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Farewell Dr. Charles Muzuva Mungoshi
As I did farewell our champion, hero, mind liberator and academic warrior, I must admit that we have been left with a seat too high to occupy and a bar not that easy to reach. We shall write but the s...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 11:00hrs | 721 | by Tapiwa Kapurura
'Bulawayo artistes more popular outside Zimbabwe'
Southern region artistes say they are more popular outside Zimbabwe due to a number of reasons, chief being the imbalance in airplay which favours artistes from the other parts of the country....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Village head arrested for rape
A VILLAGE head from Jambezi who allegedly turned a 25-year-old mentally challenged woman into a sex slave has been dragged to court facing rape charges.Walter Ncube (43) of Monde Village who i...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:56hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners, NGOs outed on demos
A number of foreign individuals and non-governmental organisations have been outed in their efforts to destabilise the country, following a workshop they held in Mutare this week which discussed how t...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 19:58hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Number plates shortage: Cops harass motorists
Motorists say they are still facing challenges using temporary number plates on their vehicles even after government announced an extension of their life-span.The temporary plates used to be v...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:44hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa out of touch, cruel and disrespectful
The military government has removed any doubt of its cruelty and lack of remorse when its front man Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared in a disgusting interview of France24.He displayed a clear misun...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:50hrs | 4337 | by Hon. Dr. Bekithemba Mpofu
Discredited 'rights groups' seek audience with Mnangagwa
THREE leading international human rights watchdogs - Amnesty International (AI), Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Oxfam International (OI) - have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking to meet hi...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's response an insult to victims of State violence
THAT our very own dearest President has chosen to confess ignorance about the killings and gross human rights abuses perpetrated by security forces last month, in the wake of violent protests over a 1...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 212 | by Editorial - newsday
'Mnangagwa out of touch, cruel and disrespectful'
The military government has removed any doubt of its cruelty and lack of remorse when its front man Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared in a disgusting interview of France24.He displayed a clear misun...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 06:37hrs | 5080 | by Bekithemba Mpofu
Egodini developer recruits 65 people
BULAWAYO's Egodini Mall developer, Terracotta Private Limited, has so far recruited 65 people to work on the initial stages of the multi-million dollar project. The Bulawayo City Council award...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:23hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands 'V11' of army killings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has shot down reports that the military carried out extra-judicial killings on at least 17 civilians after being roped in by the police to quell last month's violent prote...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean community that identifies with SA, Botswana
Arriving at Khalanyoni Business Centre in Plumtree, Mangwe district in Matabeleland South about 200 kilometres south of Bulawayo, one is greeted by a huge election billboard of a beaming President Emm...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
Could it be more about money and less about Chiwenga?
"The joke is on you," goes an English saying.If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that the person has tried to make someone else look silly, but has, in the process, ma...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:37hrs | 901 | by CONWAY TUTANI
ED Mnangagwa cannot eat his cake and still have it
At some time, after Samuel had anointed Saul as king of Israel, the LORD commanded king Saul saying, "'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they cam...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | 6727 | by Zanda Shumba
Zimbabwe NGOS' sinister Agenda
In pursuit of a more sinister, hidden agenda conscience-deficient foreign-funded non-governmental agents of imperialism working with social groups leave behind a trail of destruction of property worth...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:05hrs | 323 | by Stephen Mpofu
Mugabe lost $1 million to thieves
A CASE in which former President Robert Mugabe lost US$150 000 to a relative and his employees has taken a new twist amid revelations that the latter actually stole close to US$1 million cash from the...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:19hrs | 3715 | by Staff reporter
Cambridge 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: 24 Jan 2019 at 13:10hrs | 2395 | by The Language Coach
Zanu-PF activists set bases at schools
CIVIL servants yesterday claimed Zanu-PF activists had set up terror campaign bases at various schools throughout the country, where they allegedly interrogated teachers and other public servants and ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Racist DA's calls to report Zimbabwe to ICC, suspension of aid laughable
One of the International Criminal Court (ICC) roles is to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes is onerous and by no means a light matter, but when one of the small South A...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:08hrs | 454 | by Collen Chamunorwa
ZCTU boss arrested over deadly looting protests
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Japhet Moyo has been arrested in connection with wild protests that rocked parts of the country during a national job stay away called by the...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:50hrs | 230 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe's internet clampdown: A tale of absurdities
When the current crop of leaders in government executed a clever coup that drove out Robert Mugabe in November 2017, most of us overestimated their ability to think. Those guys are just a dumb lump of...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:38hrs | 335 | by Tawanda Majoni
Violent Zimbabwe protest organiser goes into hiding
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Peter Mutasa has gone into hiding after being linked to week's violent anti-government protests that left three dead and a trail of destruction coun...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 16:12hrs | 3101 | by newzimbabwe
More deadly protests lined-up in Zimbabwe
DEADLY street protests which brought Zimbabwe to a standstill this week have added impetus to calls by opposition parties and civil society organisations for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree to d...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:50hrs | 9719 | by Staff reporter
Violence must be condemned at all levels
We have endured a week such as no nation should live through: a time of violence and tragedy. The country suffered losses to human life and to property. Zimbabwe needs to think about that trag...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1312 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Motorists forced a fuel service station to close
Motorists forced a fuel service station to close in Waterfalls after unearthing corruption where fuel was being selectively sold in US dollars only.Motorists who queued for long hours at a ser...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 18:54hrs | 1726 | by Staff reporter
MSU became the home of ignorance
MSU became the home of ignorance though it is a university.On 17 August 2017 MSU dismissed its four security guards accusing them of misappropriation of association funds.Its so fun to...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1614 | by Doubt Chibi
Zimbabwe-born actor, who's on a roll on Netflix
His beginnings were in a two-bedroom apartment in a South London estate he shared with his mother, aunt and cousins.That's all Zimbabwe-born Percelle Ascott had, besides a childhood filled wit...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:02hrs | 1661 | by Forbes Africa.com
Police visit to CiZC a 'courtesy call'
In a surprising twist, the officer-in-charge at Milton Park Police Station has told Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition(CiZC)'s lawyers that plain-clothes police officers who visited CiZC offices on Thursday...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:16hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Who is a voter?
