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Mnangagwa spokesman says Commonwealth is a 'needless albatross'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba says he would rather Zimbabwe quits the Commonwealth forever, even as the ruling Zanu PF party has been lobbying some members of the club of fo...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 16:19hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF mercenaries', masquerading as heroes, hunger for power in insatiable to distraction as nation burn to ashes.
Heroes fight because they believe in the cause, mercenaries fight for a reward. Zanu PF thugs are mercenaries not heroes.As much as Robert Mugabe and many of his fellow Zanu PF cronies love to...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 13:09hrs | 4 | by Wilbert Mukori
On inflation Mthuli Ncube must listen to Chinamasa and Gono, 'in the know' advised Moyo. A very sick joke.
Professor Jonathan Moyo would be fountain of wisdom if only his contributions are not more often than not laced with propaganda, lies and damned lies whose sole purpose is to poison the mind. ...Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:22hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Re-engagement will depend on holding credible 2023 elections' AfDB warns. At long last, some home-truths
"The African Development Bank has moved to fast-track Zimbabwe's $3.5 billion compensation to white farmers whose land was seized under former president Robert Mugabe's reforms. The bank is leading ef...Published: 22 May 2023 at 21:59hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bona Mugabe alone got 21 farms peasants, supposedly beneficiaries of Land Redistribution, got nothing
If you asked most Zimbabweans out there today what the war of independence was about; most of them will say, "Land!" Before independence the major would have said "One man, one vote!" but all ...Published: 04 May 2023 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
After allowing authoritarian Rwanda to join, Commonwealth faces tough dilemma over Zimbabwe
After allowing a wave of authoritarian regimes to become members in recent years, the Commonwealth and member states such as Canada are now pondering one of their toughest dilemmas: whether to approve...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | 3 | by Geoffrey York
Ex-judge dies
FORMER High Court judge Justice Michael Gillespie has died. Gillespie succumbed to cancer on April 28 and will be buried on May 31 at Southdowns Natural Burial Ground in the United Kingdom.Gil...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 3 | 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 | 12 | by Staff reporter
'On land, Mugabe travelled a path Mandela did not dare' - Yes, but look where he landed Zimbabwe!
There is overwhelming evidence out there to show Nelson Madiba Mandela was a visionary leader his greatest legacy to South Africa is a stable democratic system of government. On the other hand, Robert...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Gold to Zimbabwe what oil is to Nigeria, can turn around our fortunes' - not whilst US$1.2b p.a. lost to smugglers
On 3 March 2016 President Mugabe admitted that the nation had lost $15 billion worth of diamonds because of the looting and plunder in Marange and Chiadzwa."This kind of plunder must immediate...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's straitjacket has no wriggle room, especially now coups are 'legal' - off with his head with crown upon it
"Zanu-PF has a constitution and under that constitution, we sit as a congress to elect our president," said Zanu PF acting national spokes-person Patrick Chinamasa."In 1977, a lot of the leade...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:31hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Who is to blame for Zimbabwe's land reform disaster?
