologize for the historical injustices endured by indigenous Zimbabweans during the colonial era, which spanned from 1890...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:33hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
If Smith was an oppressor, then what is Mnangagwa?
As I sit here, my work at a standstill due to the daily power outages we are experiencing in Zimbabwe, most times going for 15 hours or more a day, I can not help wondering.What has this suppo...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 22:17hrs | 845 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF wants to rename Zimbabwe's provinces
The ruling Zanu-PF party has called for the renaming of Zimbabwe's provinces, aiming to eliminate colonial-era names that have historically fueled division among the population. This resolution emerge...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 4736 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt officials accused of land grab at Kanondo
Government officials have been accused of seizing land in the Kanondo area of Matabeleland North, designated for relocating villagers from Lubimbi to make way for the Gwayi-Tshangani Dam catchment are...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 14:39hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Over 400 ex-settlers to get compensation
In a significant development for former farm owners, over 400 individuals have been cleared for compensation under the Global Compensation Deed, aimed at addressing losses incurred during Zimbabwe's f...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:59hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption
When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Za...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2638 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Asking Hichilema to honour campaign promises is now an offence in Zambia
This is Jason Mwanza (see image attached), a 28-year-old unemployed youth activist in Zambia. He has been in police detention without charge for almost two weeks now. His offence? Conducting a peacefu...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 17:02hrs | 1623 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Mnangagwa calls for education system overhaul
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for a radical overhaul of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) education system to boost industrialisation and innovation. ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:50hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Vendors, Mnangagwa's govt head for showdown over Sadc swoop
Informal trader representatives in Harare have expressed strong opposition to the government's plans to evict them from the central business district (CBD) ahead of the Sadc Summit. The government aim...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:15hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Fear grips rural and peri-urban areas in Zimbabwe
Fear has gripped many rural and peri-urban areas in Zimbabwe after the authorities unleashed a new wave of house demolitions leaving countless families homeless. Already, stranded people are counting ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 20:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula denigrating presenter tried to kill herself 3 times
The King Lobengula insulting ZBC presenter tried to kill herself three times in her lifetime, one hopes that she will try for the fourth time and become successful. During last week's broadcas...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tribalist presenter blames colonial era abuse on King Lobengula 'who loved sugar' live on TV
During last week's broadcast of Good Morning Zimbabwe (GMZ), ZBC Presenter Victoria Manase attributed colonial-era abuses by whites on black people to Ndebele King Lobengula from the 1800s, suggesting...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 06:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
List of renamed places in Zimbabwe
Place names in Zimbabwe, including the name of the country itself, have been altered at various points in history. The name Zimbabwe was officially adopted concurrently with Britain's grant of indepen...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 16:46hrs | 14 | by Wikipedia
Mugabe stirs debate from the grave
YESTERDAY marked four years since former President Robert Mugabe passed on, leaving behind an indelible mark on the nation's political landscape.Mugabe passed away on September 6, 2019 in Sing...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of white farmers return to Zimbabwe in boost for agriculture
Family after family fled along this dirt road towards Harare as they were evicted from their farms by Zimbabwean war veterans.The road through the country's prime, red-soiled land was a front ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Ben Farmer
Mutsvangwa defends FAZ's operations
The ruling ZANU-PF party has responded to SADC Head of Mission Nevers Mumba's concerns regarding the Zimbabwe Electoral Management Body's failure to fulfil constitutional requirements, adhere to the E...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 16:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Complex Dynamics of ZANU-PF Support in Zimbabwe: Exploring Economic Factors and Historical Context
The political landscape in Zimbabwe has been shaped by a myriad of factors, with the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) emerging as a dominant political force. Despite a mix of ...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 22:19hrs | 27 | by Tshingwane Sibanda
The Creator says 'It's not yet Uhuru for Zimbabweans'
ZIMBABWE's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said there was nothing to celebrate in this week's 43rd Independence Day commemorations, given the scale of problems affecting the country.Zimb...Published: 21 Apr 2023 at 19:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe is the best place to visit in 2023
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the north, Mozambique to the east, South Africa to the south, and Botswana to the west. The capital and largest city is...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 15:52hrs | 24 | by Thobekile Zhou
