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Free the airwaves
There are no limits to the depths this inept and rag tag regime is willing to sink.On the 3rd of May 2021 the globe shall be commemorating the World Press Freedom Day and thus the time to refl...Published: 5 hrs ago | 382 | by Leonard Koni
Jonathan Moyo rues lost opportunity to grab Gukurahundi dossier
FORMER cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says he regrets failing to get hold of the Chihambakwe Report during his period as government minister.Moyo says he would have used the document to forest...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | 2787 | by Staff reporter
The lame duck approach to gukurahundi genocide: A case of stitching rear opening of alimentary canal to cure diarrhoea
As Zimbabwe celebrates what it calls independence, forty-one (41) years on, government's lame duck approach to the resolution of the gukurahundi genocide disappointingly remains the case of stitching ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:06hrs | 236 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Mnangagwa must engage Paul Siwela to avoid spill of blood in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa must abandon his "head in the sand" approach to Matabeleland independence cause and engage MLO President, Cde Paul Siwela, to hatch a plan that would see pea...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:10hrs | 3071 | by Israel Dube
Jonathan Moyo calls for justice on gukurahundi genocide perpetrators
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says those who took part in the early 1980s civilian massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces should face justice for the crimes.An estimat...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:07hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks about Gukurahundi genocide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country could only put closure to the emotive 1980s Gukurahundi genocide issue by allowing victims to openly and frankly debate it without fear of reprisals....Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:50hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says 'Unity Accord misled Gukurahundi victims'
EXILED former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has claimed that the Unity Accord, signed in 1987 between Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu, misled victims of Gukurahundi into believing that a solution for th...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:41hrs | 3138 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls Zimbabweans to freely discuss the Gukurahundi genocide
THE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the nation to freely discuss and chart the way forward on the Gukurahundi disturbances that occurred in the early and mid 1980s.The President who...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:04hrs | 1726 | by Staff reporter
Marginalisation, tribalism - The emergence of Mthwakazi Republic Party
A PARTY of young people from Matabeleland, the Mthwakazi Republic Party, believes there is no reason for Matabeleland to remain under the subjugation of Zimbabwe and they have been calling for secessi...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | 1742 | by Thandekile Moyo
Zapu to 'recall' Zanu-PF ministers
OPPOSITION party Zapu says it will this week write to Parliament seeking to recall its former members, who are now part of the ruling Zanu-PF.Iphuthile Maphosa, the Zapu spokesperson, said the...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | 4366 | by Staff reporter
The constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi & related matters
Greetings to all Mthwakazi citizens! On 2 April 2021, I brought to your attention our preparations for the establishment of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. In doing so, I also invited you t...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:53hrs | 850 | by Dr. Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabwe under renewed pressure to give up Rwandan genocide suspect
United Nations investigators tracking one of the most notorious killers in the Rwandan genocide believe he is hiding in Zimbabwe and are launching a new effort to convince authorities in Harare to all...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:31hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
'Masuku death marked the demise of democracy'
CIVIC groups in Matabeleland have described the late Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) Commander General Lookout Masuku as the epitome of democracy, hence his inexplicable death on April 5,...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 2583 | by Staff reporter
Were MDC human rights violated in 2008?