0N August 31, the government of Zimbabwe announced that foreign white farmers settled in the country who lost land between 2000 and 2001 under the late former President Robert Mugabe's controversial l...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
Ex-farm workers deserve compensation: War vets
WAR veterans and labour activists have urged government to channel part of the US$3,5 billion meant to compensate white former commercial farmers towards ex-farm workers who lost their sources of live...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'SA has no role to play, it is controlled by white men,' says Chinamasa - fighting dirty, as usual
Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF cronies know the pressure on them to end the Zimbabwe crisis is mounting and will not go away until there is change. They know their iron grip on power is under serious threa...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 09:27hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe, a year on
Angry and defeated! This is exactly how I feel one year since Robert Mugabe passed on. Angry because the country he left in a mess has gone completely bad and inhabitable in many respe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 3 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mnangagwa moves to stop farm seizures
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has moved to stop new farm invasions, calling them acts of indiscipline which will not be tolerated by his government.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, s...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 14:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'I'm positively impacting Zim's development' Gutu insist ' are you, 'many were called but few were chosen'
"I have got absolutely no apology to make to anyone for loving my country, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is currently facing serious political & socio-economic challenges but these challenges aren't insurmou...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 21:31hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Sanctions stifle Zimbabwe reforms'
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo has said the removal of illegal sanctions by the West will increase investment in Zimbabwe and aid the implementation of land and secu...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Economic isolation is hindering Zimbabwe's transformation
Since the election of a new government for Zimbabwe one year ago, the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in which I serve, has begun reforming our land policies, changing laws, and commen...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Foreign Policy
'Compensating white farmers is an obligation' said Mnangagwa - bribe and last throw of the dice
"Zimbabwe was proceeding with the compensation of former commercial farmers who were displaced during the country's agrarian reform despite growing criticism against the policy, President Emerson Mnan...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 17:17hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
'No more forex for education fees' said RBZ - what a savage blow, delivered with heartless indifference
"Foreign currency from the inter-bank market shall be utilised for current bonafide foreign payment invoices except for education fees," said Reserve Bank Governor, Dr John Mangudya.There are ...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:25hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
UK to block Harare's Commonwealth return
Britain's minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin says her country supports an extension of EU sanctions against Zimbabwe and will not back its plan to return to the Commonwealth.The frosty relat...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Business Day
Zimbabwe's white farmers 'getting poorer, sicker' as they await govt compensation
WHITE farmers in Zimbabwe, who were evicted from their properties years ago, have been experiencing a drop in food production, and their hope to get government financial help to compensate any losses ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by newsweek
Zimbabwe: Troubled nation now faces tough foreign policy choices
The toxic presidency of Mugabe may be over, but the new Zimbabwean government of Emmerson Mnangagwa must quickly make some hard foreign p...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 17:18hrs | | by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics, University of London
Open for business starts with health funding, Mr Mnangagwa
ONE death is a death too many to justify. As the cholera outbreak ravaged populous Harare high-density suburbs Glen View and Budiriro for the second time within a decade, my heart grieves and prays th...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Mnangagwa seems to be on track - ZUNDE
It is a matter of public record that, from inception, ZUNDE fiercely and consistently fought against President Mugabe and his destructive policies. On 24 October 2013, we came together to adva...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
Ramaphosa tells Donald Trump to keep ‘your America'
SOUTH Africa's land issue exploded into an international dispute after President Cyril Ramaphosa told US counterpart Donald Trump to "keep your America" in a rant akin to former Zimbabwean leader Robe...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 18:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans support SA on land
WAR veterans in Zimbabwe have come out in support of South Africa's decision to expropriate land without compensation from the minority whites and redistribute it among the majority black population....Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Trump under fire over South Africa land reform
SOUTH Africa's land reform policy was long overdue and attempts by United States President Mr Donald Trump to muddy the programme is clear testimony of his administration's defiance to black self-dete...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa lashes Trump over land 'seizures' tweet
South Africa accused US President Donald Trump of fuelling racial tensions yesterday after he said farmers were being forced off their land and many of them killed.Trump's tweet touched on the...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Trump threatens Ramaphosa over land
South Africa's land expropriation debates have caught the eye of United States president Donald Trump.On Thursday‚ Trump tweeted that he was looking into South Africa's land seizures....Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 08:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanuism - Lets just make stuff up