Mnangagwa hails 'excellent' China relations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hailed "excellent" relations with China as he delivered for the first time a State of the Nation address at a new multimillion-dollar parliament building gifted by the Asi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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: 05 Jun 2022 at 08:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
There will never be any national development without strictly holding the Zimbabwe government to account
From time immemorial, there has always been a debate on why countries in the West are as economically developed as they are.Of course, it is nearly impossible to arrive at a consensus - but, t...Published: 14 May 2022 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mbare structures demolished
THE Harare City Council yesterday started demolishing illegal structures in Mbare, targeting the Mupedzanhamo Market zone and illegal tuckshops around the bus terminus, as authorities implement plans ...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Cecil John Rhodes remains taken to Europe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has suggested that the remains of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes can be removed from the Matopos National Park in Matabeleland South and returned to the Unite...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
UK minister confuses Zambia with Zimbabwe at Kenneth Kaunda funeral
James Duddridge, the UK's minister for Africa, appeared to confuse Zimbabwe with Zambia in a speech at the funeral of Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and one of Africa's last surviving lib...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 17:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
CFU asks dispossessed farmers to compile evidence
THE Commercial Farmers' Union (CFU) has urged its members who were evicted from their farms since 2000 to bring forward photographs and videos, among other evidence, showing how they were removed from...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league rocked by indiscipline
ACTING deputy secretary for youth affairs in the Zanu-PF politburo, Tendai Chirau has accused some members of the ruling party's youth league of acting in a manner detrimental to the moral standing of...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spin doctor warns land invaders
Land invasions in whatever form will no longer be tolerated, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba warned on Tuesday as Zimbabwe continues to seek better ties with the West....Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana seeks to overturn homosexuality ruling
Botswana's government will appeal against a landmark High Court ruling that decriminalised homosexuality, the attorney general says.Last month the court rejected colonial-era laws that imposed...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 17:10hrs | | by BBC
Zimbabwe's white farmers: Who will pay compensation?
In Zimbabwe, thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under a government programme of land reform. The seizures were blamed for destroying Zi...Published: 16 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | | by BBC
Handmade Zimbabwe shoes an unlikely global hit
IN a tiny factory producing handmade boots and shoes in southwestern Zimbabwe, leather cutter Misheck Sibanda is on another hectic shift as he tries to keep up with soaring global demand.Order...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by AFP
Dabengwa, not Jonathan Moyo, is the brains behind POSA
ZAPU leader Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has revealed that he is the brains behind the original Public Order and Security Act (POSA) Bill but former President Mr Robert Mugabe refused to sign it because it was ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
This is the wealth Robert Mugabe accumulated while Zim crumbled
We break down how much 'the poorest president in the world' is actually worth.Here is a look at some of the assets Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe owns....Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 16:30hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
'My 3 chicks will be replaced by 3 lives.' . . . 3 die amid witchcraft claims
FOR Ambuya Phobie Makiwa, life has never been the same since the passing on of her three grandchildren in mysterious circumstances in the space of three days.While still mourning her grandchil...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Patrick Chitumba
No black on the South African rainbow
Within hours of Penny Sparrow posting a racist diatribe on Facebook bemoaning the dirty escapades of black people on a Durban beach, she has unwittingly inherited the mantle of Public Enemy No. 1. Spa...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:07hrs | | by Azad Essa
Zhuwao takes Zimbabwe indigenisation mantra to SA
Newly-appointed Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao will next week headline the Zimbabwe Mining and Tax Law Market Briefing 2015 in South Africa where he is expected to clarify the country's empowe...Published: 21 Oct 2015 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
What makes Cecil the lion so special??
Cecil's death got many if not all Zimbabweans questioning the importance of their welfare or rather the importance of other matters that directly impact hum...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 22:35hrs | 10 | by Kumbirai Kevin Mwenye
Mugabe was charming and defiant on a state visit to SA
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has launched a withering attack on Tony Blair over his handling of the country's land reform programme, declaring: "Blair, Blair, who was he? Just the prime minister of Britain...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 07:15hrs | | by Agencies
Mugabe's govt ups efforts to evict last white farmers
THERE is an upsurge in attempts to forcibly take over Zimbabwean properties still owned by whites 15 years after the launch of a land reform programme, a farmers' union said on Tuesday.The Com...Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 14:51hrs | | by Sapa
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