MDC was created by the CFU (Commercial Farmers Union), capitalists and the west, so that they take power from Zanu-PF, reverse land reform and indigenization; pull the Zimbabwe National Army out of Co...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 562 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
Joshua Nkomo's son announces his presidential aspirations
In his groundbreaking interview on MBC, Mr Sibangilizwe Nkomo, the son of the late political icon and nation builder Dr Joshua Nkomo announced what has sent shock waves and tremors throughout and acro...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 13:39hrs | 4590 | by Thulani Nkala
'Independence Day' a continual reminder of how Zimbabweans are still in painful bondage
I have never had any hesitation asserting that the holidays that I regarded most appealing to my heart on the Zimbabwean calender, were "Independence Day", and "Heroes Day" - not for the skewed and ba...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 10:47hrs | 592 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Angry Matabeles to descend upon the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa
"That which unites us is far greater than that which divides us."All roads lead to the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa on 8 April 2021 where and when Matabeles, united behind Matabeleland res...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 10:45hrs | 2199 | by Israel Dube
Matabeleland now the most feared territory in Zimbabwe - MLO
So afraid and concerned about Matabeleland is the Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe that even an innocent fly that zooms past in the air in Matabeleland attracts nervous attention from the oppr...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 11:59hrs | 1377 | by Israel Dube
The Birth of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi Establishment of the Department of National Statistics
MLF President, The birth of Mthwakazi as a sovereign state is informed by the lens of history. As Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF), we have learnt from the grave errors of our history. As we c...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 11:50hrs | 1133 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
The fighting spirit of Honourable Joanne Mamombe deserves honour: Salute my girl-child
After 2 minutes of watching a video in New Zimbabwe news media, Honourable Mamombe was narrating how they got attacked by a snake in the prison cell in the middle of the night, I did not finish watchi...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1653 | by Nomazulu Thata
Who are Matabeles?
The Matabele were once feared, adored and hated and now they are discriminated against. Why are they hated so? They are hated by the west as the Jews whom Constantine described as "odious people", so ...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 16:13hrs | 2083 | by T D Mkwananzi
Zimbabwe among worst 2020 human rights offenders, U.S. report finds
Zimbabwe was among some of the worst human rights offenders last year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime continued to unleash violence on opponents and activists with impunity, an annual assessm...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 08:09hrs | 2251 | by Staff reporter
Gutu was a gukurahundi prosecutor
Political analysts have said Obert Gutu who recently joined Zanu-PF and is in the running for a post in the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) does not qualify for the job due to his ...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 17:51hrs | 4212 | by Staff reporter
Senior journalist up for his appetite on another man
Award winning Journalist, Zimpapers Television Network News anchor, Robert Mukondiwa, appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court on Friday facing aggravate...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1495 | by Shelton Muchena
Matebeles are not Zimbabweans
I always wonder why a lot of people from Matebeleland always think Zimbabwe is theirs too. You find them busy labelling themselves as Zimbabweans, even when everything is being done to show that...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:44hrs | 5447 | by Dr Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga
China slams US' terrible human rights record
China published its annual US human rights situation report on Wednesday at a time when the US-led ideological battle against China has intensified, mainly over Xinjiang and other domestic issues. ...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 10:04hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide commission under fire
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has come under fire for snubbing a debate on Gukurahundi organised by the Bulawayo-based pressure group Ibhetshu likaZulu.NPRC officials...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:36hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's bid to dissipate MDC might return to haunt it
LAST week's Zanu-PF politburo meeting was interesting in two ways - the apparent strange continuation of the shamed Kembo Mohadi as the party's vice president, and second secretary. I have never under...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2671 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa likely violated Constitution and must face the consequences
A major public controversy has erupted over the recent resignation of Vice President Kembo Mohadi over sexual impropriety scandals and President Mnangagwa not giving a public notice of the resignation...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 15:58hrs | 1977 | by Munyaradzi Gwisai
Ndebele vultures fight for VP position left vacant by Mohadi
When you see vultures circling in the air and perching on the nearby tree branches you know that prey has fallen close by. The unceremonious fall of the 2nd Vice President of Zimbabwe, Kembo Mohadi ha...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 07:52hrs | 6222 | by Israel Dube
Tendai Biti insults Chipinge people calls them witches
The tweet by honourable Tendai Biti of the MDC A to Professor Madhuku has shown that Tendai Biti is a tribalist who cannot be called a nationalist. Tendai Biti has exhibited his intoxication wit...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 17:04hrs | 3081 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's govt plots backdoor Chiredzi evictions
THE Zanu-PF government, stung by public outcry and a recent court ruling which annulled its planned mass eviction of Chilonga villagers in Chiredzi, has come up with a subtle ploy to pursue the matter...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
Reform and sanctions will go
Barely a week after President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ambassador Dr Frederick Shava, Joseph Biden the United State of American President sla...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:34hrs | 1312 | by Leonard Koni
Deal with Gukurahundi genocide first, MPs say
Zimbabwe does not need any Patriotic Act before resolving the country's dark past, particularly the Gukurahundi massacres, parliamentarians argued last week as they dismissed a motion pushing for the ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:02hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1844 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF's eagerness to dissipate MDC might return to haunt them, as could be spur needed to finally urge Zimbabweans to stand up
Yesterday's ruling ZANU PF party Politburo (supreme body) meeting was interesting in two ways - firstly, the apparent strange continuation of the shamed Kembo Mohadi as the organization's vice preside...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 10:23hrs | 2304 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
President ED Mnangagwa - A lucky Daka-boy?
