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If USA 'stand with Zim' then remove the sanctions - only dimwit would want sanctions lifted
"The United States of America Embassy in Harare has come under fire for posting a status on Twitter saying America stands with Zimbabwe as the country celebrate its 39th Independence," reported Bulawa...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 18:20hrs | 524 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'MDC has no hand in sanctions'
The Daily News on Sunday Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda caught up with journalist, and human rights advocate Grace Kwinje who is the MDC Alliance's European Union representative based in Brussels. S...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 17:48hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
'Drop sanctions' said Washington experts - burning tyres producing lots of obnoxious smoke but little heat and no light
"Experts in Washington, discussing whether or not Zimbabwe is a source of shame or opportunity for Africa, were unanimous in their position that targeted sanctions were hurtful to the country, and mus...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:44hrs | 675 | by Nomusa Garikai
Sudan's revolution has melted the core - pray, new cast is not yet another dictatorship
"In his first televised address, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman said he was also cancelling a night curfew ordered by his predecessor and ordered the release of all prisoners ja...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | 212 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa has failed to revive economy and Gono to take over in 2020 - he too will fail, guaranteed
Zanu-PF hardliners are in panic mode and for good reasons, the economic meltdown is in overdrive! The country's de fact local currency the Real Time Gross Settlement Dollar (RTGS$) has been losing mor...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:04hrs | 5935 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mwonzora & MDC Guptas' untimely political menopause
I suffered a psychological stroke upon receiving news of the defeat of Hon Mwonzora in his Sakubva home ground. The defeat of Hon Mwonzora in Manicaland should not be taken for granted. Politica...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1946 | by Don Chigumba
Chamisa needs a united MDC
AS THE MDC congress approaches, the country's largest opposition party continues to send contradictions.On Sunday, its secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora announced that he would contest to ret...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1604 | by Editorial - Daily News
Independence Day Demo! - We demand true independence?
Independence Day celebrations are fast approaching - Should we be celebrating independence? Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) activists are going to protest against Independence Day ce...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 20:10hrs | 2086 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Charamba's obsession of arrogance
President Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba who has dedicated his life to justify all evils perpetrated by Zanu-PF over the decades displayed once more his arrogance as he gave Zanu-PF's positi...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:16hrs | 1885 | by Mkhululi Zulu
Off the comfort zone with the Gregarious Chamisa: A View from the rural-dweller
The juicy and chocolate side of the socialite MDC President, Nelson Chamisa, is mainly his off-the-comfort-zone personality. This makes him an extra-ordinary political leader in that facet in Zimbabwe...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:15hrs | 901 | by Nhlanhla Moses
'I NOW realise corruption is deep-root' confessed ED - nonsense, you are the godfather
"I now realise that corruption is deep-rooted. I thought that by pronouncing that let's fight corruption those who are corrupt will fear and stop; it's not like that. It's so rooted that you have to f...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1532 | by Nomusa Garikai
Independence Day Demo! - We demand true independence?
Independence Day celebrations are fast approaching - Should we be celebrating independence? Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) activists are going to protest against Independence Day ce...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 15:05hrs | 3371 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Bank fined US$18 million for violation US sanctions – sanctions are now hitting the target, great
"Dear Zimbabwe US sanctions against Zimbabwe are not targeted. They affect all of us. Don't listen to the United States Embassy propaganda," Trevor Ncube said.Ncube was speaking after the Unit...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 20:49hrs | 2127 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Regional trade will cure Zim fragile economy' WB proscribed - this is false medicine, I hate false medicine
"The increases in prices that we have witnessed since October last year will affect the growth rate for 2019. For 2018, in the first quarter the growth was real, but it was then disturbed by the last ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 19:30hrs | 845 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Opposition participate in illegal elections for povo's 'welfare' - how has povo ever benefited from rigged elections
Zimbabwe is in this economic mess with unemployment level a dizzying 90%, no clean water, health care service that has all but collapsed, etc. because the country has been stuck these last 38 years wi...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 481 | by Nomusa Garikai
How Mnangagwa won Zimbabwe's landmark elections
ON August 1, following the announcement of the parliamentary election results in Zimbabwe, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF winning a clear majority, opposition MDC Alliance supporters held a de...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 3481 | by Al Jazeera
Devolution: An idea whose time has come
Many countries have witnessed the decentralisation of state functions in the form of both political and administrative devolution, which gives citizens more power to elect representatives who understa...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:06hrs | 369 | by Abednico Bhebhe
'Way forward is a10 year GNU with no election' - clever, punish nation to appease those rigging elections!
