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Mnangagwa has little to show for $27bn
When Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the leadership of Zimbabwe from Robert Mugabe in November 2017, he promised to revive the moribund economy and adopted a mantra he's repeated regularly ever since —...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3405 | by Bloomberg
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 3437 | by PUMA
'It is my singular honour to launch Political Dialogue' - yes, and nation's collective insult
"It is my singular honour and privilege to welcome you all to this wonderful occasion, as we witness the historic launch of our Political Actors Dialogue. This marks a significant landmark in the hist...Published: 19 May 2019 at 12:40hrs | 1820 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Warts of democracy can be an eyesore
Cynics often say politics is like a sewage as it allows stinking and filthy scum to rise to the top.In a twisted way, it's pretty much like milk, which, as it matures, allows cream to rise....Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | 66 | by Bishop Lazarus
Complications of the congress season
WELCOME to the MDC Congress season. The circus has just dropped right down at Harvest House. All the actors have already donned their stage costumes, save for Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, whose congress ap...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 1477 | by Chenai Mutasa
Let's put our heads together and help Loner
Driving from Harare to Bare via Chinehasha School in Mash. Central Province, I stopped at a rural lay-by near Jaji with Bare Growth Point visible on the horizon. On a long trip, seasoned motor...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:51hrs | 219 | by Thomas Murisa
Khupe is dancing Nobert Kunonga music
Not so long ago the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe had tasted abhorrent deep factional fights pitted embattled cleric Bishop Nobert Kunonga and the then incumbent Chad Gandiya cabal. Kunonga, a stan Muga...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1368 | by Benny Gudo
I did not ask his name in case he cried
Driving from Harare to Bare via Chinehasha School in Mash. Central Province, I stopped at a rural lay-by near Jaji with Bare Growth Point visible on the horizon. On a long trip, seasoned motor...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:41hrs | 483 | by Thomas Murisa
Fuel crisis has nothing to do with MDC unconstitutionalism
Some of the problems Zimbabwe is facing today are clearly due to faulty thinking resulting in people mixing issues —and not knowing what the idiom "fair game" means.For starters, if Presiden...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:32hrs | 3380 | by Conway Tutani
Chasi strikes Mthuli with fuel fortune
A fuel crisis is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particular those used as ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 09:25hrs | 9973 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Felix Ndiweni seeking political asylum status
They are striking similarities between the rise of Nelson Chamisa to the helm of the MDC-T and the current on-going attempts by Felix Ndiweni to grab the Ndiweni Chieftainship of Ntabazinduna in Matab...Published: 16 May 2019 at 08:37hrs | 4369 | by ViewFromMatopos
Chamisa, a case of illegitimacy, lies and stubbornness
The MDC is a party that has been dogged by controversy since its formation. First was the split led by the then Secretary General, Professor Welshman Ncube over the issue of participating in the 2005 ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 13:59hrs | 1242 | by Elijah Chihota
Fighting corruption is everyone's child
The 'corrective' austerity measures occasioned by the on going reforms can pull Zimbabwe out of the black hole we find ourselves in. It was never going to be easy turning back our fortunes after corru...Published: 10 May 2019 at 22:44hrs | 289 | by Thomas Murisa
The plight of Zimbabweans
All eyes were on me and I had no money to buy data. I wanted to get the latest news from onlinenewspapers but I had no money.Samutoko not his real name is a University graduate who is ekei...Published: 10 May 2019 at 17:34hrs | 1337 | by Leonard Koni
War veterans warn Zanu PF
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has come out guns blazing, accusing Zanu PF of patronising its membership during elections and then dumping them soon after.L...Published: 09 May 2019 at 18:59hrs | 6797 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa appoints team to investigate claims he rigged polls
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has dispatched a seven member team to investigate claims that he rigged The Bulawayo provincial congress polls to ensure Ndebele candidates lost.The party...Published: 08 May 2019 at 08:52hrs | 3882 | by Methusi Ncube
Mnangagwa pledges decent accommodation for all
