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EU ratchets poll reforms pressure?
THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) is ratcheting up pressure on Zimbabwe to institute reforms to its electoral system after its final report called into question the independence of...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Premiere of Gukurahundi documentary hailed
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has hailed the decision to publicly stage a documentary about the Gukurahundi genocide that had initially sparked complaints from the poli...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 15:40hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants CIO minister dropped
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa wants President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rescind his decision to appoint Zanu-PF Gokwe-Kana MP Owen Ncube as Minister of State for National Security.In a stat...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:55hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar legend reveals dark past
Bruce Grobbelaar, largely regarded as a football icon in the country because of his heroics for The Warriors and Liverpool FC, has revealed his 'other side' in a yet to be released new book, 'Life in ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 13:24hrs | 4112 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa 'won', but lost the 2018 election
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa won the 2018 election on one hand, but lost it on the other. First, while the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and Mnangagwa celebrated their vindication by the Constitutional C...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:57hrs | 7995 | by Moses Tofa
Mugabe's former ministers under siege
FORMER Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa was yesterday arrested on charges of criminal abuse of office, the first high profile casualty of a crackdown by a Special Anti-Corruption Unit...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 3931 | by Staff reporter
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 | 905 | by Editorial - newsday
Mnangagwa's Pyrrhic victory
AFTER the coup that catapulted President Emmerson Mnangagwa to power last year, his Holy Grail in the election held on Monday this week was the quest for legitimacy: but it did not go according to pla...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 12:25hrs | 1459 | by Kudzai Kuwaza
Why Mnangagwa is unelectable
The current Coup President has just called for the watershed harmonised elections in Zimbabwe on the 30th July 2018. This is the first time Zimbabweans are going to the polls without the name Robert M...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 09:54hrs | 1840 | by Frazer Muzondo
Chamisa, Mnangagwa in panic mode
WITH time fast running out ahead of Monday's general elections, opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has reportedly pressed the panic button amid fears that the Sadc Troika ma...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 9056 | by Staff reporter
Lifting the lid on Chamisa's dark past
Throughout this election campaign we have heard a lot of discussion about ED's past. And rightly so. He has been an integral figure in our national history, for better or worse, and it is only proper ...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 09:22hrs | 31647 | by Precious Kwaramba
'Mnangagwa still not safe'
Unless President Emmerson Mnangagwa deals with those who are out to destroy him his life will remain under constant threat, social and political analysts contend.The recent bomb attack in Bula...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 14:01hrs | 1996 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa remains who he always has been
THE push for democratic change in Zimbabwe is under threat from the "remnants of dictatorship, their propagandists and enablers, both at home and abroad", Tendai Biti has written.In an article...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:30hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is gone - but the machinery of repression is alive and well
Tendai Biti, a member of the opposition MDC Alliance, is a constitutional lawyer who served as Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2013.The June 23 explosion at a campaign rally that k...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 18:37hrs | 1743 | by Tendai Biti
Mnangagwa cannot claim to be a Paul
Ever since his military-aided coronation in November last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has consciously been portraying himself as a Saul converted to Paul. He, henceforth, embraced a new mission...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:09hrs | 1370 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Zimbabwe Elections: Six make-or-break issues
With the recent announcement of July 30 2018 as the election date, Zimbabwe is less than two months away from crucial polls that are expected to restore political legitimacy following the military-led...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 17:27hrs | 2668 | by Siphosami Malunga
Gukurahundi 'victim' remains exhumed
A family from Silozwi in Matobo last week exhumed the remains of their relative, who was reportedly killed during the Gukurahundi massacres, after several failed attempts.Police on several occ...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:06hrs | 524 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe exiles yearn for return home