I have read some foolish things in my life but what Hopewell Chinono said in his recent article takes the biscuit!"Elections have done completely nothing democratic for Zimbabwe, except removi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 22:25hrs | 1858 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zimbabwe is an amazing place to live' boasted Cross - not for the millions living in abject poverty
When Zimbabwe gained her independence in 1980, the country had the potential to become a prosperous nation, the South Korea of Africa. The last 38 years of corrupt and tyrannical Zanu-PF dictatorship ...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1054 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Light is shining at the end of the Zimbabwe tunnel
Today Zimbabwe reminded me why I think this is such an amazing place to live. I woke just after 5am, outside it was crisp, dew on the grass and the birds just waking up with me – a pair of Robins se...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:29hrs | 7053 | by Eddie Cross
'SADC must listen to MDC' Chamisa cried - Why, have you ever listened to anyone?
"OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who recently embarked on a regional diplomatic offensive to sound SADC leaders on Zimbabwe's worsening political and economic crisis, has pleaded with the bloc t...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:12hrs | 4012 | by Nomusa Garikai
'The West is the one demanding regime change' - actually it is povo and change is ripe
"Over the years, the US-backed and Western-sponsored opposition politics in our country has been in many ways a replay of Washington's mindless games that started soon after the declaration of the Ame...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 1245 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's hands clean on Bulawayo by-election defeat
MDC president Nelson Chamisa's spokesperson has distanced his boss from the main opposition's dismal performance during a weekend Bulawayo council by-election which saw Zanu-PF beat its main rival to ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 6539 | by newzimbabwe.com
Mwonzora is a friendly but difficult opponent
AS THE eagerly-anticipated MDC congress looms large, alliances, vitriol and realignments are taking centre stage in the country's largest opposition movement.Deputy Chief Writer Tendai Kamhung...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:45hrs | 3605 | by Staff reporter
MDC cry foul over Zanu PF vote buying - yet participating regardless, hypocrites
"MDC has cried foul over ZANU PF's alleged vote-buying ahead of the Cowdray Park local government by-election slated for this Saturday," reported Daily News."This comes when Vice President Kem...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1214 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimra foils Biti's bid to smuggle books
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) yesterday foiled an attempt by MDC-Alliance deputy chairman Mr Tendai Biti to smuggle copies of his book, Democracy Works, without paying import duties. ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:30hrs | 1414 | by Staff reporter
African leaders responsible for xenophobia in South Africa
We condemn xenophobia currently underway in South Africa in the strongest terms it deserves, it cannot be justifiable. We have been watching some of the gruesome murders, maiming, and attempted murder...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 13:30hrs | 4576 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Open letter to President Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's admission that he is the one who authorised the deployment of soldiers to quell street protests on August 1, 2018 and in January this year was brave but leaves neutrals ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 18:47hrs | 3872 | by Viniel Deredza
Arbitrary arrests won’t solve Gukurahundi
Zimbabwe African People's Union is dismayed by the state's arrest on journalist Zenzele Ndebele at Bulawayo State House today. As much as it is a clear misplacement of priorities in a co...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 17:44hrs | 1559 | by Iphithule Maphosa
ZAPU calls for the release of Zenzele Ndebele
The Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) has expressed its dismay at the arrest of Bulawayo journalist Zenzele Ndebele.Ndebele was arrested at the Bulawayo State House where there was a civi...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 17:39hrs | 1923 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pastor demands an end to 'elitist dialogue' - confused, doesn't even know elections were rigged
Confusion reigns supreme in Zimbabwe. Confusion is when one says this, the other says that and the third says something else which is neither this nor that in a matter as simple as 1 + 1 = 2. ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 09:11hrs | 1302 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Hopewell Chin'ono's Save Our Hospitals initiative good idea but he is offside
I like Hopewell Chin'ono, he is an ambitious young man full of political energy. He is the mastermind of the idea behind the Save Our Hospitals initiative launched in the month of March 2019. He alrea...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 21:03hrs | 1914 | by Don Chigumba
“Zanu PF has failed to provide health care, we must” – no, remove Zanu PF
The trouble with Zanu PF apologists like you Hopewell Chinono is that they are incapable of thinking logically. "Ultimately the responsibility for health care in Zimbabwe lies with the State, ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 09:06hrs | 2027 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC Shurugwi backs Chamisa
MDC Shurugwi South district has passed a resolution to nominate party leader Nelson Chamisa for presidency ahead of the elective congress scheduled for May.The resolution was unanimously passe...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 06:06hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
'PAC will provide solutions to Zimbabwe's myriad of problems' - wishful, they are corrupt
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday held his inaugural meeting with the Presidential Advisory Council (Pac) recently appointed to assist in bringing in new ideas, policy proposals and solutions to...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:12hrs | 791 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Sanctions do not target povo' USA explained, again - link to free elections is not obvious to brainwashed
"The U.S. does not maintain comprehensive sanctions against Zimbabwe. Suggestions that the U.S. intends to harm the Zimbabwean people with sanctions are false and misleading," explained the US Embassy...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 11:06hrs | 1180 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa splits MDC?
