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Persecution of Donald Trump!
If I were in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's situation, and the US I had an audience with the ambassador whereby the honourable ambassador would lecture me about free and fair elections, the rule of la...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | 116 | by Kenneth Mufuka
UK invite surprised Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was still surprised how he got an invite to attend the coronation of King Charles III, which will take place in London, the United Kingdom, at the weeken...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:15hrs | 3158 | by Staff reporter
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide domination
The Coming BRICS Summit: The ending of US worldwide dominationAn African PerspectivePart 1South Africa will host the 15th BRICS Summit from 22nd-24th August 2023, with the theme;...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 18:50hrs | 2229 | by Ian Beddowes
Maridadi seeks new markets for Zimbabwe products
As the manufacturing sector continues to increase production driven by favourable policies introduced by the Second Republic, Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Senegal James Maridadi has decided to help the fi...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:26hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
The mountain is high
Back in 1926, America witnessed the clash of two African-African American giants — then they were called Negroes — over the notion of Negro Art.Was Negro Art a separate creative tradition ...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:35hrs | 250 | by @Jamwanda2
The creation of absolute poverty and suffering in post-colonial Zimbabwe
THERE is little doubt that the advent of Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 has paradoxically generated a new debate on the notion of freedom and justice, particularly from philosophical perspectives....Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:51hrs | 150 | by Dr Admore Tshuma
White skin, black masks!
Two developments caught my attention this week. One is a Brenthurst Foundation scholarship invitation to young Africans intent on pursuing postgraduate studies.Brenthurst Foundation is owned a...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:08hrs | 753 | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe losing doctors, nurses and teachers to British hypocrisy
THE United Kingdom, which is buckling under a deepening shortage of nurses and teachers after exiting the European Union, is raiding, among other countries, its former colony Zimbabwe for key public s...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | 210 | by Ashlet Simango
Belarus not coming to colonise Zimbabwe
BELARUSIAN leader Alexander Lukashenko has assured Zimbabwe that he has genuine intentions of building a strong relationship where both countries benefit .Lukashenko who is currently in Zimbab...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:48hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
President Lukashenko, be warned, Zimbabwe will never be a colony again!
Amongst all the hullabaloo, with the pomp and fanfare, surrounding the so-called 'historic' state visit by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to Zimbabwe - some of us are more wary of a leader ...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 08:51hrs | 1519 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Triple C: Puny-wise, Pint Foolish!
Obdurate immaturityIT is not like Nelson Chamisa had not been warned, whether by living men or by past circumstances. Both did; yet he still hurtled headlong towards yet another blunder, which...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:56hrs | 290 | by Jamwanda
Does the Zimbabwe opposition stand any realistic chance of winning 2023 elections?
This is the million dollar question - which has been on the lips of many, and the source of much debate, in Zimbabwe. What I see, though, is that most of us are living in a delusional world - ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 14:08hrs | 1431 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 485 | by Staff reporter
Colonial master UK denies meddling in Zimbabwe politics
THE United Kingdom has denied meddling in Zimbabwe's electoral and political affairs and funding the opposition in its former colony.In a statement, the British embassy in Harare said: "The UK...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:37hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions have opened Zimbabweans' eyes'
ILLEGAL economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West have taught the country to be self-reliant as seen by the hiring of local companies to carry out various infrastructure development projects ...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:23hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Britain actually demanded Zimbabwe independence and majority rule before ZANU PF!
I always find it most disingenuous and particularly infatuating listening to the Zimbabwe ruling elite distract from valid demands from the international community for the respect of human rights in t...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 22:13hrs | 980 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
China backs Zimbabwe in fighting external interference
WESTERN sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe violate the country's sovereignty and undermine people's right to development, a Chinese official has said.Speaking at a press conference in Beijing Tuesd...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:19hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
UK lies about Zimbabwe sanctions
The United Kingdom (UK) has dismissed continued claims its sanctions and those imposed collectively with western allies on Zimbabwe have impeded economic development in its troubled former colon...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 19:41hrs | 1710 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED call for immediate removal of sanctions
LOCAL religious leaders have strongly condemned illegal punitive sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and are calling for their immediate removal.Speaking during a press conference held in Harare yes...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Kenya linked Rishi Sunak to become UK prime minister
Rishi Sunak will become Britain's next prime minister after he won the race on Monday to lead the Conservative Party, tasked with steering a deeply divided country through an economic downturn set to ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 17:56hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Morocco blasts Ramaphosa
Morocco on Thursday blasted what it called Pretoria's "gesticulations and agitations" over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, in reaction to the South African president backing the region's ind...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | 2426 | by Staff reporter
The dangers of a long colonialism
Walking the last mileBY the time you read this piece, Queen Elizabeth II, late sovereign of the United Kingdom and titular head of the pizza-like Commonwealth, will be two days away from her f...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 102 | by Jamwanda
Should Africa mourn Elizabeth II? Of course, we must not allow ranting of tyrants define who we are!
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has triggered an outpouring of public sympathy from all corners of the world. The public sympathy from Africa has not gone down well with some people....Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 11:04hrs | 1491 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans are a very funny lot
IT came as a major relief that the United States embassy in Harare clarified the validity of its many bank notes which have been so overused that they have turned so dirty and torn to the extent that ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:23hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
For a country that was a British colony why has Zimbabwe not learnt that no leader is remotely indispensable?