In the aftermath of the 2017 military coup, emerged a darker force to take over the peaceful nation of Zimbabwe. A man with something of the night was suddenly thrust into the forefront of Zimbabwean ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 10:39hrs | 3283 | by Nobukhosi Moyo
Timveos departure from MDC Alliance to ZANU PF fraught with hypocrisy and deceit, and needs introspection
In my life, I have come across my fare share of strange things - some, which could be characterized as stranger than fiction - but, the open letter allegedly penned by former MDC Alliance member and s...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1981 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kembo Mohadi presidential ambitions thwarted, we saw it coming!
In more than one article we told over ambitious Kembo Mohadi that he will never be the President of Zimbabwe given his Matabele background. We told him not to fly to high because his wings were fake, ...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 13:38hrs | 3757 | by Israel Dube
Gukurahundi genocide initiative goes cold
TRADITIONAL leaders have lamented that the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings have prevented them from spearheading Gukurahundi exhumations and reburials, among other peace-building efforts ai...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Ibhetshu LikaZulu mourns Chief Maduna Mafu
Ibhetshu LikaZulu yesterday described the late Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi as a courageous leader who fought white colonial rule with his people, and also fearlessly confronted the ruling Zanu-...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:05hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Zapu President mourns paramount Chief Vezi Maduna
We have received with profound sadness the news of Chief Vezi Maduna's Departure. Chief Maduna inspired many of us as he was a man of distinguished courage who also possessed a rare quality of self sa...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 11:21hrs | 776 | by Isaac Mabuka Zapu President
Chiwenga faction loses ground
THE appointment of Frederick Shava to the Foreign Affairs ministerial post this week has further entrenched President Emmerson Mnangagwa's hold on power, capitalising on political contingency and oppo...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 15:02hrs | 7558 | by Staff reporter
Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future
NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieute...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna must be declared a national hero
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi who died this Saturday morning at the age of 86 should be declared a national hero, for his role in fighting the colonial Rhodesian government and principled stance ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:54hrs | 2478 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over Bulawayo's Grade Seven 0% pass rate
A MATABELELAND-BASED pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu has raised concern over the poor ranking of most schools in Matabeleland which have continued to register very poor Grade Seven results.Se...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:56hrs | 3052 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa replaces Mobutu Sese Seko as most corrupt African leader
"If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little."Shocking as it is, the above statement that apparently legitimises graft, is attributed t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 3818 | by Israel Dube
Comrade Albert Matapo further exposes himself: Cannot stand critique!
This is exactly what we mean when we say we have too many pseudo revolutionaries in our midst masquerading as genuine liberators of our time. It is desperation to entertain Matapo's dreams about the f...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 17:59hrs | 2393 | by Nomazulu Thata
Civic group remembers Gukurahundi abductees
A MATABELELAND-BASED pressure group, Ibhetshu likaZulu, will on Sunday commemorate the abduction of 16 Silobela villagers who disappeared at the height of Gukurahundi massacres on January 31, 1985....Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:07hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Vaccine at Zimbabwe State House?
Once again in a desperate move to cause anarchy and pandemonium in Zimbabwe an audio which featured Mr Simba Chikanza and an i identified male made rounds. The audio was celebrating the deaths of Zimb...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:02hrs | 7927 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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