SINDISO Chigwadza (not real name) is a 33-year-old street entrepreneur working in the hipster suburb of Parkhurst in Johannesburg. He sells wooden fruit bowls to diners exploring the famous restaurant...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:53hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Muzorewa's party bounces back, targets 29 Parly seats
THE late former Zimbabwe-Rhodesia leader Bishop Abel Muzorewa's younger brother, Gwinyai says he only needs two months to campaign for the presidency in this year's general elections, where his party ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa delivers impassioned 90-minute address to visiting US senators'
I had a chat with an amiable insider who was in the delegations that met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week on Saturday.In what has been described as a spirited but calm performance t...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:57hrs | 3467 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Mnangagwa can't touch Grace Mugabe
Grace Mugabe visited Gwina Farm - one of her numerous farms - in Banket in late February and said something telling. She boldly told her farm workers who were demanding their terminal benefits that sh...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:03hrs | 1593 | by Tawanda Majoni
The dark chapter of Zimbabwe's history that won't go away
With Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa just concluding a 100-day timeline to addresses what he considered the country's most pressing issues, which focused on economic revival, human rights ...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 08:24hrs | 1444 | by IPS
The bullied becomes the bully
As a people we have been bullied for more than three decades. We weren't allowed to speak up, we faced harassment and violence.Now that chapter is over and Zimbabwe is free of dictatorship, so...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 13:54hrs | 2873 | by Mike Tawanda
EXCLUSIVE: Mugabe ceded power to Mnangagwa in 2008, but reneged on deal in 2013
COLOGNE– President Emmerson Mnangagwa could have been sworn into office, as early as December 2014, after former leader, Robert Mugabe, had reportedly struck an informal gentlemen’s agreement to h...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 07:32hrs | 10716 | by Itai Mushekwe
Respect NPRC Meetings
The Zimbabwe Campaign For Good Governance (ZCGG) is dismayed by the disruption of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission consultative meeting at Lupane on Tuesday the 26th of February 2018. ...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 21:59hrs | 839 | by MM Changamire
Coltart and Gukurahundi conspiracy against Mnangagwa
Last week, opposition politician and lawyer - one of Zimbabwe's few politically active white men - David Coltart, published on his blog a statement "on Rhodesian atrocities, his time in the BSAP and a...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:24hrs | 367 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Matabeleland electorate be careful about evil intentions of Jonathan Moyo on social media
We are indeed weary of Jonathan Moyo's tweets. At best he should give the electorate a break and he shuts up from wherever he is. The tweets relay the same message: GUGURAHUNDI! We shall lose this cau...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 21:10hrs | 4921 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chaos in the health sector - PDP
Yesterday an old look cabinet was restored into office by President Mnangagwa who blew an opportunity to restart, bring in new ideas and buy confidence from the Zimbabwean people.The citizen h...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 15:46hrs | 1353 | by PDP
Army 'must desist harassing citizen,' says coup General - iron fist in a velvet glove
"The Commander Zimbabwe National Army Lieutenant General Phillip Valerio Sibanda has called on the national army to be disciplined and to desist from harassing citizens," reported Bulawayo24. "Li...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 19:32hrs | 4631 | by Nomusa Garikai
Why the role of the Zimbabwe army can't be trusted
This article is taken from The ConversationFormer Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s forced resignation invites a re-examination of the military’s role in political affairs. While a prof...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 06:50hrs | 3424 | by Yvonne Rowa
Ibhetshu LikaZulu to celebrate World Genocide Day
BULAWAYO pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu says it will celebrate this year's World Genocide Commemoration Day on December 9 with a memorial service at a Gukurahundi mass grave in Tsholotsho, Matabelel...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 05:02hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Choosing between the devil and Lucifer
The past few days have left me awestruck. I witnessed many things I have never seen in Zimbabwe since my birth and learnt more about my fellow countrymen than ever before. It was surreal and monumenta...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 00:04hrs | 6575 | by Patson Dzamara
Drawing parallels between Robert Mugabe and Nkosana Moyo
This article is responding to Dumisani Muleya! "Nkosana best candidate available...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 10:51hrs | 3698 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tsvangirai's speech at the launch of the MDC Alliance
Introduction We gather here today having listened to your solemn plea for unity amongst the democratic forces in the country. While all the democratic voice...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 17:00hrs | 2589 | by Staff Reporter
