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Government up to its usual shenanigans, again
In the latest act of the ongoing drama which I dub "Governmental Promises: A Comedy of Errors," our esteemed government has once again shocked and dismayed the nation with their predictable flair for ...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:40hrs | 2 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
CCC cadres not happy with Chamisa's leadership
WHEN Sengezo Tshabangu, a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist claiming to be its interim secretary-general, made the shock move to recall 15 of the party's legislators this week, it created a...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 21:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's main opposition implodes, handing Zanu-PF full control
Just over a month after disputed general elections in Zimbabwe, the main opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), appears to be imploding as a renegade outfit starts recalling parliament...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plot to ruin Mnangagwa's inauguration
When ZEC declared Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the 2023 harmonised general election on 26 August 2023, the constitutional clock started ticking in respect of at least two constitutional timelin...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 22:13hrs | 48 | by Jonathan Moyo
'Mnangagwa no saint, but Chamisa sleeping on duty'
WITH three weeks before Zimbabwe holds general elections on August 23, there is already a sense of déjà vu among those following the run up to the polls.This week, leading analysts said they...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 21:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cost-of-living nightmare terribly deepens
NINE weeks before Zimbabwe's general elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a moment of truth as the imploding economy plunges the country into its third hyperinflation in 15 years amid rising ...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 15:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar plunges into death spiral
ZIMBABWE's currency is in a death spiral and headed for a tragic end, two years after it was re-introduced into circulation, stoking fears of the 2008 hyperinflationary era where the government was fo...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Don't lead us into constitutional crises but deliver us from contempt of court
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, while the past week has been eventful and historic in several respects because of the High Court judgment that effectively "retired" Chief Ju...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Paul Kaseke
Govt frets over Easter holidays
AUTHORITIES and medical experts are worried about gatherings during the upcoming Easter holidays, amid fears that these could trigger a local third wave of the lethal coronavirus.The concerns ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Cabinet appointees don't inspire hope
WE note with concern that President Emmerson Mnangagwa seems to be replicating his predecessor, the late former President Robert Mugabe's style of recycling deadwood, particularly his pick for the For...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
China wants military chiefs to head new interim Zimbabwe government
BERLIN/PRETORIA - China reportedly wants the country's military chiefs to run and head a new interim Zimbabwe government between 2020-2023 when fresh presidential and parliamentary elections are...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Zimbabwe's endless currency circus and cycle
When it comes to currency management in Zimbabwe there is always déjà vu which is a result of repeated fallible prescriptions. It's a circus where the actors enjoy their never-ending play with the a...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 11:46hrs | 3 | by Ngonidzaishe Makaha and Adrian Mapiye
Mnangagwa's govt lays new siege on business
GOVERNMENT has laid siege on the business sector, ominously accusing it of overcharging consumers in pursuit of super profits and engaging in "financial terrorism".President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt fears unrest over meltdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime fears mass social unrest and has placed security forces on high alert, as economic deterioration inexorably accelerates, amid a wave of price increases. The meltd...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'ED in fix as prices soar and workers ask for more money' - déjà vu, now it us in fix
"ED in fix …. as government workers want more money" screamed the Daily News Live headlines! "With only less than a month gone after their pay cheques were reviewed upwards, government worke...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 22:58hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa's deception triggers violence
If there is any Zimbabwean politician who reads religiously Niccolò Machiavelli's "bible", The Prince, it has to be MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa. Chamisa has personified Machiavelli's imagery o...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Editorial - The Herald
How 'baby-dumping' Joice Mujuru played out
The first quarter of 2014 revealed that the main opposition party, the MDC-T, was in a similar state of disarray.It first came to the surface when MDC-T deputy treasurer and former cabinet min...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe internet shutdown proves ZANU PF's illiterate support base
This morning I have been experiencing slow social media connectivity, and was suddenly overcome by a disturbing sense of déjà vu, as I remembered those days in January when the Zimbabwe regime shutd...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Taurai J. Pachena
Zimbabweans need to do a serious soul searching
What should government do to response to ongoing tensions between police officers the army and communities. Zimbabwe must sharply condemn the rioters for damaging private property and taking i...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mutsvangwa stands down
The vice president of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa, left the leadership of the Forum last week after an eventful two years at the helm of the inter-parliamentary body that b...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
One year after Mugabe: A revolution still not televised
On November 15, 2017, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's longest serving ruler was confined to his private residence in the affluent suburb of Borrowdale in Harare, Zimbabwe. This came as armed soldiers took c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Takura Zhangazha
A dismissal that changed the course of Zimbabwe's history
The band played on. Feverishly. Madly. Deafening sounds and wet, clammy bodies gyrating against each other in lustful, prodigal passions. Zimbabwe was enthralled by a mad political spectacle. It was t...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mnangagwa must deal with economy to avert collapse
BAKERS will today increase the price of bread to $1,40 following a government commitment to avail 80% of their foreign currency requirements.This came hardly a week after government last weeke...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | | by Editorial - newsday
National wisdom, honest optimism can rescue Zimbabwe
FELLOW Zimbabweans, it is almost November again. Are you getting this novemberish sense of déjà vu? Remember November 2017? It was the best of times and the worst of times.This November, pro...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 3 | by Brian Kagoro
RBZ, fat cats rule the black market
Someone must do the right thing, grab the office keys from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, and take him to a job that he actually deserves. Because he looks and acts like a...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:53hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa rally ban a déjà vu moment
ZIMBABWE has turned the corner, or has it? The decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to ban an opposition "feedback rally" that was set to be addressed by MDC Alliance leader and losin...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Editorial - newsday
'Zimbabwe polls were meant to start new era'
Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared president of Zimbabwe amid protests and violence.But Zimbabweans are now in a post-political, economy-first mood.Before Zimbabwe's general election...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 13:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Who betrayed Africa? Who betrayed me?
