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Unresolved ethnicity conflict haunts Bulawayo
For the past few weeks, the second largest city has been on the spotlight with the mayoral election taking centre stage.Residents gained interest in the election process as they argued that th...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Mnanagwa's turning point
PRAGMATISM. That could be the word we were looking for to describe President Mnangagwa's approach and philosophy as he conducts business as leader of both Zanu-PF - the ruling party - and Government. ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 2661 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Chamisa alliance victory leaves Zanu-PF divided in Chiredzi
The election of an MDC Alliance councillor and an independent as chairman and deputy chair of Chiredzi Town Council has left the ruling Zanu-PF party deeply divided.Zanu-PF won resoundingly al...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Small political parties likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023
A number of opposition political parties are likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023 primarily as a result of lack of funding and their failure to gain traction at the just-ended polls....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:36hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2277 | by Nomazulu Thata
It's not all doom for Zimbabwe; We just need to be honest with ourselves
AS a new chapter of our country's political landscape is slowly unfolding; it is also a time for self-introspection.There comes a time as a people where we need to be honest with ourselves, be...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:36hrs | 388 | by Terrence Muvoti
19 shades of the MDC
Yesterday marked the 19th birthday of the Movement of Democratic Change - Zimbabwe's once formidable opposition party. Of course, one can be forgiven for not knowing what that name actually now repres...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 398 | by Tichaona Zindoga
MDC mayors have to satisfy national standards- Zvidzai
MDC Alliance senior official Sesel Zvidzai has said MDC mayors have to satisfy two sets of standards. He said the national standard that requires only one to be a councillor to qualify for ele...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 08:22hrs | 1296 | by Stephen Jakes
Election 2018 the aftermath and opportunities to embrace
Politics is not entertainment neither is it Christian evangelical crusades. Politicians need to be serious and not take the electorate for granted as there are not there to entertain or preach. Grante...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 193 | by Zimbabwe Solidarity Campaign
'Zimbabwe should look beyond US'
FORMER State Enterprises and Parastatals Minister Dr Gorden Moyo says the Government should not read much into the sanctions imposed on it by the United States of America but seek various ways of revi...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:31hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Belling Zimbabwe's electoral-ideological cat
IT will take a while yet for the national after-effect of the 2018 harmonised election to wear off. Praise singers of President Emmerson Mnangagwa will continue justifying his eventual victory, while ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 453 | by Takura Zhangazha
Jockeying for Mnangagwa Cabinet posts gets nasty
Jockeying for Cabinet posts is turning nasty, with some of those eyeing positions in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration resorting to a vicious propaganda campaign to undermine other contend...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 21:14hrs | 3822 | by Staff reporter
Projects for sex vendors
PROSTITUTION could soon be out of fashion for some ladies of the night in Hwange and Victoria Falls with the introduction of income generating projects for them.Speaking at the launch of the K...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:21hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a rebirth; women must play a central part
The situation of women in Zimbabwe has been gradually deteriorating since the country gained its independence from Britain in 1980. As one who grew up in the country at a time when things were still r...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 06:53hrs | 159 | by Makho Precious
Khupe in U-turn on poll outcome
THE breakaway MDC-T faction led by Thokozani Khupe has made an about-turn, dismissing earlier reports that it endorsed the disputed July 30 harmonised elections as free, fair and credible.Khup...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:39hrs | 2898 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe polls were meant to start new era'
Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared president of Zimbabwe amid protests and violence.But Zimbabweans are now in a post-political, economy-first mood.Before Zimbabwe's general election...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 13:58hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: A soldier simply fading away
There is nothing peculiar in challenging an election result in a court of law as that has been the tradition in many countries. Just a few instances suffice as examples. In the 2000 United Sta...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1130 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Small parties roped in to legitimise Zanu-PF 'win'