In several remarks, Mr Mnangagwa has continued to peddle the argument that the west imposed economic sanctions on Zimbabwe because of Zanu PF's land reform program. For him to be respected by the loca...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by Gus Manatsa (PhD)
Mnangagwa appeals for racial unity in Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for racial unity ahead of landmark elections, telling white farmers their lands will not be taken.Former President Robert Mugabe's government supported ...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:39hrs | | by BBC.com
Zimbabwe has 'stable political environment,' says Zulu - rubbish, cannot even hold free elections
The Zanu PF propaganda machine is going into overdrive as it tries to give a positive spin out of nothing!"Fortunately, complementing his (President Mnangagwa) economic vision, the country's o...Published: 12 May 2018 at 22:18hrs | 5 | by Wilbert Mukori
White Zimbabwean farmers ordered to drop court cases
NewZimbabwe.com reported that all white farmers who have taken the government to court over disputed farm seizures have been told to withdraw their cases and instead engage the State on how to resolve...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
White farmers must heat-seeking-missile single out chefs for $8.6 billion compensation - no to double dipping/jeopardy
"Former white farmers who had their properties and assets seized during the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in the early 2000s are reported to have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding a...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Davos interview exposes real Mnangagwa behind mask - unrepentant Zanu PF thug no investor would do business with
President Mnangagwa went to Davos for one purpose and one purpose only; to try and convince the world that Zimbabwe was now a law abiding nation and is ready to do business. The lady who interviewed h...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'2018 should be year for free elections,' says Mnangagwa - forget should, it is will and must
Zanu PF is a party of thugs, there is no question about that. Nothing showed the party for what it really is - a party of thugs - than the dog-eat-dog factional fighting that started in earnest with t...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 15:14hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
President Mnangagwa must reform or risk going the Mugabe - ZUNDE
Zimbabweans United for Democracy (ZUNDE) is happy that this Christmas we had something to celebrate; the departure of the evil Robert Mugabe, courtesy of General Chiwenga. We, however, will celebrate ...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 14:20hrs | | by Farai Mbira, ZUNDE President
ZUNDE welcomes the fall of Mugabe
ZUNDE welcomes the fall of former president Robert Gabriel Mugabe, a dictator and tyrant who presided over the collapse of a once promising nation and envy of the international community. We give cred...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 12:15hrs | 2 | by Justice Benjamian Paradza
#Zimbabweans revel in Mugabe's ruin
President Robert Mugabe clings to office, the military is in power and the much-feared Zanu-PF party still rules - but Zimbabweans put such issues aside on Saturday to happily embrace what they hope i...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by AFP
Zimbabwe's liberator and, for many, its oppressor
When he came to power, Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero in a nation that had endured nearly a century of white colonial rule. Mugabe has not been seen since the...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Cris Chinaka
The light goes out of Sekuru Munya's eyes
My Sekuru Munya is a war veteran. He saw bloody fighting in Manicaland during the liberation war and his badge of honour is his left calf which has a chunk of muscle missing. Since independence, he ha...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 07:40hrs | 3 | by Tapson Muchena
White farmers launch 'international' legal action against Zimbabwe
White farmers whose farms were forcibly taken over by supporters of President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe say they have "launched a new international legal initiative to seek justice and compensation"....Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff reporter`
Rhodies learnt nothing, forgot nothing
First, an anecdote. Many black Zimbabweans, who have travelled across the world and come across white people formerly resident in Zimbabwe before and after Independence, will relate how a typical conv...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dispossessed Zimbabwean farmers launch new international legal initiative ahead of SADC Summit of Heads of State
Dispossessed Zimbabwean commercial farmers have launched a new international legal initiative to seek justice and compensation for the loss of their farms and livelihoods, and to stop the ongoing farm...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 06:05hrs | | by Agencies
'Mugabe 100% right on land,' says Malema - we are starving in the Garden of Eden
Africa's greatest curse is that we have too many people of little intellect in positions of power and authority and they have dragged the continent from one blunder into another from one act of sheer ...Published: 26 May 2017 at 20:44hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chidyausiku 'hero' for supporting ruinous farm seizure - he sold-out and was richly rewarded
"Hero: a person who is admired for their courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities," according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Robert Mugabe has just declared the late Chief Just...Published: 10 May 2017 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe's white farmers once helped feed Africa
Martin Fletcher is former foreign editor of The Times and a foreign correspondent. Follow him at @mfletchertimes. His assignment in Zimbabwe was financed by the Pulit...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 12:52hrs | | by Martin Fletcher
I will NOT 'reverse land reform' promises Tsvangirai whilst offering looters more freebies
The land issue is a big issue in Zimbabwe and how competently and quickly the matter is dealt with will determine how efficiently and quickly the national economic recovery will take place. There is a...Published: 07 Dec 2016 at 21:04hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
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