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Zimbabwe's MRP rallies behind Nigeria's Yoruba people's secession lobby
Zimbabwe's Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), which advocates for the secession of Matabeleland and the Midlands from Zimbabwe to restore a Mthwakazi State, has expressed its support for Nigeria's Yoruba...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:33hrs | 438 | by Stephen Jakes
The history of the liberation struggle is incomplete without mentioning Sipolilo (Guruve) Battles
Sipolilo was the entry point for freedom fighters in Rhodesia from Zambia and Mozambique during the liberation struggle. ZANLA and ZIPRA freedom fighters infiltrated in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) through the...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:04hrs | 21 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
History of organised violence, torture in Zimbabwe (1972-2020)
ON Wednesday May 24, 2023, I joined a panel of human rights defenders to reflect on the problem of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe.This was during the launch of the report A Short H...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Dzikamai Bere
LITHIUM is fast becoming the new resource curse in Zimbabwe.
Government has already made it a strategic mineral considering its high-end socio-economic and national defense value.On the African scale, Zimbabwe is considered to hold the largest lithium d...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
AAG blasts BCC for over-pricing repossessed stands
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has hit out at the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for over-pricing repossessed stands beyond the reach of many, some of whom have been on the housing waiting list for s...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must give Matebeleland a chance to manage own affairs
The politics of Matabeleland has been in the eye of a storm for a very long time. The Zanu-PF government, opposition parties and civic society groups have always claimed to serve the interests of the ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Hon Lovemore Moyo UMD President
Mnangagwa's govt urged to address land imbalances
A JUDICIAL and land commission must be set up to address systematic land imbalances in Matabeleland, former Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo said.Moyo, in his reaction to a meeting between ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Role of government and Matabeleland Collective under scrutiny
For decades, successive Zanu-PF governments have attempted to introduce developmental and political programmes in Matabeleland without consulting the locals. In all instances these programmes ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:01hrs | | by Lovemore Moyo
Zimbabwe's version of disaster capitalism, couched as resilience
A LOCAL Zimbabwean artist, Dereck Mpofu, recently released a song titled Mweya wechiZimba. Even though the title of the song may suggest it is religious, it is upon listening to it, that you discover ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Takura Zhangazha
2018 elections, implications on Ndebele
Parliamentary representation has not helped Ndebele speaking territories much since attainment of independence. For a good hopeless 25 years or more Zanu PF MPs and ministers playing the tune of that ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 12:09hrs | | by Sazi Ntozonke
Letter to Thokozani Khupe - It will not be easy
To my sister & friend Thokozani Khupe,IN August 2014, I wrote a public letter to then First Lady Grace Mugabe on my thoughts as she prepared to become the Zanu-PF women's league boss. I ho...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Priscilla Misihairabwi
MDC-T's history of failure
In October 2012, Nelson Chamisa wrote a piece titled "MDC-T: Last mile towards real change," where he stated Zimbabwe "saunters towards the demise of the ultimate phase of a hard transition."H...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
How relevant is the Zimbabwean history to the youths?
