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Matabeleland still waiting for justice, says Sikhala
The launch of opposition politician Job Sikhala's memoir, Footprints in the Chains, turned into a powerful platform for raw and impassioned calls for truth, justice, and national healing-particularly ...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:15hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Speech by Mnangagwa ta the launch of the Zimbabwe Media Policy
Director of Ceremonies; Vice President, Hon. Gen. (Rtd) Dr. C. G. D. N. Chiwenga; Vice President, Hon. Col. (Rtd) K. C. D. Mohadi; National Chairman of ZANU PF and Minister of Defence, Hon. O. C. Z. M...Published: 28 May 2025 at 13:13hrs | 474 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
CCC councillor resigns to contest Insiza North Parly seat as independent
In a significant political development ahead of the 14 June by-elections, Ward 15 Councillor for Filabusi District, Leslie Dube, has tendered his resignation from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CC...Published: 14 May 2025 at 15:28hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Why community engagement and dialogue are key for Zimbabwe's development
Communities are the backbone of any country.I was recently privileged to moderate the Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue on Bridging Community Solutions and National Policy - organized by the Institu...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:45hrs | 154 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe Media Commission fires warning shots at media houses
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has issued a strongly worded statement condemning what it describes as a growing trend of slanderous and irresponsible reporting by media houses. The commission exp...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 14:35hrs | 374 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
The existential crisis of Zimbabwe's opposition
THE Zimbabwean opposition is facing an existential crisis, magnified in the age of social media where differences and conflicts are relentlessly amplified. In the noise of these internal battles, the ...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 20:06hrs | 563 | by Chofamba Sithole
'Zanu-PF's use of excessive force is a sign of fear, paranoia'
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has strongly condemned the "excessive use of force" by Zimbabwean authorities following the arrest and detention of Senator Jameson Timba and 78 othe...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:19hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Job Sikhala speech at the UN Geneva Summit
Iwant to greet you, honorable guests of this important summit for Human Rights and Democracy, from all the four corners of the world. I am Job Sikala, the surviving political prisoner from Zimbabwe. I...Published: 17 May 2024 at 16:38hrs | 62 | by Jo Sikhala
Mnangagwa enjoy CCC internal squabbles
Zanu-PF has no dog in the internal squabbles tearing apart the country's opposition but will gladly capitalise on the fracas to entrench its dominance in a democratic Zimbabwe, President Mnangagwa sai...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Failure to comprehend CCC's sell-out on reforms is symptomatic of incurable stupidity and worse
"Chounorasiswa ndochiri muruoko. Chirimudumbu unorotwiswa. Hupenzi chifo, unofa nahwo!" (What you are holding, you can throw away. What is on your stomach, you can vomit. Stupidity is a curse you take...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 22:30hrs | 17 | by Wilbert Mukori
David Coltart says Biti, Ncube have shown commitment to a democratic Zimbabwe
David Coltart, a former Minister of Education in Zimbabwe, has conveyed his disappointment regarding the purported divisions among Nelson Chamisa, Tendai Biti, and Welshman Ncube. Coltart, referring t...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
There's life beyond State House, Mr. President!
Is it not most embarrassing that Zimbabwe has never experienced a democratic smooth transfer of power since independence 43 years ago?In fact, it gets even more shameful that the only time pow...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's democratic credentials non-existent
ON his return from brief exile in South Africa on November 22, 2017 after the late former President Robert Mugabe had been deposed by his military chiefs in a coup, Emmerson Mnangagwa told Zanu-PF sup...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Dr Admore Tshuma
Mnangagwa must allow the opposition to campaign freely
A democratic Zimbabwe cannot be built on undemocratic processes like violation of the constitution, continuation of Zanu PF poor policies, violence, lack of respect of the rule of law and abuse of hum...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 18:25hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
'Jonathan Moyo preparing for life after Mnangagwa'
THE open letter of apology by self-exiled former ministers Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao - addressed to Zanu-PF members - shows that the two politicians may be preparing for life after Emmerson Mna...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga put his head on the block for Mnangagwa
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was the then commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, put his head on the block to rescue President Emmerson Mnangagwa before handing him power after the 2017...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pressures Parly on PVOs Bill
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has piled pressure on Parliament to fast-track the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill but opposition leaders have urged a rethink....Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's epic speech on epic day
MEMORY is a site of the struggle. Only in the rubric of yester-year memories can we trace where we have come from so that we use the lessons of the past to forge and sharpen future struggles on the an...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 12 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
CCC is an autocracy masquerading as a democracy, 'it is not a dirty tactic to point out this fact!'
