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Shock as new scarry Coronavirus hits China...mass deaths reported
American public health scientist who is currently an epidemiologist and Chief of COVID Task Force at the New England Complex Systems Institute Eric Liang Feigl-Ding has reported that China is facing a...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 17:55hrs | 5397 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Surely, does ZANU PF need 100 years to build electricity infrastructure?
ZANU PF never ceases to amaze! Always full of excuses - some just incredible, others pure madness, whilst there are downright stupid!I always say to myself, 'if ZANU PF had been a man,...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 14:13hrs | 639 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Beware of the folly of Trojan rulers!
Government, folly of mankind?Barbara W Tuchman is a prolific writer on politics as read through history. I enjoy her take on her subject.But she is American, western, itself an importa...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 18:07hrs | 441 | by on Saturday
This and that with Mal'phosa: No, South Africa can never be another Zimbabwe
Finally, load 'shredding' is over, for now. Well, my workmate calls it so. She is a modern day Malaprop and does not care whether words she uses are appropriate or not. 'This morning poli...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 13:46hrs | 1398 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Zupco on cusp of collapse
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) is on the cusp of catastrophic collapse with simmering indications that private operators contracted to provide buses have since ditched the state-owned pu...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:41hrs | 2060 | by Staff reporter
Schools reject Zimdollar fees
SEVERAL schools across the country are demanding fees exclusively in United States (US) dollars owing to rising inflation, a development that has left parents and guardians in quandary ahead of school...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:51hrs | 2802 | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 770 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Parents cry foul over holiday lessons ban
GOVERNMENT has refused to bow down to pressure from parents who want children to attend holiday lessons, saying the practice was long outlawed.Holiday lessons have long been banned because gov...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Honour Alick Macheso with an honorary degree in music
The Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture should recommend to the relevant authorities to honour one of the greatest sons of Zimbabwe a polished musician of par excellence ever produced in the cou...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 22:01hrs | 1580 | by Leonard Koni
Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo through the eyes of his bodyguard
THE late Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo was an open -minded and friendly person who freely interacted with everyone throughout his entire political life regardless of social standing, one of h...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the brink: Living in fragile peace
YESTERDAY, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) launched the 2021 State of Peace Report. It is an annual product of the ZimRights' Right to Peace Campaign which seeks to empower communiti...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 413 | by Dzikamai Bere
Are Ziimbabwe police now part of Zanu-PF structures?
THAT we are now deep into election season is more than evident and the ruling Zanu-PF party has, in earnest, hit the ground running to mobilise support for re-election, come 2023.And over the ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Davos trip a useless exercise
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF) presents a platform to re-engage with the international community but that opportunity looks lost due to th...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:17hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:20hrs | 2841 | by Dumisani Muleya
Zesa on brink of collapse
ZIMBABWE risks sinking into a deeper power crisis amid reports that the country's power utility Zesa is on the brink of collapse due to an unsustainable tariff regime, NewsDay has learnt.The p...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Why others will land man on Mars whilst we still 'struggle to cross the street!'
"And we (in Africa) are still struggling to cross the street!" was the spontaneous respond of "Mwalimu" (Teacher) Julius Kambarage Nyerere, then President of Tanzania, when he learnt the American had ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 08:04hrs | 706 | by Wilbert Mukori
Printing $100 note an admission of failure
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) this week announced that they will issue a new $100 bank note, amid fears that the bill could stoke inflation in an economy already battered by exchange rate volatil...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Sink or swim for Chamisa
TO sink or swim is the question in this Saturday's by-elections as the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) faces a stern test of political strength where there is everything to fight for i...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:37hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans speak on by-elections
INDEPENDENT election watchdogs, the clergy and ordinary Zimbabweans have called for peace in today's polls to fill 28 parliamentary and 105 local government seats.The run-up to the polls was m...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1656 | by Staff reporter
By-elections: The morning after
ZANU-PF's Wednesday St Mary's rally was a turning point in several ways. Of course, the most obvious marker were the numbers that attended, something even the blind could see and feel.I cannot...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | 384 | by @Jamwanda2
Buying a housing stand
Around the world, most homeowners make use of mortgages and traditional financing to purchase homes and properties.However, for many years, this option has not been widely available to most Zi...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:28hrs | 282 | by Jonathan Thompson
'Zanu PF will not rig 2023 elections' 40 000 in Gweru believed it - proof we are still a naïve lot
Mankind is supposed to be a creature of reason, of rational behaviour and can think. In Zimbabwe many of us have taken leave of their senses and rational thinking and hence the reason the country has ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 10:17hrs | 1649 | by Wilbert Mukori
Dry spell worries Bulawayo urban farmers
BULAWAYO urban farmers are worried about the prolonged dry spell as the province has gone for more than two weeks without rains.In the last season, most urban farmers had a bumper harvest as t...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Yellow ‘fever' fast turning into despair
Just a few weeks down the line, the euphoria is fast dying down.The yellow fever is fast turning into despair.Zimbabweans being the creative lot that they are have turned CCC into "Cha...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:40hrs | 1050 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Chamisa's political own-goal
FRENCH realist, painter and sculptor Edgar Degas once retorted: "What a horrible thing yellow is."He made this statement after discovering that despite the colour being associated with cheerfu...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:18hrs | 515 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Chamisa's options for by-elections
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa — who is hugely popular and got over two million votes in the 2018 presidential election — is caught between a rock and a hard place a...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:16hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa caught in between a rock and a hard place
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is caught between a rock and a hard place ahead of crucial by-elections on 26 March.Nomination is on 26 January.Chamisa fa...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:04hrs | 4364 | by Staff reporter
Political skeletons tumble out of Kazembe's closet
AS the potentially explosive Zanu-PF provincial elections take off Tuesday, party members in the volatile Mashonaland Central province are leaving no stone unturned, with daggers now drawn against the...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:12hrs | 2422 | by Staff reporter
'Army plays decisive role in politics' - Zanu PF fuelled conjecture, without one iota of evidence
"It is beyond any iota of doubt in Zimbabwe that the institution of the military plays a decisive factor in the politics of the country," reported The Independent. "Numerous "clever" politicians ...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 09:50hrs | 676 | by Wilbert Mukori
Believing Zimbabwe regime promises akin to believing spam emails!