The elections are upon us as the Zimbabwean nation. Some young people sometimes ask; 'are we going to be talking about things of the past again?' Perhaps this is because much talk on elections in Zimb...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 11:40hrs | 3 | by Mokhumi Valela
LEAKED DOCUMENT: Moyo to launch new political party
There are reports that former MDC-T National Chairman Mr Lovemore Moyo will launch a new national political party United Movement For Devolution.A leaked document circulating shows that Moyo i...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga is the one going to have final say as power is in his hands: CIO report
General Constantino Chiwenga, 61, may be subordinate to the veteran politician who replaced Mugabe as president: Emmerson Mnangagwa, nicknamed the Crocodile but he is now thought to be the most powerf...Published: 30 Dec 2017 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zunasu calls for engagement of stakeholders over fees review
The Zimbabwe National Students Union has urged the government to engage stakeholders before reviewing school fees.Zinasu Secretary General Makomborero Haruzivishe said given the current Zimbab...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 08:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Democracies that have thrived on feminine disempowerment within The African Union
Extract from Reginald Thabani Gola's Operation Save Africa Campaign: The Multi-National Silent Holocaust.Democracy - as defined in the Dictionary of Con...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 19:05hrs | | by Reginald T. Gola
We must deal with economic crisis now not after 2018 - Analyst
A political commentator Vince Musewe has warned that Zimbabwe must deal with the economic crisis rocking the nation as a matter of urgency and not wait for 2018 when expectations are high that a new g...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 06:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The NTA is a misunderstood opportunity
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights and among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap...Published: 14 Oct 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Vince Musewe
PDP Policy Brief - Background to the NTA idea
Issue date 29 September 2016In 2015 the PDP crafted two documents these being, the Holistic Program for Economic Transformation (HOPE) and the Agenda for the Restoration and Rehabilitation of ...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson
Vultures of African colonialism. The curse of South Africa and Zimbabwe
Africa has been under the imperial system longer than it has been independent,as a result,the colonial legacy still survives. In as much as pre colonial African states offer points of similarity in te...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 19:10hrs | | by Tawanda Madamombe
Tribalism, marginalisation and factionalism is history with a united opposition
A genuine and united pact of opposition parties that extends to all opposition political parties in Zimbabwe has the propensity for democratic reforms and good governance. The national common knowledg...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 19:27hrs | 1 | by Themba Mthethwa
Time for Zimbabwe to change course
The system which has been created by Mugabe and his Zanu-PF parasites is wrong and morally corrupt. It demeans the human spirit and our God given potential.The facts are clear, the Mugabe era ...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 13:49hrs | | by Vince Musewe
A new narrative is now in play
For everything there is a season and this is the season to destroy our fear and hesitation and build courage and a new narrative which says that we are not victims but have been willing accomplices in...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Chiefs are Mugabe’s foot-soldiers
PDP The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would like to draw the attention of the Ministry of Rural Development, Preservation and Promotion of Culture and Heritage, the National Council of Chief...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 09:14hrs | | by Gorden Moyo
AGG threatens Bulawayo mayor with unspecified action
The Affirmative Action Group (AAG) in Bulawayo has issued Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo a 72-hour ultimatum to respond to reports of alleged widespread tender irregularities involving his council or ...Published: 15 Jul 2015 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe will fall in 2018'
Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader, Simba Makoni, says a grand coalition of "progressive forces" including opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC, disgruntled Zanu-PF stalwarts led by former Vi...Published: 25 Apr 2015 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Equal opportunities for all - MDC-T
AS THE MOTHERLAND promenade towards the conclude of the definitive segment of a tough swop, decisions pertaining a superlative future have long been stored subliminally in the MDC-T waiting to be unle...Published: 14 Dec 2014 at 19:30hrs | | by Tapiwa Diamond Chadya,
Why Mujuru deserves no sympathy
ZIMBABWE'S Vice President, or VeePee (VP), as she is often called, Mrs Joice Mujuru, is in an extremely unenviable position at the moment. I doubt she has slept well at night for the last three ...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 07:17hrs | | by Ken Yamamoto
Tsvangirai no longer an alternative
Zimbabwe is held captive under a Mugabe/Tsvangirai vortex of a decade-long stalemate and disputation.The two have lost their Nelson Mandela moments due to their failure to deal with succession...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 14:59hrs | | by Thomas Kundishora
Transferring wealth to Zimbabweans
Our fear is that it will not be done properly by people who have the relevant expertise and experience.Between 2004 and 2006 all but a few indigenous banks in Zimbabwe faced significant p...Published: 15 Aug 2013 at 09:46hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Is Tsvangirai an enemy of progress?
Is Tsvangirai an enemy of progress? Or does he just hate anything that advances the lives of Zimbabweans?If not, where did he get the audacity to tell his supporters at a rally at the Zimbabw...Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 10:06hrs | | by Fortious Nhambura
De Beers statement on Chiadzwa diamonds smacks of sour grapes
A recent statement from De Beers through its diamond retail, Forevermark, that it will not be selling diamonds from Chiadzwa alluvial fields in Zimbabwe because of their low quality, is rather patroni...Published: 21 Nov 2011 at 04:33hrs | | by Tendai Moyo
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