"It is a confirmed fact that CCC is a brand new party with no founding process, no constitution, no structures, and no elected leadership. This fact means CCC is operating illegally, like a secret soc...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 11:15hrs | 12 | by Nomusa Garikai
NGOs claims to be targets of Zanu-PF
HUMAN rights defenders have lamented heightened criminalisation of human rights defenders in the country which they say was a strategy to silence dissent ahead of next year's polls.This came o...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa critic Magaisa dies
Former special advisor to the late Morgan Tsvangirai, Dr Alex Magaisa has reportedly died.SAPES Trust Director Ibbo Mandaza shared the sad news on Twitter on Sunday morning....Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 12:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZAPU must not Capitulate or Bulk under political pressure
My loss under the MDC ticket under Prof Welshman Ncube in 2013 was devastating personally, professionally and politically. We had a great campaign and candidates and hey a great programme to create a ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 15:32hrs | 9 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Hope for reformed, democratic Zimbabwe under Mnangagwa fading
THE high levels of intolerance witnessed in most parts of the country in the run-up to last week's by-elections were enough proof that Zimbabwe is still far from being a mature democracy.If he...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC-T reduced to a toddler
These recently held bye-election have grossly exposed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's created official opposition which he tried to install without followi...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Time for our nation to celebrate Dr Strive Masiyiwa and apologize for past government mistakes
Dr Strive Masiyiwa thank you for serving the telecommunications, financial services, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with ultimate distinction. Some describe you as the son of the...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:02hrs | 14 | by Eng. Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Tsvangirai a beacon of democracy, claims Zanu-PF
People from across the political divide yesterday took time to honour the late veteran trade unionist and opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, with his long-time rivals from Zanu-PF party describi...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa suffers yet another diplomatic blow
THE United States government has poured cold water on President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s claim that he held a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden last month to discuss ways of removing san...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa suffers yet another diplomatic blow
THE United States government has poured cold water on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claim that he held a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden last month to discuss ways of removing sanctions agai...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 19:38hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Uzalo's Mangcobo headlines a #Registertovote ZANC event in Jhb
South African actress Dawn Thandeka King, well-known as Mangcobo in the soapie Uzalo, recently delivered a guest speaker speech to Zimbabweans living in the diaspora urging them go back home and regis...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 19:57hrs | 17 | by Thembelani Moyo
League of Patriots to launch Kick out sanctions campaign
Sanctions are hurting the people of Zimbabwe and the economy of Zimbabwe. Sanctions have stifled economic growth and recovery. Sanctions have cost Zimbabwe an estimated US$42 billion in revenu...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 12:38hrs | 33 | by Itai Gumbo
Jonathan Moyo - a long overdue dose of karma
IN the years following the 2013 election, it was clear that late former President Robert Mugabe, in his ninth decade of life, had no intention of stepping down and made no attempt to groom an heir app...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Cedric Steele
Mnangagwa will fall with a thud
As I prepared to leave Sydney and its congestion and retreat to a quieter place this past Sunday morning, my curiously inquisitive eye caught a disturbing news report in one of the weekend newspapers ...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Mutsa Murenje in Alice Springs, Australia
Winning the masses for positive change
I had received satisfactory results from my Advanced Level exams at Ruya Adventist High School in early 2003. Due to my contiguity to the seat of educational power, I had been informed that Nathan and...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | | by Mutsa Murenje Sydney, Australia
Zimbabwe's A1 known knowns: Zanu PF has already rigged 2023 and participating will give illegal regime legitimacy
"There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 23:00hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The degeneration of Zimbabwe is often cuased by lack of heroic acts by society to protect our institutions
Our representative democracy and constitution were made within the realm of moral and religious people. It therefore follows that the two are wholly inadequate to a government which may decide to be n...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:14hrs | | by Brian Sedze
Zanu PF vote against UN resolution protecting against genocide - but of course, 'Zanu PF ndeye ropa!'