Zanu has gone into an overdrive to legitimise its contested poll victory by roping in fringe opposition parties to endorse the outcome of the just-ended elections.President-elect Emmerson Mnan...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 19:45hrs | 2431 | by Staff reporter
'We thrashed them, let's celebrate,' says Mnangagwa
President elect, Emmerson Mnangagwa, says Zanu-PF should celebrate in style for thrashing its rivals in the July 30 harmonised elections with a convincing margin.The revolutionary party secure...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:40hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'It's time to party'
President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF should celebrate in style for thrashing its rivals in the July 30 harmonised elections with a convincing margin. Zanu-PF secured a comfortable two-third...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:34hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
The truth about these elections
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." - Thomas Paine, 1777. Political or public office is not the platform for pilfering...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 23:11hrs | 5803 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe is facing an uncertain future
In the July 2018 elections, opposition alliances, suffered a fatal loss, failing to get one-third of the seats for the Parliament, the country's legislative body. Since then, public opinion of Preside...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 19:01hrs | 3896 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa an ideologically weak leader and a passionate heartless villain
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Emmerson Mnangagwa is an ideological weak leader while he is passionate heartless."Ever since the capture of the government by the callous and ideo...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:52hrs | 2513 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF needs to act and deliver
The victory of ZANU PF is not only to benefit ZANU PF but it benefits the nation. The government to be formed will be the Zimbabwe government and not ZANU PF government. So it is imperative that all i...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 13:15hrs | 1148 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
90% of voters did not get the right caliber of leaders this election - Velempini Tjiyapo
Zanu PF activist Velempini Tjiyapo has said 90% of the voters during 2018 election s did not get the right leaders who are quality tghey would want."I have watched and participated in th...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:35hrs | 91 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa: Cross of Savimbi, Odinga
No one and virtually no one votes for a person who has no respect for women. Someone who thinks women should be restricted to domestic chores. No. Nelson No! Life is not like that. Zimbabwe needs peac...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1730 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Mnangagwa - Mugabe feud reaches historic nastiness
It's a deepening feud - playing out on TV stations and on Twitter and Facebook - that has now ballooned well beyond a small political quarrel.For President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his predecess...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 12:27hrs | 3162 | by Staff reporter
#BobIsInIt: Wamba gets kiss of death
THE story of how former president Robert Mugabe left office is now in the public domain. The momentous development had the full endorsement of his own Zanu-PF, the military and above all, the people o...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | 515 | by Joram Nyathi
Goodbye history, hello tomorrow!
Yesterday, former president Robert Mugabe convened a press conference at his Blue Roof mansion in Harare's leafy Borrowdale surburb. In many respects the press conference was fascinating - but at the ...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:47hrs | 181 | by Tichaona Zindoga
What happens to Chamisa's 18 year-old sister?
DEUTERONOMY 1 vs 13 says: "Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads." As Zimbabweans go to vote tomorrow, their choice is very simple: The...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:59hrs | 469 | by Bishop
The legacy of Zanu-PF
I have loved former President Robert Mugabe and I have and will always believe in him and in his wisdom as a leader and as a human being. Gushungo might have had his short comings but we need to ackno...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 13:05hrs | 1790 | by Fidelis Fengu
With Moyo as an enemy, ED must be doing something right
Former US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt once famously said, "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made." This seemingly strange statement refers to the fact that in politics, when a leade...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 10:18hrs | 5285 | by Anthony Mkondo
'Zanu-PF not worried by small parties'
Zanu-PF is not worried by small, fly-by-night political parties as it has undergone a self-cleansing exercise that has birthed a renewed party which champions servant leadership, President Mnangagwa h...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:22hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: Syllogistic analysis of his million plus election support.