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to provide decent accommodation for all Zimbabweans after visiting Mbare's Matapi flats, which are being renovated under a joint deal between government ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:47hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP sued for breaking marriage promise
Member of Parliament for Mberengwa North Mr Tafanana Zhou is being sued for $30 000 by a local woman for allegedly breaching a promise to marry and "wasting" her time after allegedly breaking her v1rg...Published: 06 May 2019 at 21:41hrs | 2551 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa still bitter of ED betrayal on GNU - hypocrites who continue betraying masses
Nelson Chamisa has once again reiterated the claim that Mnangagwa betrayed the promise he made to the late MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai to form a government of national unity following the November 2...Published: 06 May 2019 at 19:24hrs | 1255 | by Wilbert Mukori
Of poor political performers, protests and stupid protestors
Those who attended or listened to the speeches delivered during Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) May Day commemorations in Dzivarasekwa, Harare, last week will testify of how the labour body's...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:50hrs | 1413 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa: cunningly succeeded in harmonising independent press
I used to send some of my articles to Alpha Media Holdings subsidiaries through Trevor Ncube and they would be published. But as soon as he was roped into the ED Mnangagwa President's Advisory Council...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:38hrs | 1486 | by Zanda Shumba
Zanu-PF eyes Kadoma council seat
THE ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial leadership has set its sights on retaining the City of Kadoma Ward 2 council seat ahead of a by-election scheduled for next month. The seat fell vacant ...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's love letter
To trade fair or trade foul, that is the question.In the past week, Bulawayo woke up to that roving, rattling helicopter sound, hovering low, above her rusty rooftops…the harbinger of the ci...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:33hrs | 223 | by Zifiso Masiye
ZANU PF Youth league fires warning shots
ZANU PF Secretary for Youth Lewis Matutu has fired warning shots against economic saboteurs whom he accuses of holding the country captive while enriching themselves.Recently Vice President Co...Published: 03 May 2019 at 11:28hrs | 9021 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Don't look at Chamisa through Zanu-PF lenses
Zimbabwe needs a young leader to take us away from this situation brought upon by Zanu-PF rogue elements.Chamisa, whether Zanu-PF or war vets come up with suggestions he is immature is wha...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | 3300 | by AT Kadada
'If Mnangagwa rigged elections, leave him why put sanctions' argue Museveni - to stop him rigging again and again, idiot
There are many reasons why Africa is a continent dogged by poverty, war, corruption, disease, bad governance, etc., etc. One of the many reasons this is so is our inability to pay attention to detail....Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:00hrs | 3849 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa considering boycotting 2023 elections?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has hinted on various strategies that his party will use to deal with the Zanu-PF menace and one of them might be an election boycott. The party's elective C...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:55hrs | 2149 | by Staff reporter
How long shall we suffer fools, loons?
Despite their supposed genius and intellectual heft, Western scientists are still grappling with establishing the causal link between lunar cycles and madness.While there is innumerable anecdo...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:26hrs | 163 | by Bishop Lazarus
Chamisa rethinks Zanu-PF engagement strategy
THE MOVEMENT for Democratic Change led by Nelson Chamisa will use its upcoming congress to evaluate strategies it has been using to pile pressure on Zanu-PF and government over critical electoral law ...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 14:20hrs | 7342 | by Staff reporter
The day Mthuli Ncube was misquoted
Mthuli Ncube did not say new currency in 12 months.No, the Minister said no such thing. His interview is available on the Bloomberg website titled "Zimbabwe Plans to Introduce Currency ‘In N...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | 8337 | by Dr Alfred M. Mthimkhulu
Religious imperialism? Count me out
I WAS pleasantly surprised when people from near and far, from within Zimbabwe and beyond the borders, white and black, Christian and non-Christian came to the defence of the Zimbabwe Bird after the n...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | 650 | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabwe Vice President guilty?
