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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: 4 hrs ago | 563 | by Wilbert Mukori
Judge exposes bogus lawyer
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has unearthed a fictitious chamber application filed by a suspected bogus lawyer amid fears that many other similar urgent chamber applications may have sailed...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
Is it time for Africa to teach Europe what democracy and passive racism are?
Picture it. The aftermath of a national election, where senior international observer from a leading European country declares of the election process he has just witnessed: "In all the many election ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1155 | by Anonymous
Mthuli Ncube's '0% political skills' certainly working
While cholera is highly infectious, positivity can be as contagious too as a counter-measure along with medicinally treating the actual disease.Posted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who has a ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 3569 | by Conway Tutani
Mindset shift key to policing: Mathema
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) needs a paradigm shift and the necessary resources, including adoption of information communication technologies to combat 21st century crime, new Home Affairs minis...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to expose Mnangagwa-linked companies
This threat was made in March 2018 and nothing was exposed, one wonders whether Nelson Chamisa had anything to expose.OPPOSITION leader and MDC Alliance...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:27hrs | 4732 | by Staff reporter
Coventry 'a mere swimmer'?
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, so says Murphy's law.Well, Murphy's law seems to following — nay, stalking — losing MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa.If ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:55hrs | 2490 | by CONWAY TUTANI
Chamisa downgrades Tendai Biti
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has set the stage for fresh clashes with Tendai Biti after he boldly elevated Welshman Ncube to the lofty position of party Vice President while downgrading the former Financ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:51hrs | 5969 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo wife explodes on social media
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. It has become a trend for women to blast their spouses on social media to let the world know about their haggling. Joining the list of controversial Oli...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | 3445 | by Staff reporter
A decolonial response to 'The case of Colonialism’
It is over a year now since Bruce Gilley, the political imperial historian wrote his controversial article as an apologist to colonialism in Africa. More contentious from the article, was the call to ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 16:20hrs | 1500 | by Brian Maregedze and Tedious Ncube
A decolonial response to 'The case of Colonialism'
It is over a year now since Bruce Gilley, the political imperial historian wrote his controversial article as an apologist to colonialism in Africa. More contentious from the article, was the call to ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 13:06hrs | 317 | by Brian Maregedze and Tedious Ncube
Full Text: Crisis in Zim expresses reservations on the commission of inquiry to look into August 1, violence and shootings
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has noted the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry which has been tasked to investigate the shooting of civilians in the capital on August 1, 2018, by the military. The ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:58hrs | 865 | by CiZC
Big town fellows' mentality cost MDC Alliance rural vote
Agreed the election was stolen, the people's will was subverted for the gains of a few, selfish individuals that claim to have monopoly over Zimbabwe.The motherland is battered and shuttered, ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:08hrs | 1147 | by Roy Muroyi
Married workmates busted for sex in office
THEY were caught in their birthday suits during working hours enjoying the adult game!Business came to a halt at Turk Mine when two married workmates were caught indulging in sex in the office...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:32hrs | 2632 | by Staff reporter
Con-Court ruling final nail in dashing Zimbabwe's hopes
LAST Friday was to all intents and purposes, as bleak as a Black Friday. Flags might as well have flown at half-mast. As Chief Justice Luke Malaba delivered the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 196 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
There is no shortcut to prosperity
In the Bible we are told God worked for six days and rested on the seventh day. The Israelites were commanded to work their fields and tend their orchards but to rest on the seventh day. The k...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 15:55hrs | 210 | by Tondo Murisa
Political grandstanding will not sanitise Mnangagwa legitimacy
IT'S rather bizarre that President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has chosen to profess ignorance over who ordered soldiers to use live ammunition on civilian protesters in Harare on August 1, killing seven...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1904 | by Editorial - newsday
Cambridge O'Level English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 08:58hrs | 1403 | by The Language Coach
General Valerio Sibanda issued statement under duress, says Mutsekwa
Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda acted out of his professional reputation in blaming MDC Alliance supporters for the fatal shooting of at least six unarmed civilians d...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:03hrs | 5848 | by Staff reporter
Biti's lawyer grills 'dumb-playing' State witness
Beatrice Mtetwa, the lawyer representing MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti yesterday grilled State witness and investigating officer Chief Superintendent Jealous Nyabasa for allegedly playing dumb an...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:10hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's tactics exposed
Africa is a young sleeping giant where Zimbabwe comes as the best educated country on the continent a vibrant young population which can compete at any global level.Zanu PF tactics of scuttlin...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 07:43hrs | 5434 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's Presidential petition analysed
So we have now got to the point where the petition was formally filed. A lot of confusing and alarming information has been peddled and circulated. This post will try to demystify these unfounded post...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 11:40hrs | 9172 | by Brighton Matebuka.
