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Conundrum in SA tax law interpretation
The Constitutional Court has decided not to have the final say on the meaning of the crucial string of words - "bona fide inadvertent error" - even though the correct interpretation is of public impor...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:17hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Former Ezomgido presenter resurfaces on Blood Legacy
South Africa-based singer and broadcaster Nkululeko "Chunky" Phiri has made a triumphant return to the entertainment industry, featuring in Netflix's latest hit series Blood Legacy. Known for his work...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 17:12hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Former Ezomgido presenter resurfaces on Blood Legacy
South Africa-based singer and broadcaster Nkululeko "Chunky" Phiri has made a triumphant return to the entertainment industry, featuring in Netflix's latest hit series Blood Legacy. Known for his work...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 16:35hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's lithium gambit: Navigating China-US rivalry
Lithium is Zimbabwe's third-largest mineral export after gold and platinum group of metals, bringing in US$2,46 billion and US$2,27 billion, respectively, in 2023.AS the world is going through...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:17hrs | 243 | by Samir Bhattacharya
Ramaphosa refuses to go, seeks coalition with DA
President Cyril Ramaphosa does not intend to resign as ANC leader despite leading the party to the historic loss of an electoral majority it has held for 30 years, the Mail & Guardian has learned....Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 11:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
US$400 000 windfall to judges is electoral gambit
THE recent gifting of US$400 000 housing loans to judges has underlined the executive's keenness to extend favours to the judiciary, particularly during elections, as they play a key role in mediating...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son in-law's hubris killing local football
THE Zimbabwe national football team, the Warriors, will miss the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers because the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) simply cannot swallow its pride and ad...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sulu in political storm
SULUMANI Chimbetu has apparently always been a political animal, and is often seen in the company of prominent activists. His latest gambit, however, could prove disastrous.Pictures of the den...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora faces Khupe rebellion
The National Assembly passed the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 on Tuesday, giving President Emmerson Mnangagwa new sweeping powers to appoint judges without public scrutiny and ext...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland converted into Mberengwa
The people of Matabeleland are up in arms with a ploy that is at an advanced stage to make part of Gwanda South be merged with Mberengwa. The person behind this gambit is a senior Zanu PF official who...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Sibangilizwe Moyo
Mnangagwa seeks to decimate Chamisa's MDC
Zimbabwe is in the throes of "rising authoritarianism" and gross human rights violations as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks to consolidate power by decimating the opposition, MDC Alliance leader Ne...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 kingpins sing praise for Willowgate convict Shava
Newly-appointed foreign affairs minister Frederick Shava has won the praise of exiled G40 kingpins Walter Mzembi and Saviour Kasukuwere despite being dragged online by critics, citing his role in the ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
After 40 years, still failing to hold free and fair elections: 'to find the strait gate and narrow way'
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis is the country's failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. For 40 years the nation has beeb stuck with corrupt, incompetent and tyra...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:32hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Reallocation of land won't remove sanctions'
Various political figures have castigated the move taken by the government in reallocating land to some white commercial farmers who lost their farms during the land reform program in the early 2000s....Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 15:46hrs | 19 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
'Tuku was a clever politician'
At the peak of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle (1975 to 1979) a group of brave local musicians rose to offer morale to the fighters and the supporting masses.Oliver Mtukudzi, together with Thom...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 15:38hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Chamisa copies the Kenyan playbook
When Nelson Chamisa this week announced his intention to inaugurate himself as "People's President" of Zimbabwe, he was following in the footsteps of other African opposition leaders — specifically ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 18:50hrs | | by Simon Allison I M&G
The West suspicious of Mnangagwa
In recent years, President Emmerson Mnangagwa seem to have discovered that Britain and the West are good.For example, when newly-appointed as vice-president in 2013, Mnangagwa was not ashamed ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 08:02hrs | | by Tinhu
Chamisa dares Zimbabweans to dream again
Last December, a friend tweeted that he thought then MDC-T deputy president, Nelson Chamisa was the most overrated politician and my response was that I was tempted to agree with him.My gripe ...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe faces bankruptcy
ZIMBABWE has been named among seven countries destined to go broke by year end if it does not address its basket of economic and financial woes, a United Kingdom-based company has said.Love Mo...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's risky move
State media in Zimbabwe are reporting that former president Robert Mugabe is backing the National Patriotic Front (NPF), a breakaway party from the ruling Zanu-PF, in a bid to make a political comebac...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe army regiments are now led by warlords
Zimbabwe is in state of a political crisis and decay. The political authority, influence, responsibility and control has debilitated and collapsed. The central power holder is now shrunken and malfunc...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 21:23hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Dokora in another fool's mate
For the first time since 2011, Zimbabwe will not be represented at the 2016 African Schools Individual Chess Championships to be held at the Golden Peacock Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia.The Mini...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 10:38hrs | | by Ruzvidzo Jena
Dokora in another fool's mate
For the first time since 2011, Zimbabwe will not be represented at the 2016 African Schools Individual Chess Championships to be held at the Golden Peacock Hotel in Lusaka, Zambia.The Minister...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 08:48hrs | | by Chaturanga, Bindura
State media parrots Grace Mugabe's shameful lie
That former Vice President Joice Mujuru has rattled the cage of the warring post-congress Zanu-PF, after she dramatically and unexpectedly announced her re-entry into formal national politics last Mon...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 20:52hrs | | by Staff writer
Mujuru rattles Mugabe
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru set the cat among the pigeons in President Robert Mugabe's warring post-congress Zanu-PF after she dramatically and unexpectedly announced her re-entry into formal n...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
The last vestiges of our cruel culture, IsiNdebele culture: Polygamy
Polygamy will be wiped off by growing globalization My mother was the fourth wife to my father, he had six wives in his homestead. She was no...Published: 04 Jun 2015 at 15:00hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata: taken from the eBook 'Sweetmother'
Zimbabwe can no longer delay question of succession
THE hoary old "WHAM" question is before us again. It was first raised by foreign investors worrying about what would happen after Nelson Mandela, which, of course, they know only too well today: steep...Published: 08 Oct 2014 at 20:11hrs | | by Allister Sparks I BDLive
Vunani buys Purpose Asset Management
Financial services group Vunani is positioning itself to spread its operations across the southern African continent, a message that came through an acquisition in Zimbabwe.The JSE-listed Vuna...Published: 27 Feb 2013 at 12:43hrs | | by Business reporter
Russia's rise: Putin's peculiar partners, 'SA defending thugs like Mugabe'
For all his innovative repression at home, Russian "czar" Vladimir Putin's most remarkable achievement may be getting an influential group of emerging powers to adopt Moscow's amoral worldview....Published: 30 Sep 2011 at 04:00hrs | | by Benny Avni
Obama to lay out deficit plans
Washington - US President Barack Obama will on Wednesday seek to wrest control of Washington's fevered debate over the economy and bulging deficit, sure to be a dominant theme of his 2012 reelec...Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 14:00hrs | | by Byo24News
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