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Zanu-PF pushes for law criminalising govt criticism

Ruling party ZANU-PF legislators are doubling down on calls to criminalise criticism of government shortcomings, reigniting concerns over shrinking democratic s

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Genocide govt shifts gukurahundi probe to closed-door private testimonies

The government has abruptly altered the investigative framework and methodology for the upcoming state-sponsored probe into the Gukurahundi genocide, replacing an open public testimonial approach with a closed-door private witness testimon…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt fears civil unrest

The Government has issued a stern warning to political groups, politicians, and certain civil society organizations against orchestrating disruptive activities aimed at creating chaos in the country. Acting Minister of Home Affairs and Cul…

Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa government's game of darkness

NOW, if you put President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube and Kuda David Mnangagwa-the Finance minister and deputy minister, respectivelyâ€”what will you get?Correct. Darkness. Lots of darkness. Not because naughty Zesa will switch the li…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:30hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni

Nevers Mumba hits back at Zimbabwe govt

SADC Expresses concern on statements made about its Electoral Observation Mission in Zimbabwe and the personal attacks to its Head of SEOM following the release

Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 18:31hrs | 1041 | by Nevers Mumba

Zimbabwe govt lacks spine

THE Zanu-PF government is at long last trying to get back to the basics on its initial promises at Independence in 1980, reintroducing a minimum wage.However, questions will continue to linger if this is not another campaign gimmick as the…

Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 04:41hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

Zimbabwe govt must introduce social safety nets for unpaid care givers

VENDORS Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) is part of a steering committee working group on unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW).The working group is convened by the Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe in collaboration wit…

Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Viset

Stop govt, Zanu-PF conflation

WHILE corruption and misgovernance have a bearing on the chaos at most parastatals, the main problem is plunder of money and other resources at these institutions by the ruling Zanu-PF party and fatcats in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's go…

Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Mukunda Chitova

There is no winner in every war

MORE than 100 days have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine and the conflict seems far from over. Civilians are undoubtedly the biggest victims.It seems the protagonists have abandoned diplomacy to end the war. Questions are being raised o…

Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 05:47hrs | | by Terrence Mwedzi

Why the diaspora cannot vote

THE Constitution of Zimbabwe states that citizens who have reached the age of 18 years may vote.However, section (23) of the Electoral Act suggests that for citizens to register to vote, they must fulfil the residency requirement for regis…

Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 05:47hrs | | by Election Resource Centre

Mnangagwa conflating party, govt business

ADDRESSING a Zanu-PF meeting recently, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said: "All those who don't have IDs must come together and you get their names to the councillor so they get IDs â€¦ I am saying this as the most senior member in the cell…

Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 05:46hrs | 4 | by Kennedy Kaitano

Govt must take care of youths

ECONOMIC Justice for Women Project (EJWP) joins Zimbabwe in commemorating the National Youth Day, a day meant to celebrate the efforts made by young people in b

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by EJWP

Govt must have a plan to rescue jobless graduates

Education used to be a ticket to a better life in Zimbabwe. Life was better when one was  educated, one could afford a house and a middle income lifestyle.But this has changed over the last two decades, with university students now ma…

Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | | by Evans Mathanda

Govt must revisit their anti-graft strategies

HE latest arrest of principal director in the epidemiology and disease control department in the Health and Child Care ministry, Portia Manangazira, brings the effectiveness and seriousness of the whole fight against corruption under scrut…

Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:00hrs | | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya

Fake news during the COVID-19 pandemic irks Mnangagwa's govt

The secretary for Home Affairs, Aaron Nhepera, has issued a stern warning to those who are "spreading falsehoods" about the health and death of national leaders. Nhepera, a former deputy director-general of Central Intelligence, said vice-…

Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 16:05hrs | | by A.D.T Nhepera

Central government at the epicentre of the challenges facing local authorities

IntroductionToday is Christmas day, the day we celebrate the birth of the Son of Man, our Lord Jesus Christ. It is  a day that is supposed to be a day of love, unity, togetherness and celebration. A day that families in this country m…

Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:19hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Mnangagwa's govt must address economic fundamentals

As prices of basic commodities continue to skyrocket amid indications that a family of six now requires at least $1 684 to be able to survive through just one month, there is need for stakeholders â€” including government and employers â€”…

Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 06:46hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday

Challenging or toppling the government?