We have a problem with who the voter is in Zimbabwe. Only at election time do our politicians start thinking about who will vote for them. Who is expected to vote at election time anywhere? Ho...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | 315 | by Clement Moyo
Mnangagwa plots opposition clampdown
THE panicky government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly put its security arms on high alert as part of measures to clamp down on leaders of opposition parties, non-governmental organisat...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 5143 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sends state into panic mode
The People's President, Advocate Nelson Chamisa today made spot visits to several places in the City of Harare speaking to citizens and assessing the plight of the Zimbabwean people.President ...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:23hrs | 12441 | by Jacob Mafume ,MDC National Spokesperson
God's Answer to Zimbabwe - UCARDGPZ Christmas Message
Peace, love, true democracy and goodwill to Zimbabweans and all mankind. Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Zimbabweans; with that greeting, I bring you good news from the lord and best wishes for this Holy...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 18:23hrs | 683 | by Albert Matapo (Founding Leader of UCADGPZ)
'Tsvangirai will be an albatross round your neck' Dell predicted - he was right, now it is ED and Chamisa
"Morgan Tsvangirai a flawed figure, not readily open to advice, indecisive and with questionable judgment," wrote then USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe 2004 to 2007, Chris Dell in a leaked cable."He...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 22:32hrs | 4361 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa rejects amendment to block Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF party has rejected a proposal from its affiliate, the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), to raise the age limit for presidential asp...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:04hrs | 7344 | by Staff reporter
'Great leaders have vision!' twittered Chamisa - alas, you don't even have common sense!
"The SECRET to a GREAT NATION is VISION, LOVE and HUMILITY by its leadership. Arrogance is always ignorance disguised as invincibility. Weak leaders boast and divide. Strong leaders reach out to unify...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 20:08hrs | 3830 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabweans must remain vigilant
The recent pronouncements by Zanu-PF war veterans to the effect of raising the minimum age of presidential candidates does not only raise every Zimbabwean's eyebrows but it is a real attack on our fle...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1414 | by Frazer Muzondo, MDC UK and ROHR ZIM.
Chamisa opens up on GNU talks with Mnangagwa
MDC Leader Nelson Chamisa has stated out that he is not interested in any Government of National Unity with ZANU PF leader Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa but is interested in a national dialogue only....Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:26hrs | 3478 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US continues tangling in Zimbabwean politics
Problems of African development and integration with the world have continued to attract concern in the policy making within and beyond the shores of the continent as American hegemony continues to ta...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:05hrs | 2693 | by Daphine Zulu
Robert Sigauke remembers Robert Mugabe ouster: A year on
The streets of Harare reminisced the scenes of independence celebrations close to four decades ago. While the incidence of tribal, character and colour differentiation cannot be undone, it is the real...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:07hrs | 994 | by Robert Sigauke
Mystery forces school to close laboratory
Mystery surrounds the closure of a science laboratory at Mandwandwe secondary school in Bulawayo, after a science teacher passed away after he allegedly inhaled a poisonous substance while using the l...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 18:57hrs | 2362 | by Stff reporter
Mnangagwa considered illegitimate by The West
WHEN Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the presidency following the November 2017 coup that toppled Zimbabwe's long-time ruler Robert Mugabe, he did not waste time in telling the world that his government ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:40hrs | 19429 | by Simukai Tinhu
Bulawayo police foil Gukurahundi march
BULAWAYO police yesterday foiled a march to the High Court by Gukurahundi survivors who intended to petition for the setting up of a special commission to address the 1980's mass killings. The march w...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:39hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police foil Gukurahundi march
BULAWAYO police yesterday foiled a march to the High Court by Gukurahundi survivors who intended to petition for the setting up of a special commission to address the 1980's mass killings. The march w...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:50hrs | 2799 | by Staff Reporter
Kgalema Motlanthe Commission hijacked
After the violent demonstrations and the death of six people in Zimbabwe on the 1st August 2018 the president sought to go deeper in the problem. On the 14th September 2018 ED published a proclamation...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 20:31hrs | 11464 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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: 27 Nov 2018 at 07:31hrs | 2167 | by The Language Coach
Fraud allegations rocks Zifa
WITH the ZIFA board elections approaching its home-stretch this week, the battle for places on the executive took a nasty turn over the weekend amid untested allegations of misappropriation of funds a...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Which way Prof. Ncube?
Somebody observed rather poignantly ,that every cobbler , house wife ,vendor and taxi driver in Zimbabwe is a spontaneous master of economic phenomena , aerodynamics ,football formations and medicine!...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 07:50hrs | 641 | by Zifiso Masiye
Vendors up in arms with police over confisticated wares
THE Gweru Vendors' Association (GVA) has petitioned Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavhima merchandise belonging to its members that was confiscated by the Joint Operation Command last wee...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges media to highlight success stories
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged the media to highlight the country's success stories instead of expending energies on negative stories that weigh down Government efforts to resuscitate the economy and l...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:38hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
'Do we have the vision to reset our dysfunctional politics?' - not until have thinking caps back on
"After 38 years of blundering from pillar to post, we have a chance of resetting our dysfunctional political system. The question is Do we have the vision to see the opportunity and the resolve to sei...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:47hrs | 167 | by Wilbert Mukori
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