Chiwenga poised to topple Mnangagwa, as another coup imminent in Zimbabwe
The 30 July 2018 harmonized elections were like no other ever held in the country for so many reasons, but the most outstanding was the huge difference between the two-thirds majority won by the rulin...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 19:48hrs | 29845 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
MDC Allliance has a highly reasonable case - Mthwakazi activist
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said despite the fact that he is not a supporter of the MDC Alliance he has gone through its petition against Emmerson Mnangagwa's declared victory and could ac...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 12:40hrs | 1059 | by Stephen Jakes
Mystery over Dembare, Bosso match
Why was the much-awaited big clash pitting the traditional giants of Zimbabwean football Highlanders and Dynamos postponed?It's a question that has failed to draw a credible explanation all we...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 10:03hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Mnangwagwa is still the boss?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa remains Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, with full executive authority as granted by the Constitution, despite one oppos...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:40hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
One Zimbabwe one people
Those who dedicated their lives,Who dedicated their lives for our Motherland,They took a thorny path to Independence,United they stood with will power to liberate us,They got it throug...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 08:01hrs | 310 | by Edmore Kudakwashe Chaipa
Heroes never looked back
Heroes never looked back,In their desire to liberate Zimbabwe,They took it forward like preying lions,They took the struggle to the top,Stiring those who had turned on their fearful he...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:59hrs | 235 | by Edmore Kudakwashe Chaipa
Biti fled prosecution, not persecution
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his Government went out of their way to deliver credible, free, fair and transparent harmonised elections in the hope that all contestants would be magnanimous enough to put th...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:31hrs | 392 | by Editorial - The Herald
You are putting women and children in Mathebeleland at risk Israel Dube
Your article in Bulawayo24 on the 5th of August is a cause to be concerned about if one comes from this region. It felt as if you are already threatening war against the Mnangagwa regime. Did you and ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 20:05hrs | 2904 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa will rule only in Mashonaland
MLO would like to put it categorically clear that the newly elected Zimbabwe's President, Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule will stretch as far as Mashonaland boundaries. And that this side of the Jameson Lin...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 13:32hrs | 5338 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa's lame excuses show dearth of leadership
The death of at least six people who were shot and killed in cold blood by Zimbabwe's military forces on the streets of Harare last Wednesday was the biggest blight on the country's controversial elec...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:56hrs | 382 | by Editorial
Chamisa: Whither the legacy of opposition politics?
The opposition's participation in this election is quite commendable. The 2018 harmonised elections afforded all political parties an opportunity to measure their relevance in the country's body-polit...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:39hrs | 269 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Idiots are always in a majority
"I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win."― Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894-1961) French novelis...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 18:37hrs | 3093 | by unkown
Zimbabwe; a blessed nation
Is God angry with Zimbabwe or not? Is the nation appeasing God's wrath and undergoing punishment for past evils? Because of the austere environment the country is under, many theories emerge. Economis...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:38hrs | 973 | by Erasmus Makarimayi
Police surround Tendai Biti's mother's house
There are reports that five police vehicles were surrounding Tendai Biti's mother's house last night.Biti's lawyer told SABC News that the mother is not a politician and those with issues agai...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 08:45hrs | 7348 | by Mafu Sithabile
Chamisa's political demise: the best thing to happen to us women!
Chamisa was big-headed: he knew it all, apparently never listened to advice because he thought whatever advice came from himself. He lacked foresight, he lacked leadership qualities, his words were un...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 21:37hrs | 7438 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mugabe speaks on Itai Dzamara abduction
HARARE - Former president Robert Mugabe has professed ignorance about the abduction and disappearance of activist, Itai Dzamara.Dzamara was getting a haircut at a barbershop in the working cla...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 23:36hrs | 9491 | by Staff Reporter
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 | 470 | by Bishop
NetOne CEO bets on Chamisa win - report
NetOne CEO, Mr Lazarus Muchenje could be in hot soup if Zanu-PF wins the upcoming elections, after firing top executives without board approval, ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 12:08hrs | 10451 | by Staff reporter
NetOne CEO fires 'entire' Exco under unclear circumstances
State-owned mobile network operator, NetOne has with immediate effect fired 9 top executives, under unclear circumstances, which both the board and minister have professed ignorance on, ...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 11:49hrs | 3132 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa in final showdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will today address defining rallies of their political lives a stone's throw from each other ahead of elections on Monday.Mn...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:33hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt2
Continuing from here...Truth be said, this is a great opportunity for Mnangagwa. And truth be repeated, the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:03hrs | 704 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Zimbabwe must be the winner
For every winner there has to be a loser.But the more closely I look at Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance, the less I see differences in style and substance between them, with mere days before the elec...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:21hrs | 344 | by Conway Tutani
Sadc, help avoid sham Zimbabwe poll
At a recent rally held in Bulawayo Nelson Chamisa, the MDC Alliance presidential candidate, announced that on July 24, exactly six days before the 2018 harmonised elections, they will meet with the Zi...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | 593 | by Mkhululi Tshuma
MRP addresses rally in Ntabazinduna
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) was one of the parties that addressed the people of Ntabazinduna at a function that was initiated by the local Chief, Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni.The chief had call...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | 971 | by Stephen Jakes
Uncovering the deal between Grace Mugabe and Nelson Chamisa: It is Pure Evil
Ignorance, Plato tells us, is the root and stem of all evil.This is why I write. This is why I educate. This is why I scream to the rooftops, through the streets of Harare and beyond. To make ...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:18hrs | 7766 | by Anthony Mkondo
MDC-T breaks into panel beater's premises
A Gwanda panel beating company is mulling taking legal action against MDC-T's Bulawayo branch after some officials allegedly broke into its premises and towed off a vehicle that they had been left for...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 16:34hrs | 2391 | by Staff reporter
Electoral offences
With the elections some days away, emotions are heating up and the rate of election-related crimes and offences is also rising.Some crimes are being committed intentionally and some unintentio...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:31hrs | 111 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Chamisa to be arrested after elections?
Judging by on-line reaction, this column has only a handful of readers, but millions of critics! Which is what makes writing it worth every of my while. Week in, week out, you get fiery feedba...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:11hrs | 2521 | by Igomombe
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