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Masarira pays tribute to Dzamara
Linda Masarira, leader of the opposition party, LEAD, has paid tribute to human rights activist, Patson Dzamara who succumbed to cancer earlier on today."26 August will remain forever remain a...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:09hrs | 1843 | by Daniel Itai
3 in court over illegal gathering
THREE people yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of staging an illegal demonstration at Boka Auction Floors in Harare demanding the release of fellow Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:28hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe heroes, ZDF holidays to be held online
THERE will be no public gatherings during the Heroes Day and Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day holidays and commemorations will be held online to curb the spread of Covid-19. The country is set to c...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:16hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
MDC is a failed project for Matebeleland people, its time to move on
The Movement for Democratic Change "MDC was largely embraced by majority of Matabeleland people at it's formation in 1999 as an alternative to the tribalistic ZANU PF party which they never supp...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:48hrs | 484 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
No longer the Sunshine City
The Zimbabwe capital city which was once called Salisbury during the colonial era changed its name to Harare on 18 April 1982.During the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence, th...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 14:37hrs | 979 | by Leonard Koni
Single, childless and black
THERE is a generally held assumption that every adult person is married or should be married and have children.Society, especially African societies, are generally uneasy with the idea of adul...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 3787 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zanu-PF using lockdown period to consolidate power
With the rest of the world concentrating on their own domestic issues arising out of the pandemic, Zimbabwean government seem to be banking on this lack of attention to consolidate their power by clos...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:47hrs | 918 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Zimbabwe must go into home-grown solutions overdrive
Zimbabwe must go into overdrive in using home-grown solutions, local manufacturing and links to universities and colleges to grow the economy and address challenges building on the innovative collabor...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:08hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 virus no match for global political thuggery
Clearly, the world has been turned upside-down, inside out.The new coronavirus - Covid-19 - has made possible what we previously thought unimaginable.It has weaned sports junkies from ...Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:56hrs | 95 | by Bishop Lazi
Soldiers break man's hand for defying lock down
A Bindura resident (name withheld) for fear of further victimisation got his hand broken by rowdy soldiers last week.Speaking to Bulawa...Published: 01 May 2020 at 14:22hrs | 2056 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Ex-Zipra top commander wallows in poverty
A 95-year-old former Zipra cadre, David Moyo, who is a brother to the late nationalist, Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo, says many ex-freedom fighters have nothing to show for their sacrifices, with some of the...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:33hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
The dilemma of the white community in Zimbabwe
WITH the advent of the Second Republic, the Zimbabwean white community has once again reached crossroads as it did in 1965 (UDI), in 1980 (Black independence), 2000 (farm invasions) and 2018 going for...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1596 | by Andrew K Tsiga
Chinese President sends special message to Mnangagwa
Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping has sent a message to the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa congratulating him and the nation on the occasion ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 14:55hrs | 4260 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Walter Mzembi rallies Zimbabweans against Mnangagwa
Exiled former Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi has urged Zimbabweans to be courageous and demand the resignation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ZANU PF officials. Mzembi made the rem...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 14:18hrs | 7728 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Independence without credible polls hollow'
INDEPENDENT electoral watchdog, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) says it is regrettable that Zimbabwe on Saturday celebrated 40 years of independence at a time the country's electoral cycles a...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 08:43hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to announce lockdown wayforward today
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is leaving it till late to announce the next steps following the expiry of the 21-day lockdown to combat the spread of the new coronavirus.Government spokesman, Ni...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:40hrs | 2802 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on lockdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today expected to announce the next steps the government will take to contain the spread of coronavirus as the current 21-day national lockdown comes to an end....Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to 'fine tune' Mugabe's land policy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government was keen on fine-tuning the country's land reform policy to allow citizens to reap maximum benefit from the country's most treasured resource.H...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:53hrs | 410 | by newzimbabwe
No independence for Africans: Their children will play on sewage drainages and will not recognize or smell it
There are numerous themes to talk about Zimbabwe that is celebrating 40 years of wasted opportunities for decades. It is difficult to ignore what White Former Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith prophesi...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1914 | by Nomazulu Thata
Get ready to work, says Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWEANS should get ready to go back to work with increased discipline as the country readies to achieve speedy economic recovery in the next 10 years to transform it into an upper middle-class eco...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@40: Still standing . . . going strong
APRIL 18 marks Zimbabwe's Independence Day.We commemorate this auspicious national occasion heroically fighting Covid-19, a global pandemic that has claimed and is still claiming thousands of ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 112 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
Let Us All Redefine Our Independence
Greetings My Fellow Zimbabweans: Today the 18th of April like every year, we all reflect on our Great National event, that is our Independence Day. Despite the pains of uncertainty and f...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:45hrs | 125 | by Isaac Mabuka - Zapu President
Mnangagwa declares 'Decade of Action'
ZIMBABWEANS should prime themselves for a transformative and rapid economic recovery programme anchored on Government-led support and innovativeness, President Mnangagwa has said.Delivering a ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:37hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
MDC, Zanu-PF share mixed feelings over Independence commemorations
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Zimbabwe since it attained it's independence from Britain in 1980.However, due to COVID-19 the country celebrated it's independence indoors as a resul...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 21:00hrs | 2098 | by Daniel Itai
'It's not yet Uhuru!' Bulawayo mayor says
Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Madlala Mguni says Zimbabwe is still facing many challenges despite attaining 40 years of Independence. In an Independence day message Mguni said, "Happy 40th independen...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 16:48hrs | 4179 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: Chamisa's Independence day speech