It happened there: how democracy died in MDC. A new kind of authoritarianism is taking root in the opposition and there are warning signs for Zimbabwe and its people.The MDC T or A's border ru...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 4998 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa's Statement to the Press
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa's Statement to the Press on the 6th of March 2019 - Morgan Richard Tsvangirai HouseDefining a new course for Zimbabwe.(New Direction, New Ideas)Ba...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:13hrs | 1059 | by Adv. Nelson Chamisa
MDC Alliance planned to win 2018 with 4.5m votes - failed, plan lacked even common sense
MDC Alliance leaders want to cast themselves as democrats who have embraced the democratic ethos of open and meaningful debate and democratic competition. They are not democrats and there is nothing l...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 23:05hrs | 1362 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
EU's clean break for Mnangagwa
There is little justice and respect for basic human rights in Zimbabwe, still the European Union (EU) softened its sanctions regime.In February, after egregious human rights abuses escalated b...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1076 | by Pearl Matibe
MDC Alliance youths threaten Chamisa rivals
MDC-Alliance's Harare provincial youth assembly have declared anyone challenging Mr Nelson Chamisa for the presidency at the congress in May as "the enemy". Addressing a Press conference in Ha...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:11hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Massive arrests of opposition/civic society leaders resonate with the dictates of the struggle
Key among the duties of MPs is not only to pass laws in parliament but can also be arrested or even die for the sake of the struggle. Josiah Magama Tongogara never saw a new Zimbabwe, he spent his ent...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 09:52hrs | 1431 | by Don Chigumba
UN to send multinational force to intervene in Zimbabwe?
COLOGNE/HARARE, PRETORIA - The United Nations Security Council is likely to approve the intervention of a multinational force to Zimbabwe, to disarm and disable President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bloodthi...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 08:06hrs | 37467 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Mnangagwa mirrors Mugabe - report
ZIMBABWE'S new dispensation mirrors the previous regime as President Emmerson Mnangagwa - who won a disputed election last year - fails to walk the talk on democratic reforms, the latest annual Freedo...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 21:17hrs | 4080 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe the next Venezuela?
History teaches that things may get worse in both countries before they get better.This weekend's news that protesters were gunned down at Venezuela's border while pro-regime thugs burned truc...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 7308 | by John Fund I nationalreview.com
Ncube et al on yet another 'global roadshow' to lure investors - whilst Zim remains a pariah state, will lure no one
The real tragedy in Zimbabwe is that we have a regime that knows it will never ever be held to account for anything and so it has said and done as it jolly well pleased. It has made promises only to b...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1047 | by Nomusa Garikai
War vets drop bid to remove Mugabe's name from Harare airport
THE Zimbabwe National War Veterans association (ZNLWVA) has dropped its bid to have former president Robert Mugabe's name removed from the country's main airport in Harare.In an interview with...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | 1951 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's illegitimacy must be resolved - no economic recovery until we do
Zanu PF has rigged elections in the past and got away with it. This time things are different the issue of rigged elections is not going away and the party is at a loss what to do. "Everybody ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 10:43hrs | 6610 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's rural politics
The vulnerability of Rural Zimbabweans politically is appalling. It doesn't matter how politically clear they may be or how knowledgeable of their human rights they are, they still fall prey to Zanu-P...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2168 | by Clement Moyo
Chamisa cries as his political career ends
The MDC Alliance is now constitutionally without a leader following the expiry of the temporary term of the leader Mr Nelson Chamisa on 14 February 2019. Chamisa ascended to the thrown after twisting ...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:52hrs | 59666 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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