As I was listening to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing his expected resignation, this afternoon, I could not help being engulfed with a sense of admiration for the beauty of democra...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 15:35hrs | 3048 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zimbabwe takes principled stand on Russia'
Government made the right decision to reject brazen attempts by the United States (US) to arm-twist Zimbabwe into joining a Washington-led coalition to isolate Russia for the conflict in Eastern Europ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:09hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Khumbula reaches for aerospace dreams in the US
Born in a maize field in Zimbabwe, Samuel Khumbula never dreamed he would come to the United States. The son of the seventh wife of a polygamous patriarch, he grew up poor, sleeping on the ground in a...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:07hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
The price of bread to humble Mnangagwa
Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation should should always play a track from Simon 'Chopper' Chimbetu's song Survival which is very informative and educative.This is a well choreographed track...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 11:56hrs | 1973 | by Leonard Koni
Sex 'booster' takes Harare by storm
THIRTY-TWO-year-old Takunda Dube says he has been battling erectile dysfunction and decreased libido since he was 21.The condition is common, but can be a frustrating and embarrassing experien...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:34hrs | 2164 | by Staff reporter
Former colony resists direct British rule
The British Virgin Islands' acting premier says "draconian measures" would undermine the "historical constitutional progress"The acting premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has expresse...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:18hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to launch Divorce Club
Zambia and Zimbabwe were once a single country known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation or CAF. This was a colonial federation that consisted of ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:13hrs | 3167 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jamaica still colonised by UK
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate on Wednesday his country wants to be "independent" and address "unresolved" issues, a day after protesters called...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:51hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
How the West is plotting to exploit Africa
IF designs of global money are not stopped in their tracks, Africa is threatened with environmental degradation and nutritional poverty. If we, as Africans, do not begin to think deeply about what is ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 482 | by Linda Apollo
Zimbabwe under attack again
Zimbabweans all over the world were shocked to hear Lord Johnny Oates, Liberal Democrats, in parliament on behalf of Baroness Katey Hoey stating that Zimbabwe is in a systematic attack on rule of law ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:22hrs | 583 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 3037 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Thandiwe Newton: When little knowledge is dangerous
This week, social media got a dose of some revolting diatribes from one Thandiwe Newton, a bygone era British actress whose desperation for relevance is forcing her to utter the most outrageous things...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 205 | by Ranga Mataire
Roki added to Big Zulu show line-up
ANNUALLY, Bulawayo is turned upside down when South Africa's Kalawa Jazmee stable comes to the city on the 27th of every December to host the "Homecoming Party" but this year, it is going to be differ...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 399 | 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 | 2768 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, is Zimbabwe a sovereign state or a pariah, failed state?
What is sovereign about Zimbabwe whose government fails to give its people basics such as food securities for all, good education for all, basic health facilities, good all-weather roads, water & ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 11:48hrs | 519 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF youths call for Sahrawi independence
Zimbabwe has been commended for its firm support for the de-colonisation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).SADR has been colonised by Morocco since 1975.The Sahrawi Arab D...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:26hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Britain overstepping its bounds on Zimbabwe
It boggles the mind why the British government seems not to understand that Zimbabwe ceased to be a colony of the Crown over four decades ago.How else should one explain the British's continuo...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:28hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
There is need to audit works of NGOs
CIVIL society has been an almost purely Western concept. It is historically tied to the political emancipation of citizens from former feudalistic ties, monarchies, and the state during the eighteenth...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 21 | by Teddy Ncube
At times, I really wish Zimbabwe was a colony again!
Today is one of those mornings, which just leaves any person (no matter how good-natured they may be) furious and agitated, confused and dazed - wondering what really is going on, and where is all thi...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 08:00hrs | 19 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The Entrepreneurs Betting on Maggots
Dressed in a blazer and tie, Josphat Nyika isn't an archetypal farmer. The deputy headmaster, fresh from teaching at the local primary school, dons a pair of plastic gloves and scoops up a swarm of cr...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:18hrs | 9 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
Mnangagwa's successes celebrated in US?
Scores of people today converged in New York city to celebrate the works and positive vibes that have been brought by President Mnangagwa since he became President. On the backdrop of a succes...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe anti-sanctions fight reaches UN HQ
SCORES of people, led by anti-imperialist group December 12 (D12) Movement yesterday picketed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States of America, calling for the removal of illeg...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Unpatriotic, corrupt Zimbabwe govt sells country to China in exchange of 'tang'
"We have turned east, where the sun rises and given our back to the West, where the sun sets," Mugabe told a crowd at National Sports Stadium in 2005. This was a swift shift from one coloniser to anot...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:59hrs | 4 | by Israel Dube
Ramaphosa's piecemeal approach to Cabinet reshuffling lands former unionist as new Finance Minister
Unionists across the African continent and in particular the Acting President of NMWUZ - Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka have hailed President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent Cabi...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 19:33hrs | 16 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Mozambique signs agreement for SADC troop deployment
Mozambique has, after initial hesitance, signed an agreement allowing the immediate deployment of troops from the 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) to help fight an Islamic State...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 12:04hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Suffocating enablers of Zimbabwe's vision is the new plot
When the European Union and its big brother, the US, imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, the central object as the then US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Chester Crocker put it, was to m...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 14 | by Tafara Shumba
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