Usually, I simply delete any spam in my email, without even bothering to read them - as, quite frankly, I find those messages not only irritating, but also extremely childish and silly.Nonethe...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 13:52hrs | 494 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mapeza show Zifa board the middle finger
WARRIORS interim coach Norman Mapeza has ended the uncertainty that had engulfed the set-up of his backroom staff ahead of Zimbabwe's Africa Cup of Nations finals campaign in Cameroon next month....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:06hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
Inside Warriors' doomed World Cup campaign
The writing was on the wall from the onset. Zimbabwe began their Qatar World Cup in the worst possible manner in the first stage after a disgraceful 1-0 defeat to Somalia in a match played in Djibouti...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is a hard sell for Zimbabwe
FOR weeks on end, Zimbabweans were told that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Glasgow, Scotland, would be a major breakthrough of historic proportions.It would be the first time a leader...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Do we deserve these endless power cuts?
INCESSANT power cuts in Zimbabwe are an indictment on government for failing to stem the tide. Energy and Power Development minister Zhemu Soda and, indeed, Zesa Holdings executive chairman Sydney Gat...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa drools over COP26
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa is relishing his forthcoming visit to the United Kingdom for COP26 - the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference - the Zimbabwean leader will soon fly into Gla...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Love for women got me behind bars'
BIGGIE DUBE, a pastor at the Church of Christ, has finally broken his silence after being sentenced to 31 years in prison for raping some of his female congregants in Bikita.Pastor Dube, as he...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa to turn Around Zimbabwean fortunes
MDC-A President Advocate Nelson Chamisa is being seen as the beckon of hope by many Zimbabweans. The current and previous ZANU PF administrations have dragged the once prosperous country into the mud....Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 10:46hrs | 3 | by Prince Njagu
Air Force commander files notice of opposition
AIR Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) commander Air Marshal Elson Moyo, who is being sued by a former subordinate he fired last year for trespassing into a gold mine in Kwekwe, has approached the High Court to ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Come 2023, Zimbabweans shall claim liberty
THE so-called new dispensation under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hope of transforming the lives of Zimbabweans remains a pie in the sky. People's wishes have been dashed. Democracy remains a pipe d...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:01hrs | 3 | by Tofara Shandu
Time up for Logarusic
WARRIORS' humiliating defeat by Ethiopia in Group G of the Fifa 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday should be ample evidence that coach Zdravko Logarusic is not fit for the job.With the defea...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Supermarkets doomed after $120bn snub
SEVERAL measures being deployed by government to rebuild the economy may be doomed unless they are twinned with policies that boost spending power, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) said, ...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it!' Magaisa will baffle you with bullshit
"'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.'" argued Nicholas Clairmont in Big Think."The quote is most likely due to writer and philosopher George Santayana, and in its original...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:51hrs | 20 | by Wilbert Mukori
Politics behind Mnangagwa's 'buying spree'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is such a political fox. His charm is without comparison. Or, is that so?Well, there are different ways of looking at this "charm".If you like him so much,...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 8 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zanu-PF dismisses bribery allegations
ZANU-PF today said the ruling party has never attempted to bribe opposition leaders as alleged by MDC-Alliance secretary general Mr Charlton Hwende.Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo slamme...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 19:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Johane Marange sect gathers thousands in lockdown defiance
Members of the Johanne Marange Apostolic sect congregants are gathering in thousands in Mafararikwa area under Chief Marange for a two week Passover ceremony despite church gatherings being banned dur...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 18:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Dembare boss faces fraud charges
DYNAMOS board of trustees' chairman, Bernard Marriot Lusengo, yesterday appeared in court on allegations of defrauding the country's biggest football club, and the private company under which it falls...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 could hit 50% of population'
THE COVID-19 situation in the country could worsen, with about half of the country's population of 15 million at risk of contracting the virus if there is no strict enforcement of lockdown measures, m...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Macron seeks Mnangagwa's military intervention in Mozambique
MOZAMBICAN President Felipe Nyusi visited Zimbabwe last week looking for military assistance to secure French investments in the conflict-ridden northern Mozambique at the behest of President Emmanuel...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:08hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa scared of his own demons, fairness thrown off the window
Fairness is defined as just and reasonable treatment in accordance with accepted rules or principles. Treating all people equally and applying reasonable punishments only when rules are broken is an e...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 15:42hrs | 16 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Madhuku blames lack of citizen activism for failing to block Amendment Bills - that's rich, who gave Zanu PF legitimacy
Professor Lovemore Madhuku, a constitutional law Professor and NCA presidential candidate in the July 2018 elections has expressed his doubts in the many legal challenges producing the desired result ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 21:08hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
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