Happy Independence Day fellow Zimbabweans, wherever you are and whatever your political affiliation or station in life. As I wish you happy Uhuru Day, I know and I understand that...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 15:52hrs | 2897 | by Nelson Chamisa
Mnangagwa to make lockdown announcement on Sunday
Permanent secretary in the information ministry Nick Mangwana says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Sunday make an announcement on the whether or not ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 15:39hrs | 2656 | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe broke and regime can't wait for lockdown to end, Biti claims
Former finance minister Tendai Biti has claimed that the government is under pressure to end the coronavirus lockdown as it has run out of money.The MDC deputy president, who appears to still ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 14:46hrs | 2375 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's video address on the occasion of the 40th Independence Day commemorations
INDEPENDENCE Day speech by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, April 18, 2o209The First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa;Honourable Vic...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 14:24hrs | 789 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa stresses prosperity, growth
Zimbabweans must continue to look at building a prosperous and free Zimbabwe and accelerating economic growth as the country celebrates the 40th anniversary of independence today, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 14:01hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance has its own constitution'
MDC Alliance is a distinct political party that has its own organizational constitution different from the MDC-T, party Secretary General Chaltorn Hwende has revealed. Hwende revealed the matt...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 12:56hrs | 6223 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa omits Nkomo and Mugabe from his Independence speech
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been rapped for his failure to acknowledge the founding fathers of Zimbabwe's Independence during his speech issued on Saturday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 12:15hrs | 4173 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere apologises for Gukurahundi
Former ZANU PF Political Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has, for the first time, publicly condemned the Gukurahundi genocide that killed more 20 000 people in Midlands and Matabeleland. In a Ind...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 11:24hrs | 5140 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cecil John Rhodes: The ghost of Zimbabwe
We commemorate the 40th independence day by taking a brief history course into the life and legacy of Cecil John Rhodes, the notorious kingmaker of what we now know as our country. Like the ig...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:44hrs | 2891 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zimbabwe shall rise again. . .
INDEPENDENCE Day speech by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, April 18, 2019 I welcome you all ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 825 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa,
Mnangagwa to make televised address
TODAY, President Emmerson Mnangagwa will make a televised address on the country's 40th Independence Day.According to the deputy chief secretary to the President and Cabinet, who is also Presi...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
Celebrating 40 Years. Which way Zimbabwe?
At 40, Zimbabwe should be celebrating a milestone-forty years of independence from our former colonial masters.18 April 1980 was indeed a milestone for Zimbabwe. Yet, we stand today on 18 April 20...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 3625 | by Benjamin Paradza
Zanu-PF slammed for turning Zimbabwe soldiers into 'thugs'
UNITED STATES based Zimbabwe opposition leader Maxwell Shumba has slammed the Zanu PF led government for allegedly turning the country's soldiers into "thugs" while clinging on to power for the past 4...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1506 | by newzimbabwe
A unique 40th Uhuru celebration
Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence today and for the first time there are no gatherings to mark the anniversary due to the national lockdown enforced to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic....Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe @ 40
Time is the only undisputed variable in life for with each minute that is consumed history is made. When a nation celebrates its birth as we do today,an an opportunity exists to pause an...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 132 | by Taruberekera Masara
Zimbabweans scorn Uhuru celebrations amid oppression, hunger and Covid-19
DISILLUSIONED political parties and some residents in Bulawayo say they see no point in commemorating the country's 40 years of independence when they were experiencing economic hardship further worse...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 333 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe celebrates Independence Day under lockdown regulations
Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence today and for the first time there are no gatherings to mark the anniversary due to the national lockdown enforced to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic....Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans wait for Mnangagwa lockdown decision
When Zimbabweans watch President Emmerson Mnangagwa's televised Independence Day address on Saturday, many will be anxious to hear if the 21-day lockdown that ends the following day will be extended o...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 18:12hrs | 6544 | by Moyo Roy
Televised address for Independence
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will make a televised address to Zimbabweans on the country's 40th Independence Day tomorrow in respect of the measures implemented by the Government to contain the spread of Coron...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:30hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Trusts clash over Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture
TRUSTS formed in honour of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo have gone separate ways following the squabbling over this year's annual memorial lecture series of the departed liberation icon....Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
1981-2020: Does life really begin at 40? - In memory of Zimbabwe's Uhuru
Siboza Business Centre my homelandThere is a lovely road that leads from Zvishavane going South to Shurugwi and finally to Gweru. That road leads you past s...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 22:38hrs | 1155 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Chamisa instructs Zimbabweans to clap hands 40 times on Independence day
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has urged Zimbabweans to clap their hands 40 times on Independence as a sign of what he termed: clap for change. Zimbabweans turns 40 years on 18 April 2020.S...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 15:20hrs | 2651 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture set for CUT
THIS year's edition of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo memorial lecture will be held at the Chinhoyi University of Technology on a date yet to be advised as all public gatherings have been banned...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 255 | by Staff repprter
Independence Day to help unite Zimbabwe against Covid-19
Government has said despite the country's independence celebrations being postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the nation must be inspired by the unity among heroes who helped free the nation from ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:59hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF activists demand money for independence celebrations despite cancellation
Zanu PF is reported to have continued to demand money for independence celebrations despite the ban of the events following the outbreak of Covid 19 world wide.This is contained in the latest ...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 10:18hrs | 1365 | by Stephen Jakes
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