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'Blacks like to lie to ourselves' confessed Simbi - real genius starts with being honest to oneself
Terence Simbi, your article; "Zidera 2018 amendments Act, What does this mean for Zimbabwe?" in Bulawayo24 opinion; is one of the most thought provoking articles I have read in the last five years! Th...Published: 15 mins ago | 44 | by Wilbert Mukori
US ready to work with Zimbabwe
The United States of America is committed to working with Zimbabwe on developing a robust and vibrant Parliament and solving problems currently affecting the country's economic and political well-bein...Published: 59 mins ago | 207 | by Staff reporter
Zidera 2018 amendments Act, What does this mean for Zimbabwe?
TWO years ago, I completed my undergraduate studies and thus attained a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Accounting. The process towards attaining this qualification involved completing a research report ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:29hrs | 876 | by Terence Simbi
'I prefer big bang policies' says Ncube - hurt poor hardest, reckless since doomed to fail
"My preference is a fiscal shock, but there is what you call the political collar or the politics of policy making, which then slows you down. My preference would be more of a big bang approach becaus...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 911 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Why push Zimbabwe schools into gay agendas?
Schools, by their nature, have always been and remain institutions of learning.Recent developments at a top Harare boys' high school when a deputy head at the institution - revealed his gay st...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:49hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
#Tajamuka leader freed on bail
Leader of pressure group #Tajamuka has been freed on bail after his arrest at a news conference just after castigating government for using disproportionate force to drive vendors from the streets of ...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:47hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
EFF calls for removal of Die Stem, apartheid statues
The Economic Freedom Fighters has again called for the removal of Die Stem from the National Anthem in its Heritage Day message.EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi on Monday also called on the g...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 19:48hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe death' pastor to resume church services
CONTROVERSIAL cleric Pastor Patrick Mugadza is set to resume his church services, a year since abandoning the pulpit while claiming then President Robert Mugabe was using state agents to terrorise his...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 11:01hrs | 6860 | by Staff reporter
CNN calls Mnangagwa 'old wine' to his face - after rigging elections again, vinegar turned poison
CNN calls Mnangagwa "old wine in a new bottle" forcing Zanu PF apologists and spin-doctors to burn the midnight oil in a futile attempt to portray the interview in more flattering terms."In an...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 16:59hrs | 15203 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chigumba lashes out at 'sore losers'
Over two months since Zimbabwe held its first post-Robert Mugabe elections, the outcome of the polls is still being disputed by the country's biggest opposition party, the MDC Alliance.MDC All...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:21hrs | 3289 | by Staff reporter
Crocodile Gang: 'Last man standing'
This week we publish the first part of an account from Enock Sithole, the lone survivor and commander of the six-member Crocodile Gang that operated in Melsetter (Chimanimani) in the 1960s. The group ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:42hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sweats over funding
NEWLY-MINTED Finance minister Mthuli Ncube this week set sail for the United States, together with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, for the United Nations General Assembly in New York where he will engag...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:46hrs | 7217 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR celebrates United Nations International Day of Peace
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has joined the rest of the world in commemorating the United Nations International Day of Peace and calls upon Zimbabweans to commit to peace, fostering nation...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:01hrs | 83 | by Staff Reporter
I doubt if Dabengwa really endorsed Mnangagwa - Mthwakazi activist
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has expressed some doubts if Zapu Leader Dumiso Dabengwa really endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa because of his approach to devolution issue.Dabengwa w...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 11:08hrs | 1422 | by Stephen Jakes
We need Mthwakazi restoration soon
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said there is a need to restore Mthwakazi state as a matter of urgency."We need Mthwakazi restoration for these following reasons. Firstly, to undo rule...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 09:18hrs | 852 | by Stephen Jakes
'West must support ED and no regime change for 20 years' argued Mutsvairo - so why bother
"IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government," wrote Bruce Mutsvairo."There are no two ways ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 2389 | by Nomusa Garikai
ED 'will woo investors' in maiden UNGA speech - no takers, given Mugabe mark-2 reputation
The Zanu PF apologists, spin-doctors and propagandists are out like the cicada flooding the world with nose. Their mission is to flood all available space with colourful portrait of Mnangagwa as a com...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 19:59hrs | 3475 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Emmerphoria marks Zimbabwe's policy shift
Who could have ever imagined a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) without former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe… Revered across the African continent and respected at in the West for his u...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 11:40hrs | 1860 | by Bruce Zvandasara
Nomazulu Thata, not all Mthwakazi women are scared of their freedom like you
As I put this piece together in response to your article that appeared on Bulawayo 24 news on 18 September 2018, I'm shocked as to why you tremble in fear of freedom to the point of inviting oth...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 22:19hrs | 1098 | by Khohliso Maqhoba
'Seek ye first the political kingdom' advised Dr Nkrumah. We did not and have paid dearly for our folly
"Seek ye first the political kingdom and all else shall be added unto you," said Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Independent Ghana. After 38 years of blundering from pillar to post wh...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 22:16hrs | 368 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa can only have an effective protest if all his MPs boycot Parliament
Stephen Chan, a professor of world politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, says MDC leader Nelson Chamisa can only have an effective protest if all his MPs ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:14hrs | 2256 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turns down Parly invite
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa turned down an invitation to attend the official opening of Parliament presided over by President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday.Chamisa had been invited to attend the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:11hrs | 7582 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi documentary deemed to be carrying inflammatory information
Author of the Gukurahundi documentary - Gukurahundi Genocide 36 Years Later - Zenzele Ndebele was on Monday summoned by police over the project that is deemed to be carrying inflammatory information....Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:07hrs | 1314 | by Staff reporter
Zoey SA bound
After leading dancer Beverly "Bev" Sibanda left lasting impressions in South Africa during her six-month stay in that country, Mzansi promoters are now after Zimbabwe dancers.This comes after ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:05hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