By the time others opted for guns, Spears were our splendid war tools By the time others were professionals, Naiveness made us fools Naively! Naiveness made my winter seasons painf...Published: 24 May 2018 at 20:14hrs | 2 | by Poseidon Tsautsau
Zanu-PF primary elections: Success wrapped in chaos
Last week I focussed on unpacking the Zanu-PF primary elections, which have now come, but have not gone as they still dominate the news cycle.There is a prevalent view that the commissariat (o...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Innocent Batsani Ncube
Scepticism over Mnangagwa's China 'mega deals'
BEFORE the Israelites could enter the promised land of Canaan, they spent over 40 years in the wilderness, where they were assisted with "manna from heaven" when food became scarce.The story h...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time to temper Mnangagwa expectations
Just under a year ago, I began writing this column, where my goal was to bring about dispassionate debate about the political and social developments in the country.At the end of November, whe...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 14:37hrs | 2 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Zimbabweans enjoying SA's 'Asante sana moment'
Zimbabweans have taken to Twitter to express their views on South Africa’s unfolding political drama, and many see parallels with the one that gripped their own country when Robert Mugabe was remove...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 06:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition's monomania renders it redundant as outwitted by ZANU PF
Zimbabwean opposition's witless one-track obsession with the 'Mugabe must go!' mantra, as their only strategy to unseat the ZANU PF government, has backfired after the resignation of the aging leader ...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 17:48hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Politics in Zimbabwe and the role of the army
A messy stand-off between the government, protesters and the army suggests that controlling Zimbabwe is harder than ever. SEIZING control of the state-controlled broadcaster used to be the prelude to ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bob and Grace Mugabe's Muppet Show is in full swing
Get ready to salsa to the sounds of party-political kongonya when Grace Mugabe takes centre stage at the Zanu-PF special congress scheduled for December. So I hope Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa ca...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:59hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
Mugabe Cabinet reshuffle - Recycling of dead wood
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe at the weekend promised a Cabinet reshuffle, which instead of inspiring hope evokes a sense of déjà vu.In the past 18 years, Mugabe has literally had countless reshuf...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 09:57hrs | | by NewsDay Editorial Comment
Déjà vu as Zimbabwe's 2008 ghost returns
The year 2008 was the zenith of shortages of basic commodities. Hyperinflation reached levels that had only been seen during Europe's Great Depression. After a decade of hyperinflation, Zimbabwe learn...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 18:15hrs | | by Linda Masarira
ZUNDE urges mass public demonstration
This madness must end! It is time to finally get rid of Mugabe and ZANU PF - and the way to do it is by a mass demonstration of public sentiment.In the not so distant past, we watched the prot...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 13:14hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Khupe out in the cold, as Tsvangirai assembles the band
With some opposition parties having signed an alliance deal, MDC-T finds itself in a familiar, but unenviable position, where some party members are openly challenging their leader, Morgan Tsvangirai....Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 08:46hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Deja vu, MDC ignore 1000s warnings BVR will not stop rigging - bombarded with zillion warnings
When Tsvangirai told his supporters in Gweru that the new Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits from China would stop Zanu PF rigging the elections next year the official MDC-T position was that Zan...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 22:21hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Another corrupt big fish off the hook
When Gershem Pasi, the ex-Zimra commissioner-general, resigned from his post last week after a year on suspension for alleged multi-million corruption, the media chose to make it loud news. The nosy j...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:32hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
'CIOs must leave Zec'
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (Crisis) has said it is concerned with the continued involvement of State security agents in matters involving the country's elections.With opposition politica...Published: 07 May 2017 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe headed for deeper crisis
GOVERNMENT moved to curb social upheavals this week by reversing a policy announcement that sought to slash salaries and stop bonus payments to civil servants, at the risk of plunging the country ...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Street protests are an important first step but first of many even tougher to follow
Zimbabweans must not allowed themselves to be misled by those who see the street protests as all the nation needed to do to end Mugabe's reign of terror and have, in its place, economic prosperity and...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
No cash shortage in Victoria Falls
VICTORIA FALLS - At a time when most major towns in the country are battling cash shortages, Zimbabweans coming into Victoria Falls are obviously surprised by the flawless cash situation in this resor...Published: 27 May 2016 at 09:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Beautiful ones not yet born
The launch in Harare earlier this week of a new-but-not-so-new party on Zimbabwe's political landscape left this pen, an avid student of liberation politics, with a feeling of déjà vu all the way....Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Stephen Mpofu
A warning to Zimbabwean Ministers, all of them
The current political picturesque has Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the focal point and going into 2016, much is expected to add to the drama, mainstreaming a handful of government officials to...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 16:29hrs | 12 | by Zisunko Ndlovu
Mnangagwa prospects of succeeding Mugabe on the balance
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mooted ambitions to succeed President Robert Mugabe suffered another hammer blow at the weekend after Mashonaland East and Bulawayo became the latest Zanu-PF provin...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 14:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru: Reluctant, incapable BUILD-er
YESTERDAY, we woke up to news of a "manifesto" that is attributed to, and indeed bearing the signature of, Joice Mujuru, former Vice President of Zimbabwe. No surprises there. Since the beginn...Published: 09 Sep 2015 at 10:10hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Meet the MDC-T's best brains!
A lot of ink has already been wasted on the opposition MDCs' decision not to participate in the by- elections that MDC-T precipitated by getting Tendai Biti's group removed from Parliament.It ...Published: 20 May 2015 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
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