Under the weather, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, due to circumstances beyond my own control, I am unable to address you this week.As most of you who care would be aware of, I had to travel ...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 19:18hrs | 863 | by CZ
Nkosana Moyo shrugs off questions on Gukurahundi
Former Industry and International Trade Minister and Zimbabwe presidential aspirant, Dr Nkosana Moyo yesterday shrugged off questions on the Matabeleland disturbances that occurred shortly after indep...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 08:25hrs | 1839 | by Staff reporter
Something's ugly with Jonathan Moyo's head
"Moyo scoffs at 'Command Ugly-Culture'."That was a headline in one of the country's daily newspapers on Monday. The paper was referring to statements attributed to Zanu-PF Politburo member and...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 06:51hrs | 2103 | by Tichaona Zindoga
'There will be no 2018 elections with no reform' predicts Dr Mandaza - elections will go ahead
In an interview with Violet Gonda, Dr Ibbo Mandaza was right in emphasising the need for postponing the next elections in Zimbabwe until the democratic reforms are implemented. Sadly, this is exactly ...Published: 01 May 2017 at 13:51hrs | 550 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mugabe rewards Joshua Nkomo ‘fixer'
LITTLE-known late Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) western region director Zenzo Ntuliki, accorded national hero status by President Robert Mugabe, helped former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo esc...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 10:05hrs | 2269 | by Staff reporter
Mapfumo tells Mugabe apologist 'Pfutseki' (Fcuk off) for denying no one elected the tyrant
In a recent radio chat show, Thomas Mapfumo took Nick Mangwana to task for denying that no Zimbabweans elected Robert Mugabe because the latter has the knack to rig elections. To fully appreciate the ...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 19:41hrs | 1520 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mugabe afraid of being prosecuted'
Former Home Affairs minister and leader of Zapu, Dumiso Dabengwa, says President Robert Mugabe does not want to retire because he fears possible prosecution for the country's dark past which is bl...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 15:08hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Trump's secret Rhodesian connection
A CASUAL reader of history may find it very remote to connect the historical dots between US President Donald Trump's "America First" mantra with a similar slogan popularised in the then Rhodesia....Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 05:48hrs | 1496 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Why Jonathan Moyo won't support Mnangagwa,
Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo's public spats with Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa have intensified since the minister's arrest last year on charges that he abused money from t...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 15:17hrs | 1329 | by Everson Mushava
Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo: marking his death on the 1st of July
If I was at home I would be drinking utshwala bamabele, but I am here in Germany where our party Zapu sent us to acquire that education which was to fight economic independence, you said. However, I a...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 15:33hrs | 2890 | by Nomazulu Thata
Seeking ethnic solutions in Zimbabwe is going global - Part four
We are in Germany today! Understanding the concept of multi-culturalism in German political landscape Is she now going crazy to think that African...Published: 30 Apr 2016 at 15:29hrs | 2739 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe, Zambia battle in CHAN
ZIMBABWE'S Warriors will try to banish the ghost which has stalked them for more than half-a-dozen years in which they have failed to win the opening game on three previous attempts at the CHAN finals...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 05:08hrs | 2734 | by Robson Sharuko
The epicentre of Zimbabwe's devaluation lies in Zanu-PF and Zanu-PF alone
On April 18 2016, Zimbabwe will celebrate 36 years of independence.This will represent 36 years of Zanu-PF's hegemony over Zimbabwe under the same leader, Robert Mugabe. In these 36 year...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:28hrs | 1421 | by Tendai Biti
Zifa's big day
AFTER months of waiting, the domestic football family will today know the man who will be ushered into the hot seat to lead it for the next 15 months and try to pluck the game from a debt trap that ha...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 07:17hrs | 1468 | by Eddie Chikamhi
Hunt for Greatness: You can change your story
To doze off at the most critical time is to cast away opportunity.Complaining about your lemons when others are converting theirs into lemonade is asinine.Whatever wakes you up is your...Published: 16 Aug 2015 at 09:06hrs | 3430 | by Milton Kamwendo
Jonathan Moyo and the hand of God
AFTER losing his Tsholotsho North seat in July 2013 to the unheralded Roselyn Nkomo of MDC-T, Professor Jonathan Moyo was like a disoriented heavyweight boxer just felled by a well-timed up...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 06:11hrs | 5005 | by Staff writer
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