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Zimbabwe highway 'mysterious' bus demystified
Today, Zimbabweans are being treated to yet another story of a "talking bus" that has been parked by the roadside along Harare-Nyamapanda Highway for over three years.Tales of "talking" buses ...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kalanga's n'holo we mwizana marriage myth demystified
MARRIAGE is defined differently depending on one's culture but it is primarily an institution where interpersonal interactions, typically intimate and sexual ones are acknowledged.Every tribe ...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Outlawed section of Marriage Bill demystified
'Clause 40 provides for relationships which, to make a clear distinction between them and proper marriages, have been termed "civil partnerships". Civil partnerships are the equivalent of what would b...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 3 | by Lloyd Msipa
Mnangagwa's reform programme steams ahead
In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), this writer was asked what reforms President Mnangagwa had undertaken.The journalist asking the question was reminded that her ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Whites score big against blacks - land compensation
Land is and was at the centre of all political developments for the indigenous black Zimbabwean population's pre and post independence movements. The liberation war against white minority rule's black...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 15:37hrs | | by Terence Simbi
Mastering the Art of Public Speaking from an academic entrepreneur
It is now common in Zimbabwe to find many claiming to be professional public speakers, who, in most cases charge a fee in the name of 'public speaking.' The 2018 publication by an academic entrepreneu...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 14:37hrs | | by Brian Maregedze
'Mnangagwa is a tried, tested cadre,' says Chiwenga
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as one of the pioneers of the second Chimurenga which demystified the invincibility of the white colonial regime a mov...Published: 04 May 2018 at 21:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bused crowd divides opinion
MDC president Nelson Chamisa's massively attended Bulawayo rally has divided opinion, with some saying the crowds were bussed.Last Saturday, Chamisa invaded his rival Thokozani Khupe's homegro...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 15:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's time for rural cemeteries
Now that developmental projects like irrigation and fisheries are being commissioned in Chiweshe, Mash Central, orderly arrangements are needed. Village heads and elders must seriously consider coming...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 16:15hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Tsvangirai: Rest in power - allies, foes
FRIENDS and foes immediately paid tribute Wednesday as veteran opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai died in South Africa after a battle with cancer. He was 65.Tsvangirai, who founded the Moveme...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by AFP
The creation of a new Zanu-PF
The Zanu-PF party, initially formed as Zanu on August 8 1963 when the likes of Ndabaningi Sithole, Henry Hamadziripi, Mukudzei Midzi, Herbert Chitepo, Edgar Tekere and Leopold Takawira decided to spli...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 09:58hrs | | by Conelia Mabasa
MDC-T spreads 2018 election campaign to rural areas
The MDC has escalated its 2018 election campaign, with the Morgan Tsvangirai-led party deploying its senior officials to the rural areas to consolidate its support base in the countryside.The ...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC targets women
MDC led by former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is targeting the women's vote in the forthcoming 2018 election, with the party embarking on ‘‘kitchen meetings'' mainly in the rural areas....Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 13:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF must win Norton by-election 'at all cost' instructs Mugabe - or 'rig the vote'
There is nothing like a serious challenge to Zanu PF's iron grip on power to bring out the ugly side of that party! When the disgruntled war veterans announced that they would be switching their suppo...Published: 21 Oct 2016 at 21:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Johanne Masowe builds school
WORK has started on the construction of a private primary school owned by The Gospel of God International in Mutare's Hobhouse high-density area. The Johanne Masowe-run institution will be called Feri...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 10:39hrs | | by Letwin Mubonesi
Tsvangirai has never lost an election to Mugabe - Mwonzora
MDC-T secreatry general Douglas Mwonzora has said his leader Morgan Tsvangirai has never lost an election to President Robert Mugabe and argued that the belief that the former labour activist has no ...Published: 21 Aug 2015 at 11:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Why Dr Tsvangirai is Zimbabwe's best foot forward
Some commentators and competitors have sought to place doubt on the suitability and ability of Dr Morgan Tsvangirai to lead the Zimbabwean opposition to victory over Zanu-PF, arguing, among other thin...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 12:05hrs | | by Douglas T. Mwonzora
Why Dr Tsvangirai Is Zimbabwe's Best Foot Forward and Face of the Struggle
Some commentators and competitors have sought to place doubt on the suitability and ability of Dr Morgan Tsvangirai to lead the Zimbabwean opposition to victory over Zanu PF, arguing, among other ...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 05:42hrs | | by Douglas T. Mwonzora
Clueless MDC-T battles for relevance
Revelations by former MDC-T advisor Alex Magaisa is just but a tip of the growing dislike of Morgan Tsvangirai by his handlers. Complacence and a spat of ill conceived decisions have unimaginably ...Published: 14 May 2015 at 09:02hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Grace Mugabe shows her power
First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday demonstrated the immense power she now wields within Zimbabwe's body politic when Cabinet ministers and Zanu-PF bigwigs scrambled to Harare International Airport to ...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai youths to rescue Mugabe
Mr. Robert Mugabe, a senile and frail nonagenarian who by occupation is the shadow and ceremonial president of Zimbabwe has found a saviour in the form of his sworn enemy President Tsvangirai. The You...Published: 09 Dec 2014 at 11:00hrs | | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze - MDC-T South Africa Spokesperson
'Trevor Ncube's Skyz FM driven by profit not development'
CARRYSLOT (Pvt) Ltd, trading as Skyz FM and fronted by Media mogul Trevor Ncube is driven by profit and not the cultural development side of the concept, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe said du...Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Hangoyapalala waTjibundule
Tsvangirai's world crumbles
EMBATTLED Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, risks becoming irrelevant, politically, unless something dramatic happens to salvage his credibility, which is currently on...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 19:26hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
Tsvangirai 'becoming' politically irrelevant
EMBATTLED Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, risks becoming irrelevant, politically, unless something dramatic happens to salvage his credibility, which is currently on ...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Joseph Chinotimba demystified
When news filtered through that Joseph Chinotimba had won the Buhera South National Assembly seat on July 31, 2013, I am sure most people exclaimed in shock, "Oh my word, we are in trouble. Ch...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 12:55hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Zimbabwe loses billions to SA gold buyers
ZIMBABWE is losing billions of dollars worth of gold to South African buyers who are offering local small scale miners high prices for the yellow metal, Parliament heard on Monday. Officia...Published: 25 Feb 2014 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe - A man and president Zimbabwe never needed!
Plainly, Robert Mugabe was the wrong man and the wrong president for a post-colonial State to succeed Rhodesia, by whatever name that post-colonial would be known. As readers can clearly tell, I d...Published: 17 Jan 2014 at 15:26hrs | | by Stella Msebele
Tsvangirai is our best foot forward!
THERE is a sponsored cacophony that is rising against the tide of the true national sentiment - it is the paid noise that is saying Morgan Tsvangirai must go.There is a difference between the ...Published: 27 Sep 2013 at 05:20hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Morgan Tsvangirai - Small man in a big chair
Before Morgan Tsvangirai entered the world of governance he enjoyed a rather stupendous mass of sympathy support, both at home and abroad. This was precisely because opposition politics was merely ab...Published: 17 May 2013 at 05:24hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Property transfer process demystified
The processes of transferring property can seem vexatious and in some instances too long for the party that is buying a property.It becomes worrisome that after paying the full purchase price,...Published: 20 Oct 2011 at 04:49hrs | | by Vengai Madzima
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