The new millennia re-oriented Zimbabwe's political landscape in as far as political contestation is defined. After a series of reactive decision I.e. the military intervention in Democratic Republic o...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:08hrs | 779 | by Farai Saungweme
Khupe, Wilson pledge to revive Bulawayo
A total of 23 candidates will be vying for the top post in Zimbabwe's harmonised elections due in less than two weeks' time and of these only two hail from the second largest city, Bulawayo.Wh...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 15:10hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is just like Mugabe
IT has long been a public secret that Zimbabwe was open for socioeconomic policy change. Although President Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated in November last year, the voice of the people is unanimo...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:42hrs | 1296 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabweans being bribed
It's sad to see the downtrodden citizens that live in poverty throughout a five-year term without the government doing anything meaningful to better their lives, only to emerge a few weeks before the ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:10hrs | 2104 | by Zenzo Siziba
Party-State conflation must be checked
THE late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo noted in his autobiography that he once asked the then Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe which was the supreme organ of the State and to his great shock a...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | 348 | by Dumisani O Nkomo
Sibanda confident of victory against MDC Alliance and Zanu-PF candidate
BULAWAYO businessman, Geneva Sibanda, who runs a vibrant cattle ranch in Bubi, Matabeleland North province, has warned that he would embarrass his fellow contestants for the Bulawayo Central House of ...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 08:52hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
'ED is right man,' says T Ncube - how so, when he is the greatest enemy of free elections
When someone like Trevor Ncube speaks, people listen. "Given what is on offer I think ED is the right man right now. Not Zanu PF. I am confident he will deal with the remnants of Zanu PF...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:41hrs | 413 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa and Mugabe: Tell us the truth about your relationship
While reports that Chamisa met former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace in Dubai, agreeing on a 20-member Cabinet team if he wins the elections on July 30, may not be true, there are still ve...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 17:11hrs | 6315 | by Jealousy Dutiro
Zanu-PF allays Mazowe North split vote fears
Zanu-PF political liaison officer for Mashonaland Central, Maidei Maswi, has allayed fears among members that the party's votes will be split following the publication of a Government Gazette with two...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 379 | by STaff reporter
Reverend wants to 'rebuild' Zimbabwe on Christian values
Reverend Washington Chikanga, leader of Rebuild Zimbabwe Party (RZP), says Zimbabwe needs "right vision and right leadership" to change fortunes for citizens. The 48-year-old clergyman, who is...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 07:58hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe/Chamisa alliance, rehabilitative & desperation politics
Simmering information that the Mugabe-backed National Patriotic Front opposition party was in negotiations with the Nelson Chamisa led MDC-Alliance were all but confirmed by the Zimbabwe Independent n...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 11:59hrs | 1848 | by Bevan Musoko
'Zanu-PF hoodwinked us'
Seven months after helping President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrestle power from his mentor Robert Mugabe, war veterans are crying foul claiming there is a plot to sideline them in Zanu-PF.The war v...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:41hrs | 1125 | by Staffr eporter
Bulawayo Bomb Blast
It was in a rally in Gutu early 1981, when Mugabe was almost assassinated. Shiri and Rugeje were there attending that rally. The blame was squarely put on ZPRA/ ZAPU and Nkomo. There was chaos on that...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 22:18hrs | 4494 | by Clive Zulu
Our new Zimbabwe will not be derailed by violence
Like the birth pangs during labour, which brings forth new life, the birthing of our new Zimbabwe it seems will also not be without pain.While we took to the streets in November and demanded a...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 10:52hrs | 454 | by Mike Tawanda
A new dawn beckons for Zimbabwe
The forthcoming harmonised elections are vaunted as Zimbabwe's most important elections since independence in 1980, primarily because they seek to endorse or reject the new dispensation that rolled in...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 318 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Zanu-PF intensifies poll campaign
Zanu-PF youths here have promised to mobilise at least 30 000 votes for the party and its Presidential candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa in the forthcoming harmonised elections. To that end, the youths sai...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa showed his true colours when he chose Mugabe over Khupe
Since he entered his office, not without much controversy, MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa took incredible steps to push his former fellow vice-president Thokozani Khupe out of the MDC. What started as...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 15:18hrs | 3713 | by Anthony Mkondo
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