When domestic crime was meted brutally against our own, our fellow woman; the Honourable Tambudzani Mohadi, we waited to see if the arm of government, the police were dutifully going to take state act...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 6704 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC national elective Congress 2019: Biti-Ncube rebirth or death
Less than a month to the MDC crunch congress slated for Gweru, a lot is happening within the mainstream opposition outfit as the jostle for positions heats up. Interim party President Advocate & p...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | 2093 | by Benny Gudo
Zimbabwean man advising governments and oil companies
Growing up in central Africa in the '50s and '60s gave Duncan Clarke an early appreciation of his surroundings and the wider environment – but very little indication of the significance the oil ind...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 06:03hrs | 3360 | by geoexpro
How to study anywhere and anytime to improve your career
You may be at a point in your career where you need more skills and expertise to progress, or where you simply want to build on your skills in order to do your job as well as you can, and feel more sa...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 14:57hrs | 1392 | by Staff Writer
'Zimbabwe economic crisis is not about currency'
ZIMBABWE's economic crisis is not a result of currency shortage but low production, hence government must look at the real issue, economic experts have said.Recently, Finance minister Mthuli N...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
Of heroes betrayed, forgotten
When, in the fullness of time, the lies can hold no longer, when the frail bottom of deception falls off, when the foggy morning dew of orchestrated media smokescreens withers and gives way to the pow...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:55hrs | 289 | by Zifiso Masiye
Death stalks Mnangagwa family
President Emerson Mnangagwa, former president Robert Mugabe, and all the architects of Gukurahundi - the 1980s massacre of unarmed civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands - carry a deadly curse tha...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 17:35hrs | 48016 | by Methusi Ncube
Independence day demo-Zimbabwe diaspora in UK shun independence day celebrations
Zanu-PF was celebrating national independence day which is a result from the protracted and arduous struggle of the people of Zimbabwe But what does this really mean to ordinary Zimbabweans of...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 5210 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Law student appeals for US$5 000 for medical bills
A 23-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean law student studying in China is appealing for about US$5 000 to foot medical bills after he suffered lung failure following an infection. Mr Brendon Anesu Gumbo...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
MDC facing internal and external turmoil
Zanu as the ruling party, with all state resources under it, and with ears and eyes everywhere, was not going to leave it's main rival, the MDCA conduct a peaceful Congress. But by nature, any politic...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 19:25hrs | 3664 | by Ndaba Nhuku
Health scare as Harare to shut down water taps in 24hours
Harare residents must brace up for an impending health hazard after the Harare City Council is reported to be contemplating shutting down the water treatment plant within the next 24 hours after its f...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 19:35hrs | 7455 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Religious leaders must pray for bloodless separation of Matabeleland and Zimbabwe
China's revered revolutionary, Mao Zedong, was spot on when he said, "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun". Zimbabwe is the product of the barrel of the gun so is the 2nd Republic tha...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3822 | by MLO
Zanu-PF eyes win
Zanu-PF secretary for Finance Patrick Chinamasa has urged the people of Mutasa Central Ward 10 to vote for the ruling party's candidate in the forthcoming by-election. Chinamasa said people fr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Boy (13) missing after running away from home
POLICE in Bulawayo are looking for a 13-year-old boy from Nkulumane suburb who is suspected to have run away from home last month leaving his family traumatised.Qiniso Ndiweni, a pupil at Mand...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:06hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Make bread 'reachable' to NSSA pensioners
This morning today, yes, today at around 9 a.m Mr Marufu a NSSA pensioner walked in front of me into a local supermarket in our area for bread. The senior citizen headed straight for the deli ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:50hrs | 867 | by Gabarinocheka
Alph Lukau paid Elliot R50,000 before he died?
Thabiso Proud Mlanje also known as Brighton Elliot Moyo was paid R50,000 by South African Pastor Alph Lukau's church Alleluia Ministries International a South African based investigative journalist Mx...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 15:29hrs | 8743 | by Mandla Ndlovu
VID introduces electronic learners' licence testing
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday launched the electronic learner's licence testing system (ELLT), which is aimed at reducing corruption in awarding of licences by the Vehicle Inspection...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's fuel crisis bites hard
The government is running out of time to ensure that Bulawayo has enough fuel stocks to cover the forthcoming Independence and Easter holidays, as well as the annual Zimbabwe International Trade fair ...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | 5392 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa blames 'Queen Bee' for high fuel prices
Trafigura, the global commodities trader, is facing accusations that it used a partner's connections to Zanu-PF to gain an unfair advantage in the supply of fuel to the southern African nation.The...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:12hrs | 5205 | by Joseph Cotterill and David Sheppard I Financial Times
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