IN a constitutional democracy such as ours, the government can be legally challenged and removed, as long as it is done constitutionally.The government gets some things right and pleases some, but sometimes it makes mistakes, cheats and ab…

Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Miriam Tose Majome

Mnangagwa govt getting in the way of its own reforms

FOR much of the past year, Zimbabwe's economy has oscillated between confusion and chaos, and as the second half of 2019 wears on, the headwinds show no immediate sign of relenting.This is in spite of government's own constant and consiste…

Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:04hrs | | by Perry Munzwembiri

Civil servants wages: Govt can't run forever

GOVERNMENT's continued action of snubbing its workers as it tries to avoid paying what is due to the civil servants is nothing short of folly.In fact, it reminds us of lyrics of one of reggae music legend Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley's greate…

Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday

Zimbabwe military government abandons senior citizens

When l was growing I just loved to be near my maternal mother she taught us a lot of things about life, she would also tell us traditional folk tales around a fire, everybody loved her she would wrap herself in her checked blankets my fath…

Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Makho Precious Moyo

On Decolonising Governmentality

It is a truly careless but also stubborn truism that if we had no nation-states in the world we would not have nationless and stateless people. Nations and stat

Published: 05 May 2019 at 08:57hrs | | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena

Mnangagwa's govt ready to spill blood again

IT SEEMS President Emmerson Mnangagwa's young government has not learned from all the previous mistakes they have made in their time in power. Since coming into power following a military coup in November 2017, Mnangagwa's administration h…

Published: 02 May 2019 at 10:27hrs | | by Editorial - Daily News

Government engagement on Gukurahundi

Yes Government and Civil Society Engagement on issues of Gukurahundi is a positive welcome step in the right direction.!!!Lovejean Ndlovu of the ZAPU Youth publicity department in his article, â€œThe fallacy of ZANU PF and civil society en…

Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 18:21hrs | | by Nicholas Mlamuli Ndebele

How did Zimbabwe end up with such toxic debts?

What I witnessed last Saturday at Zimbabwe's biggest hospital, Parirenyatwa, got me thinking.In the casualty unit, there was no doctor attending to patients from 5.30pm to 9pm. I saw patients on stretchers and wheelchairs groaning in pain …

Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 08:59hrs | | by Editorial _ The Independent

'Scare tactics will not work'

The continued clampdown and arbitrary arrest of civic leaders and opposition Members of Parliament in the aftermath of the January 14 to 16 stay-away called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to protest escalating prices will …

Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:50hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda

Mnangagwa's Govt should not hide Zimbabwe's food security status

CLAIMS by Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza this week that the country had adequate food stocks to cater for vulnerable households cannot go unchallenged, given the current harsh weather conditions which have seen some areas …

Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Editorial - newsday

Pupils being sacrificed because of govt ineptitude

THE cold war between teachers and the government over salary increment â€” which appears to have become the norm at the beginning of every school calendar year â€” will have a far- reaching negative impact on pupils who now have to spend t…

Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Editorial - newsday

Challenges faced by Disabled persons and how the Government can intervene

Background to ChallengesDisability is viewed different by different people based on their socio economic positions. For as Africans, disability is viewed as spiritual a curse despite medical explanations proffered.For the West disability i…

Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 06:20hrs | | by Linda T. Masarira

Govt says this year's maize harvest is very law

Government of Zimbabwe has indicated that the 2016 harvesting period has started and farmers were working out with their produce which is not at the expected or satisfying levels.Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Develo…

Published: 20 May 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Journos pose biggest danger to themselves, not Govt

The biggest threat to journalism and media freedom in Zimbabwe are the journalists themselves. They are a threat to themselves, first and foremost. If Government poses any threat, it comes way later in the pack. I know these brothers and s…

Published: 08 May 2016 at 09:39hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus

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