'Focus on delivering campaign promises and 2030' said ED - no, focus on BROKEN free election promise and 2023
"As we officially open the 9th Parliament, our focus is on delivering the promises made during the campaign period," said President Mnangagwa in his speech marking the official opening Zimbabwe's parl...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:36hrs | 870 | by Nomusa Garikai
Parent involvement helps students to do well
To date, quality education has become one of the important points in the development of a social individual. But no one is born with good academic skills. So some students need more attention and guid...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1148 | by Agencies
The Second Constitutional Amendment
A constitution, written or unwritten, is a blueprint on various national aspects such as freedom, aspirations or governance issues. Put simply, an amendment is an addition or alteration to a constitut...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 384 | by Sharon Hofisi
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 2985 | by Wilbert Mukori
Independent media aids plurality of voices, says Mutodi
MEDIA, Information and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi has said the government appreciates the role played by independent media and called for multiplicity of voices if the country...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar legend reveals dark past
Bruce Grobbelaar, largely regarded as a football icon in the country because of his heroics for The Warriors and Liverpool FC, has revealed his 'other side' in a yet to be released new book, 'Life in ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 13:24hrs | 3654 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar's experiences with Rhodesian Army - 'First time i killed someone'
I still remember the first time I had to kill someone. I can still see his eyes. I'd been conscripted into the Zimbabwean Army and thrown into the Bush War - an uprising against the white farmers in m...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 13:22hrs | 2133 | by Staff reporter
Govt implored to ratify African laws on democracy
HUMAN rights lawyers have implored government to ratify and domesticate provisions of the African Charter that deals with democracy, elections and good governance in order to end the trauma of dispute...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Beyond the fiscal policies, long term national vision is required
The political drama and the rituals that come after elections have come and gone. It is time to hit the ground running and get the country back to normalcy. The new Cabinet is well aware of the challe...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 70 | by Tapiwa Gomo
US piles pressure on Mnangagwa
Newly-appointed United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols says he is looking forward to seeing Zimbabwe return to being the powerhouse it used to be, once it embarks on a path of reviving its...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:41hrs | 21924 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC relives the spirit of 1999
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is for the first time celebrating its anniversary in the absence of its charismatic founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who died in February this year and effo...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2691 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi: Eccentric politician or mere court jester?
For eccentric Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi, old habits die hard.Mutodi, a struggling sungura musician and controversial businessman before his...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's reckless spending, corruption can hinder new Cabinet fortunes
ELECTIONS have come and gone in Zimbabwe and the new Cabinet is now in place, both Parliament and Senate are now in their respective houses, with the President also now in office.What Zimbabwe...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:25hrs | 807 | by David Mhlanga
Zimbabwe's (Criminal) Record Check!
Chronicling abuses on women in Zimbabwe Dear Zimbabwean Women, It is high time we chronicled all abuses...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 2290 | by Nomazulu Thata
Judges should not run elections
On 11 September 2018, a video circulated on social media showing some opposition politicians in Parliament chanting: "mbavha! mbavha!" as Justice Chigumba entered the Parliament chamber to conduct the...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 2390 | by Tererai Mafukidze
Mugabe's former ministers under siege
FORMER Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa was yesterday arrested on charges of criminal abuse of office, the first high profile casualty of a crackdown by a Special Anti-Corruption Unit...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 3915 | by Staff reporter
Gonda to get passport
REGISTRAR-General Mr Tobaiwa Tonneth Mudede has agreed to issue a passport to United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean journalist Violet Gonda, who last week unsuccessfully applied for the travel document beca...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:05hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is dead! what next?
Opportunistic leaders not only cost lives and resources but also set back the march to freedom by decades. In Zimbabwe and across Africa, democracy has suffered a steady decline in recent years becaus...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 19:49hrs | 5610 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa to axe permanent secretaries
A root and branch shake-up looms in government as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, continues to take bold steps to boost public and investor confidence in his administration, while also consolidating his...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 19:17hrs | 11564 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has changed Zanu-PF into a fresh new-look organisation
Political analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet - in which he dumped both friends and foes alike on Friday last week - demonstrates that he is determined to reset the government's co...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 20:01hrs | 5122 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ministers pledge drastic changes
Ministers that form part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet yesterday pledged to hit the ground running and transform the way of doing business in their respective portfolios after being sworn-...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 14:58hrs | 1617 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Shock developments at Bhalagwe Gukurahundi shrine
A visit by Mthwakazi Republic Party leaders to the Gukurahundi mass graves in Bhalagwe revealed some shocking developments. The delegation which was accompanied by victims and international journalist...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:31hrs | 5126 | by Khethani Ndlovu
Let's write our liberation war history
In actual essence time will never run out, time is always there but its our lives that run out of time. From the beginning of the Second Chimurenga up to its 'logical conclusion' in 1980, we have lost...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:30hrs | 465 | by Tondo Murisa
Private enterprise must drive recovery
"We owe it to all the peoples of the sub-continent to ensure that they see us not merely as good leaders waxing lyrical about our development, but as front commanders in the blast furnaces of labour, ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 102 | by Vince Musewe
War vets demand 'friendly' bank loans
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general and newly-appointed War veterans deputy minister, Victor Matemadanda (pictured) has claimed that war veterans were bei...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:40hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has to rejoin Zanu-PF from cell level, says War vets
War veterans recently held a Press conference and chided former President Robert Mugabe after the latter turned his back on President Emmerson Mnangagwa on election eve, saying he would not vote for p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:35hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
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