"ZIMBABWE was one of the few countries that Tuesday voted against a United Nations General Assembly resolution seeking to protect vulnerable populations against "genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing...Published: 21 May 2021 at 12:57hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
Crisis Coalition blasts Mnangagwa's spin doctor
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has vowed to continue with its pursuit for a democratic society in the wake of continued intimidation by some top government officials irked by the NGO grouping's w...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF Amendments will lead another coup d'état' - some Professor, doesn't even know what led to 2017 coup
For a University graduate much more a University Professor of a highly acclaimed institution like University of Oxford, UK; one would expect Arthur Mutambara to have common sense and thus say somethin...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu PF has dismembered MDC A, will not need to rig to win 2023' - only counter, demand reforms before 2023
Dear Tony Reeler,Thank you very much for your thought-provoking article 'Zanu PF won't concede electoral defeat' in New Zimbabwe and Bulawayo24. The root cause of Zimbabwe economic meltdown an...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC-T is putting the cart before the horse
RECENTLY, someone asked me to share my view on the recent call by the MDC-T for dialogue for all the concerned stakeholders to discuss a common way forward for our great country, Zimbabwe.The ...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Daniel Molokele, Hwange Central MP, MDC Alliance
Reshuffle now a must to move Zimbabwe beyond Covid-19
Zimbabwe's government under the leadership of President ED Mnangagwa has faced enormous challenges in the short period it has been steering the national agenda. With the events of 2017 ushering in a n...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 22:13hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Zanu PF greed is on steroids, will not give up power' said ZCTU - know enemy well but ignorant of yourself
My beef with Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leaders, as with many other civic organisations in Zimbabwe, is why they have remained doggedly loyal MDC leaders even in the face of the overwhel...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'SA lacks will to rescue Zimbabwe' - as we lack common sense to rescue ourselves
Dear Tendai Dumbutshena Thank you very much for yet another informative and thought provoking article, "SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe" in Bulawayo 24."But hope springs eternal. ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Colonialist UK pushes to further isolate the Mnangagwa government
THE United Kingdom's unexpected move this week to impose sanctions on four Zimbabwean security chiefs for human rights violations - following a series of critical pronouncements in recent months - sig...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs use sanctions excuse to loot, says Mzembi
FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi yesterday criticised the continued placement of Zanu-PF officials on the sanctions' list saying it was giving some bigwigs in government leeway to engage ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's UK re-engagement bid comes apart
ZIMBABWE'S attempts to restore normal relations with Western powers could be in jeopardy after British prime minister Boris Johnson's administration slapped sanctions on four top government officials....Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19, ubuntu, and the demise of our oppressors
Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been battling against the COVID-19 pandemic which has proven, time without number, to be a biomedical public health emergency. Highly transmissible, COVID-19...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 16:26hrs | 2 | by Mutsa Murenje in Queensland, Australia
We look up to the MDC Alliance
After successfully submitting my doctoral disquisition in October 2019, I thought of taking a three-month break as I waited for my examiners' feedback. This meant travelling to South Africa where my w...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 10:13hrs | | by Mutsa Murenje in Queensland, Australia
'Mnangagwa must fulfil promises for sanctions to go,' says sanctions denialist UK
THE BRITISH government has reiterated its readiness to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration if they fulfil their promises of reform that were made when the late former president...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 18:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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